Week 7 · 2025

Mercer at Princeton

Sat 10/11/2025 12:00 PMPrinceton University Stadium

61°Cloudy8 mph ENE · 90% humidityRecorded at kickoff by College Football Data

Mercer

38

9–3

Princeton

14

3–7

Attendance

2,970

reported

MER15 plays, 72 yd · Touchdown

15:001st & 10own 35Will Cluskey kickoff for 62 yds , Brayden Smith return for 25 yds to the MER 28+25
15:001st & 10own 28Braden Atkinson pass incomplete to Ty Doughty0
15:002nd & 10own 28Ty Doughty run for 3 yds to the MER 31+3
15:003rd & 7own 31Braden Atkinson pass complete to Adonis McDaniel for 9 yds to the MER 40 for a 1ST down+9
15:001st & 10own 40Tyrell Coard run for 3 yds to the MER 43+3
15:002nd & 7own 43Braden Atkinson pass complete to Adonis McDaniel for 13 yds to the PRIN 44 for a 1ST down+13
15:001st & 10opp 44Braden Atkinson pass complete to Ty Doughty for 10 yds to the PRIN 34 for a 1ST down+10
15:001st & 10opp 34Braden Atkinson pass complete to Brayden Smith for 7 yds to the PRIN 27+7
15:002nd & 3opp 27Ty Doughty run for 4 yds to the PRIN 23 for a 1ST down+4
15:001st & 10opp 23Braden Atkinson pass incomplete to Brayden Smith0
15:002nd & 10opp 23Ty Doughty run for 1 yd to the PRIN 22+1
15:003rd & 9opp 22Braden Atkinson pass complete to Kendall Harris for 16 yds to the PRIN 6 for a 1ST down+16
15:001st & goalopp 6Tyrell Coard run for 4 yds to the PRIN 2+4
9:312nd & goalopp 2Braden Atkinson pass complete to Malik Simmons for 2 yds for a TD (Reice Griffith KICK)+2
9:311st & 10opp 43Timeout Princeton, clock 09:310

PRIN7 plays, 4 yd · Turnover

9:311st & 10own 35Reice Griffith kickoff for 62 yds , Kenny Jordan return for 54 yds to the MER 43+54
9:311st & 10opp 43Kai Colon pass complete to Josh Robinson for 6 yds to the MER 37+6
9:312nd & 4opp 37Kai Colon pass incomplete to Ethan Clark0
9:313rd & 4opp 37Kai Colon pass complete to Ethan Clark for 4 yds to the MER 33 for a 1ST down+4
9:311st & 10opp 33Kai Colon pass complete to Josh Robinson for 2 yds to the MER 35+2
9:312nd & 12opp 35Kai Colon pass incomplete to Roman Laurio0
7:343rd & 12opp 35Kai Colon sacked by Kobe McInnis for a loss of 4 yards to the MER 39 Kai Colon fumbled, recovered by MER Julian Fox , return for 0 yards−4

MER5 plays, 7 yd · Punt

7:342nd & 10own 39Timeout Princeton, clock 07:340
7:341st & 10own 39Braden Atkinson pass incomplete to CJ Miller0
7:342nd & 10own 39Braden Atkinson pass incomplete to Adonis McDaniel0
7:343rd & 10own 39Braden Atkinson run for 7 yds to the MER 46+7
6:294th & 3own 46John McConnell punt for 52 yds0

PRIN4 plays, 2 yd · Punt

6:291st & 10own 2Dareion Murphy run for 2 yds to the PRIN 4+2
6:292nd & 8own 4Kai Colon pass incomplete to Landon DePrima0
6:293rd & 8own 4Kai Colon pass incomplete to Josh Robinson0
5:314th & 8own 4Brady Clark punt for 49 yds , Brayden Smith returns for 6 yds to the PRIN 47+6

