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Douglas, Payton lead Mercer to 63-13 rout of Morehead St.
MACON, Ga. (AP) Austin Douglas ran for 140 yards, including two long touchdowns, Fred Payton threw four touchdown passes and Mercer routed Morehead State 63-13 in a season-opener on Saturday night.
Mercer dominated the first half with 17 first downs, 486 total yards and a 42-10 lead. Among the Bears' 267 yards rushing were 128 by Douglas who had touchdown runs of 65 and 56 yards. Payton was 10-of-15 passing for 219 yards with three touchdown passes to Ty James, who caught five passes for 192 yards. Payton and James hooked up for a 90-yard TD pass in the final minute of the half.
Mercer finished with 625 total yards, including 359 on the ground. Payton was 11-of-17 passing for 248 yards.
Mercer's Devron Harper scored on a 93-yard kickoff return in the fourth quarter.
The Eagles' only touchdown came on a 10-yard pass from Grady Cramer to Kyle Daly in the second quarter. Cramer completed 16 of 24 passes for 95 yards.
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| Team Stats |  |
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| 1st Downs | 0 | 13 |
| Rushing | 0 | 2 |
| Passing | 0 | 11 |
| Penalty | 0 | 0 |
| 3rd Down Conv | 0-0 | 8-18 |
| 4th Down Conv | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Total Net Yards | 0 | 271 |
| Total Plays | 0 | 67 |
| Avg Gain | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 0 | 74 |
| Rush Attempts | 0 | 31 |
| Avg Rush Yards | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| Yards Passing | 0 | 197 |
| Comp. - Att. | 0-0 | 21-36 |
| Yards Per Pass | 0.0 | 5.2 |
| Penalties - Yards | 0-0 | 10-70 |
| Touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| Rushing TDs | 0 | 0 |
| Passing TDs | 0 | 2 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
| Fumbles - Lost | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Int. Thrown | 0 | 0 |
| Punts - Avg | 0-0.0 | 8-45.4 |
| Return Yards | 0 | 27 |
| Punts - Returns | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Kickoffs - Returns | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Int. - Returns | 0-0 | 2-27 |
| Safeties | 0 | 0 |
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| Passing | CP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT |
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C. Cravens
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C. Cravens | 57/115 | 638 | 1 | 3 |
| Rushing | ATT | YDS | TD | LG |
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J. Louis
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J. Louis | 131 | 780 | 6 | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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C. Harris
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C. Harris | 101 | 404 | 2 | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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K. Warren
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K. Warren | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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C. Cravens
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C. Cravens | 37 | 19 | 3 | 17 |
| Receiving | TAR | REC | YDS | TD | LG |
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J. Louis
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J. Louis | 0 | 13 | 114 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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C. Harris
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C. Harris | 0 | 14 | 43 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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R. Upp
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R. Upp | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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H. Cohen
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H. Cohen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Defense | T-A | SACK | INT |
| Kicking | FG | LG | XP | PTS |
| Punting | NO | AVG | IN20 | LG |
| Kickoff Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
| Punt Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
| Passing | CP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT |
| Rushing | ATT | YDS | TD | LG |
| Receiving | TAR | REC | YDS | TD | LG |
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P. Wroble
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P. Wroble | 0 | 10 | 122 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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T. Solomon
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T. Solomon | 0 | 7 | 78 | 2 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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S. Burt
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S. Burt | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Defense | T-A | SACK | INT |
| Kicking | FG | LG | XP | PTS |
| Punting | NO | AVG | IN20 | LG |
| Kickoff Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
| Punt Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
