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The Million Dollar band performs at halftime in an NCAA college football game between Alabama and Mississippi State on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

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Alabama appears to have completed its 2017 non-conference football schedule while getting started on the future.

Mercer, an FCS school in the Southern Conference, announced Thursday it will be playing in Bryant-Denny Stadium in 2017 and 2021. An Alabama spokesman confirmed it would be playing the two games.

The Crimson Tide already has non-conference games with Florida State (Sept. 2 in Atlanta), Fresno State on Sept. 9 and Colorado State on Sept. 16 set for 2017.

The dates of the two games with Mercer have not been announced, though Alabama traditionally plays FCS schools late in the season.

Mercer, located in Macon, Ga., went 5-6 and finished sixth in the Southern Conference last season. It finished the year with a 47-21 loss to Samford.

"We are excited to add one of the elite college football programs to our schedule in 2017 and 2021," Mercer coach Bobby Lamb said in a news release from the school. "This will be a great opportunity to test ourselves against a championship program in one of the most storied gameday environments in the country."

Alabama is 2-0 against Mercer after winning 20-0 in both 1939 and 1940. The Bears dropped football in 1941 before resuming play in 2013.