MER15 plays, 47 yd · Touchdown

5:312nd & 6opp 43Timeout Princeton, clock 05:310
5:311st & 10opp 47Ty Doughty run for 4 yds to the PRIN 43+4
5:072nd & 6opp 43Timeout Princeton, clock 05:070
5:072nd & 6opp 43Ty Doughty run for 3 yds to the PRIN 40+3
5:073rd & 3opp 40Braden Atkinson pass complete to Ty Doughty for 6 yds to the PRIN 34 for a 1ST down+6
5:071st & 10opp 34Ty Doughty run for 10 yds to the PRIN 24 for a 1ST down+10
5:071st & 10opp 24No Huddle-Shotgun Doughty,Ty rush right for 5 yards gain to the PRIN19 (Hill,Nasir; Sather,Will) PENALTY Mercer Illegal Formation 5 yards from PRIN24 to PRIN29. NO PLAY.−5
5:071st & 15opp 29CJ Miller run for 3 yds to the PRIN 26+3
5:072nd & 12opp 26PENALTY Mercer False Start (Burt,Sawyer) 5 yards from PRIN26 to PRIN31. NO PLAY.−5
5:072nd & 17opp 31Braden Atkinson pass complete to CJ Miller for 1 yd to the PRIN 30+1
5:073rd & 16opp 30Braden Atkinson pass incomplete to Travion Solomon0
1:334th & 16opp 30Reice Griffith 47 yd FG MISSED+47
1:334th & 11opp 25Timeout Princeton, clock 01:330
1:334th & 11opp 25Braden Atkinson pass complete to Kendall Harris for 20 yds to the PRIN 5 for a 1ST down+20
1:111st & goalopp 5CJ Miller run for 5 yds for a TD (Reice Griffith KICK)+5

PRIN14 plays, 26 yd · Punt

1:111st & 10own 35Reice Griffith kickoff for 60 yds , Kenny Jordan return for 19 yds to the PRIN 24+19
1:111st & 10own 24Kai Honda run for 1 yd to the PRIN 25+1
0:00own 25End of 1st Quarter0
0:002nd & 9own 25Kai Honda run for 12 yds to the PRIN 37 for a 1ST down+12
15:001st & 10own 37Kai Honda run for 1 yd to the PRIN 38+1
15:002nd & 9own 38Blaine Hipa pass incomplete to Josh Robinson0
15:003rd & 9own 38Blaine Hipa pass complete to Roman Laurio for 13 yds to the MER 49 for a 1ST down+13
15:001st & 10opp 49Blaine Hipa pass incomplete to Rashad Caldwell0
15:002nd & 10opp 49Kai Honda run for 13 yds to the MER 36 for a 1ST down+13
15:001st & 10opp 36Blaine Hipa sacked by Andrew Zock for a loss of 8 yards to the MER 44 Blaine Hipa fumbled, recovered by MER Oyintare Porbeni , return for 0 yards−8
12:422nd & 18opp 44Timeout Princeton, clock 12:420
12:422nd & 18opp 44Blaine Hipa sacked by Jordan Swain for a loss of 6 yards to the 50 yard line−6
12:423rd & 24midfieldBlaine Hipa pass incomplete to Joey Wassler0
11:464th & 24midfieldBrady Clark punt for 34 yds, fair catch by Brayden Smith at the MER 160

MER5 plays, 4 yd · Punt

11:462nd & 6own 20Timeout Princeton, clock 11:460
11:461st & 10own 16CJ Miller run for 4 yds to the MER 20+4
11:462nd & 6own 20Braden Atkinson pass incomplete to Adjatay Dabbs0
11:463rd & 6own 20Braden Atkinson pass incomplete to Kendall Harris0
10:524th & 6own 20John McConnell punt for 49 yds0

PRIN4 plays, 7 yd · Punt

10:521st & 10own 31Blaine Hipa run for 2 yds to the PRIN 33+2
10:522nd & 8own 33Blaine Hipa pass complete to Joe Harris for 6 yds to the PRIN 39+6
10:523rd & 2own 39Ethan Clark run for a loss of 1 yard to the PRIN 38−1
8:474th & 3own 38Brady Clark punt for 46 yds0

MER4 plays, 84 yd · Touchdown

8:472nd & 5own 21Timeout Princeton, clock 08:470
8:471st & 10own 16Braden Atkinson pass complete to Brayden Smith for 5 yds to the MER 21+5
8:472nd & 5own 21Braden Atkinson pass complete to Adonis McDaniel for 56 yds to the PRIN 23 for a 1ST down+56
7:491st & 10opp 23Braden Atkinson pass complete to Samuel Albee for 23 yds for a TD (Reice Griffith KICK)+23

PRIN5 plays, -10 yd · Punt

7:491st & 10own 35Reice Griffith kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback0
7:491st & 10own 25Dareion Murphy run for 2 yds to the PRIN 27+2
7:492nd & 8own 27Kai Colon pass incomplete to Dareion Murphy0
7:493rd & 8own 27Kai Colon sacked by Ethan McDowell for a loss of 12 yards to the PRIN 15 Kai Colon fumbled, recovered by MER Cooper Koers , return for 0 yards−12
6:284th & 20own 15Brady Clark punt for 50 yds, fair catch by Brayden Smith at the MER 350

