No. 22 Mercer Drops Road Opener At Georgia Tech

9/19/2026 10:46:00 AM | Football

It was the second-straight loss for the Bears (2-2) who finished the outing with nearly 300 yards of total offense. The result marked the first win of the season for the Yellow Jackets (1-2) who opened the 2026 campaign with home setbacks to Colorado and 18th-ranked Tennessee.

| THE BASICS |

| SCORE: Georgia Tech 44, Mercer 11 RECORDS: Mercer 2-2 (0-1 SoCon); Georgia Tech 1-2 (0-0 ACC) LOCATION: Atlanta, Ga. (Bobby Dodd Stadium) |

| HOW IT HAPPENED |

| 1ST QUARTER |

| Georgia Tech used its second possession of the afternoon to get the scoring started, culminating a 7-play, 67-yard scoring drive with Alberto Mendoza's 1-yard touchdown pass to Justice Haynes. Haynes rushed for 10 yards on the possession, while also catching two passes for 26 yards. GT 7, MU 0 |

| 2ND QUARTER |

| Taje McCoy's strip-sack near the end of the first quarter set the Yellow Jackets up in good field position at the Mercer 37-yard line. Georgia Tech followed with an 8-play, 37-yard scoring drive, including a 1-yard scoring plunge by Justice Haynes on fourth down. GT 14, MU 0 Mercer got on the board near the midway point of the se...