Mercer is on a four-game streak of home losses also dating back to last season, Slippery Rock a seven-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Friday. The Mercer Mustangs will host the Slippery Rock Rockets at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Mercer is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Wilmington last Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Mercer was beaten by Wilmington 49-8.
Meanwhile, Slippery Rock fell victim to Hickory and their airtight defense on Friday. They were outmatched by the Hornets at home and fell 56-0. While losing is never fun, the Rockets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 489th, while the Hornets are ranked 127th).
Mercer's defeat dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Slippery Rock, their loss dropped their record down to 2-7.
Mercer was dealt a bruising 43-7 defeat at the hands of Slippery Rock in their previous matchup back in September of 2017. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Mercer was down 36-0.
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