MER7 plays, 46 yd · Turnover

6:281st & 10own 35Tyrell Coard run for 1 yd to the MER 36+1
6:282nd & 9own 36Braden Atkinson pass complete to Travion Solomon for 5 yds to the MER 41+5
6:283rd & 4own 41Braden Atkinson pass complete to Travion Solomon for 6 yds to the MER 47 for a 1ST down+6
6:281st & 10own 47CJ Miller run for 10 yds to the PRIN 43 for a 1ST down+10
6:281st & 10opp 43Braden Atkinson pass complete to Adjatay Dabbs for 24 yds to the PRIN 19 for a 1ST down+24
6:281st & 10opp 19Braden Atkinson pass incomplete to Brayden Smith0
3:292nd & 10opp 19Braden Atkinson pass intercepted Evan Haynie return for 55 yds to the MER 43+55

PRIN8 plays, 43 yd · Touchdown

3:291st & 10opp 43Kai Colon pass complete to Josh Robinson for 8 yds to the MER 35+8
3:292nd & 2opp 35Kai Colon pass complete to Jackson Green for 29 yds to the MER 6 for a 1ST down+29
3:291st & goalopp 6Ethan Clark run for 1 yd to the MER 5+1
2:002nd & goalopp 5Timeout Princeton, clock 02:000
2:002nd & goalopp 5Ethan Clark run for 2 yds to the MER 3+2
2:003rd & goalopp 3Ethan Clark run for 1 yd to the MER 2+1
0:374th & goalopp 2Timeout Princeton, clock 00:370
0:334th & goalopp 2Aidan Besselman 2 Yd pass from Kai Colón (Esteban Nunez Perez Kick)+2

MER8 plays, 31 yd · End of period

0:331st & 10own 35Will Cluskey kickoff for 58 yds , Brayden Smith return for 29 yds to the MER 36+29
0:331st & 10own 36Ty Doughty run for 8 yds to the MER 44+8
0:142nd & 2own 44Timeout Mercer, clock 00:140
0:142nd & 2own 44Braden Atkinson pass complete to Samuel Albee for 8 yds to the PRIN 48 for a 1ST down+8
0:101st & 10opp 48Timeout Mercer, clock 00:100
0:101st & 10opp 48No Huddle-Shotgun Atkinson,Braden pass incomplete deep middle to Albee,Samuel thrown to PRIN15 PENALTY PRIN Pass Interference (Ronquillo,Kyler) 15 yards from PRIN48 to PRIN33, 1ST DOWN. NO PLAY.+15
0:001st & 10opp 33Braden Atkinson pass incomplete to Brayden Smith0
0:00opp 33End of 2nd Quarter0

PRIN5 plays, 21 yd · Turnover

15:001st & 10own 35Reice Griffith kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback0
15:001st & 10own 25Ethan Clark run for 11 yds to the PRIN 36 for a 1ST down+11
15:001st & 10own 36Kai Colon pass complete to Roman Laurio for 12 yds to the PRIN 48 for a 1ST down+12
15:001st & 10own 48Ethan Clark run for 4 yds to the MER 48+4
13:292nd & 6opp 48Kai Colon sacked by Carmelo O'neal for a loss of 6 yards to the PRIN 46 Kai Colon fumbled, recovered by MER Julian Fox , return for 0 yards−6

MER8 plays, 46 yd · Touchdown

13:291st & 10opp 46Ty Doughty run for 4 yds to the PRIN 42+4
13:292nd & 6opp 42Braden Atkinson pass complete to Brayden Smith for 6 yds to the PRIN 36 for a 1ST down+6
13:291st & 10opp 36Braden Atkinson pass complete to Ty Doughty for 8 yds to the PRIN 28+8
13:292nd & 2opp 28Ty Doughty run for 4 yds to the PRIN 24 for a 1ST down+4
13:291st & 10opp 24Braden Atkinson pass complete to Adjatay Dabbs for 14 yds to the PRIN 10 for a 1ST down+14
13:291st & goalopp 10Braden Atkinson pass incomplete to Adjatay Dabbs0
10:332nd & goalopp 10Braden Atkinson pass complete to Brayden Smith for 10 yds for a TD (Reice Griffith KICK)+10
10:331st & 10own 25Timeout Princeton, clock 10:330

