 Mercer finished the 2013 season undefeated at home with a 10–2 win-loss record (the two road losses were to the University of San Diego and Marist College) setting an NCAA Division I record for wins (10) by a start-up football program; Mercer had eight home wins, also an NCAA Division I record tied the same year (2013) by Auburn University, the FBS national runner-up, and Sam Houston State University who achieved its eighth victory in the FCS post-season.Mercer won its first Southern Conference game on September 27, 2014; the team defeated Virginia Military Institute on the road in Lexington, Virginia.Mercer finished the season with an overall 6–6 win-loss record (1–5 in the conference) with only half the team on scholarship due to start-up restrictions.