PRIN9 plays, 56 yd · On downs

10:331st & 10own 35Reice Griffith kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback0
10:331st & 10own 25Mercer Penalty, Defensive Holding (10 Yards) to the PRIN 37 for a 1ST down+10
10:331st & 10own 37Blaine Hipa pass incomplete to Roman Laurio0
10:332nd & 10own 37Blaine Hipa pass incomplete to Aidan Besselman0
10:333rd & 10own 37Blaine Hipa pass complete to Josh Robinson for 38 yds to the MER 25 for a 1ST down+38
10:331st & 10opp 25Blaine Hipa pass incomplete to Paul Kuhner0
10:332nd & 10opp 25Dareion Murphy run for 2 yds to the MER 23+2
10:333rd & 8opp 23Blaine Hipa pass complete to Josh Robinson for 4 yds to the MER 19+4
8:274th & 4opp 19Blaine Hipa pass incomplete0

MER9 plays, 81 yd · Touchdown

8:272nd & 5own 24Timeout Princeton, clock 08:270
8:271st & 10own 19Braden Atkinson pass complete to Apollos Cook for 5 yds to the MER 24+5
8:272nd & 5own 24CJ Miller run for 1 yd to the MER 25+1
8:273rd & 4own 25Braden Atkinson pass complete to Travion Solomon for 15 yds to the MER 40 for a 1ST down+15
8:271st & 10own 40CJ Miller run for a loss of 2 yards to the MER 38−2
8:272nd & 12own 38Braden Atkinson pass complete to Adjatay Dabbs for 40 yds to the PRIN 22 for a 1ST down+40
8:271st & 10opp 22Braden Atkinson pass complete to Javarius George for 12 yds to the PRIN 10 for a 1ST down+12
4:391st & goalopp 10Adjatay Dabbs run for 10 yds for a TD (Reice Griffith KICK)+10
4:391st & 10own 15Timeout Princeton, clock 04:390

PRIN10 plays, 50 yd · On downs

4:391st & 10own 35Reice Griffith kickoff for 65 yds , Kenny Jordan return for 15 yds to the PRIN 15+15
4:391st & 10own 15Kai Honda run for 6 yds to the PRIN 21+6
4:392nd & 4own 21Blaine Hipa pass complete to Josh Robinson for 6 yds to the PRIN 27 for a 1ST down+6
4:391st & 10own 27No Huddle-Shotgun Hipa,Blaine pass incomplete deep left to Weiner,Asher thrown to Mercer40 PENALTY Mercer Pass Interference (Watkins,Donovan) 15 yards from PRIN27 to PRIN42, 1ST DOWN. NO PLAY.+15
4:391st & 10own 42Kai Honda run for 1 yd to the PRIN 43+1
4:392nd & 9own 43No Huddle-Shotgun Hipa,Blaine sacked for loss of 11 yards to the PRIN32 (Zock,Andrew) PENALTY Mercer Face Mask (Zock,Andrew) 15 yards from PRIN43 to Mercer42, 1ST DOWN. NO PLAY.+15
4:391st & 10opp 42Kai Honda run for 1 yd to the MER 41+1
4:392nd & 9opp 41Kai Honda run for 4 yds to the MER 37+4
4:393rd & 5opp 37Blaine Hipa run for 2 yds to the MER 35+2
0:274th & 3opp 35Blaine Hipa pass incomplete to Josh Robinson0

MER8 plays, 52 yd · Field goal

0:271st & 10own 35Braden Atkinson pass complete to Javarius George for 11 yds to the MER 46 for a 1ST down+11
0:001st & 10own 46Braden Atkinson pass complete to Javarius George for 7 yds to the PRIN 47+7
0:00own 46End of 3rd Quarter+7
15:002nd & 3opp 47Tyrell Coard run for 34 yds to the PRIN 13 for a 1ST down+34
15:001st & 10opp 13Braden Atkinson pass incomplete to Adjatay Dabbs0
15:002nd & 10opp 13Braden Atkinson pass incomplete to Malik Simmons0
15:003rd & 10opp 13Braden Atkinson pass incomplete to Adjatay Dabbs0
14:044th & 10opp 13Reice Griffith 30 yd FG GOOD+30

PRIN14 plays, 75 yd · Touchdown

14:041st & 10own 35Reice Griffith kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback0
14:041st & 10own 25No Huddle-Shotgun Lynch,Christian rush middle for 2 yards gain to the PRIN27 (Fox,Julian) PENALTY PRIN Holding 10 yards from PRIN25 to PRIN15. NO PLAY.−10
14:041st & 20own 15Kai Colon pass complete to Landon DePrima for 8 yds to the PRIN 23+8
14:042nd & 12own 23Kai Colon pass incomplete to Christian Lynch0
14:043rd & 12own 23Kai Colon pass complete to Aidan Besselman for 16 yds to the PRIN 39 for a 1ST down+16
14:041st & 10own 39Christian Lynch run for 13 yds to the MER 48 for a 1ST down+13
14:041st & 10opp 48Christian Lynch run for a loss of 1 yard to the MER 49−1
14:042nd & 11opp 49Kai Colon pass complete to Joe Harris for 13 yds to the MER 36 for a 1ST down+13
14:041st & 10opp 36Kai Colon pass complete to Joe Harris for 12 yds to the MER 24 for a 1ST down+12
14:041st & 10opp 24Asher Weiner run for 9 yds to the MER 15+9
14:042nd & 1opp 15Kai Colon pass incomplete to Roman Laurio0
14:043rd & 1opp 15Asher Weiner run for 4 yds to the MER 11 for a 1ST down+4
8:541st & 10opp 11Jackson Green 11 Yd pass from Kai Colón (Esteban Nunez Perez Kick)+11
8:541st & 10own 25Timeout Princeton, clock 08:540

MER10 plays, 7 yd · Punt

8:541st & 10own 35Will Cluskey kickoff for 58 yds , Brayden Smith return for 18 yds to the MER 25+18
8:541st & 10own 25Tyrell Coard run for no gain to the MER 250
8:542nd & 10own 25Tyrell Coard run for 3 yds to the MER 28+3
8:543rd & 7own 28Braden Atkinson pass complete to Apollos Cook for 8 yds to the MER 36 for a 1ST down+8
8:541st & 10own 36No Huddle-Shotgun Pickles,JP rush right for 0 yards to the Mercer36 (Moore,Jake; Richard,Aaron) PENALTY Mercer Holding (Martin,Blake) 10 yards from Mercer36 to Mercer26. NO PLAY.−10
8:541st & 20own 26Ty Doughty run for 2 yds to the MER 28+2
8:542nd & 18own 28Braden Atkinson pass incomplete to Adjatay Dabbs0
8:543rd & 18own 28Tyrell Coard run for 9 yds to the MER 37+9
8:544th & 9own 37PENALTY Mercer Illegal Substitution 5 yards from Mercer37 to Mercer32. NO PLAY.−5
4:434th & 14own 32John McConnell punt for 45 yds, fair catch by Josh Robinson at the PRIN 230

PRIN6 plays, 3 yd · Punt

4:431st & 20own 13Timeout Princeton, clock 04:430
4:431st & 10own 23No Huddle-Shotgun Lynch,Christian rush middle for 24 yards gain to the PRIN47 (Polke,Michael), out of bounds PENALTY PRIN Illegal Block in Back (DePrima,Landon) 10 yards from PRIN23 to PRIN13. NO PLAY.−10
4:431st & 20own 13Christian Lynch run for 8 yds to the PRIN 21+8
4:432nd & 12own 21Kai Colon pass complete to Rashad Caldwell for 5 yds to the PRIN 26+5
4:433rd & 7own 26Kai Colon pass incomplete to Paul Kuhner0
3:074th & 7own 26Brady Clark punt for 52 yds , Brayden Smith returns for 5 yds to the MER 27+5

MER9 plays, 21 yd · End of period

3:072nd & 7own 30Timeout Princeton, clock 03:070
3:071st & 10own 27JP Pickles run for 3 yds to the MER 30+3
3:072nd & 7own 30CJ Miller run for 8 yds to the MER 38 for a 1ST down+8
2:001st & 10own 38Timeout Princeton, clock 02:000
2:001st & 10own 38CJ Miller run for 6 yds to the MER 44+6
2:002nd & 4own 44JP Pickles run for 3 yds to the MER 47+3
2:003rd & 1own 47CJ Miller run for 3 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down+3
0:001st & 10midfieldJ. Pickles takes a knee−2
0:00midfieldEnd of 4th Quarter−2

Field position is from the offense’s point of view, the same as the drive chart. Play descriptions are CFBD’s own.

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