2016 Samford Bulldogs football team

2016 Samford Bulldogs football
Conference Southern Conference
Ranking
STATS No. 23
FCS Coaches No. 24
2016 record 7–5 (5–3 SoCon)
Head coach Chris Hatcher (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator Russ Callaway (1st year)
Defensive coordinator Bill D'Ottavio (10th year)
Home stadium Seibert Stadium
(Capacity: 6,700)
2016 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#6 The Citadel $^   8 0         10 2  
#11 Chattanooga ^   6 2         9 4  
#19 Wofford ^   6 2         10 3  
#23 Samford ^   5 3         7 5  
Mercer   4 4         6 5  
Furman   3 5         3 8  
East Tennessee State   2 6         5 6  
VMI   1 7         3 8  
Western Carolina   1 7         2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2016 Samford Bulldogs football team represented Samford University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second year head coach Chris Hatcher and played their home games at Seibert Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in SoCon play to finish in fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Youngstown State in the first round.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 6:00 PM Mars Hill* Seibert StadiumHomewood, AL ESPN3 W 77–7   4,482
September 10 6:00 PM at Central Arkansas* Estes StadiumConway, AR BNN W 35–29   9,987
September 24 1:00 PM at No. 5 Chattanooga Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN SDN L 21–41   8,714
October 1 2:00 PM Wofford Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL ESPN3 W 28–26   8,509
October 8 12:00 PM at Furman Paladin StadiumGreenville, SC ESPN3 W 38–21   4,587
October 15 2:00 PM VMI No. 24 Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL ESPN3 W 55–21   4,085
October 22 6:00 PM Western Carolina No. 21 Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL ASN W 30–17   4,031
October 29 2:30 PM at Mississippi State* No. 20 Davis Wade StadiumStarkville, MS SECN L 41–56   58,019
November 5 1:00 PM at No. 5 The Citadel No. 20 Johnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, SC ESPN3 L 34–37 OT  15,015
November 12 2:30 PM Mercerdagger No. 22 Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL ESPN3 W 24–19   8,379
November 19 2:30 PM at East Tennessee State No. 18 Kermit Tipton StadiumJohnson City, TN SDN L 14–15   5,752
November 26 4:00 PM at No. 13 Youngstown State* No. 23 Stambaugh StadiumYoungstown, OH (FCS Playoffs First Round) ESPN3 L 24–38   5,322
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Game summeries

Mars Hill

Mars Hill @ Samford
1 234Total
Mountain Lions 0 700 7
Bulldogs 14 142128 77

@ Central Arkansas

Samford @ Central Arkansas
1 234Total
Bulldogs 7 2170 35
Bears 3 7019 29

@ Chattanooga

Samford @ Chattanooga
1 234Total
Bulldogs 0 777 21
#5 Mocs 7 141010 41

Wofford

Wofford @ Samford
1 234Total
Terriers 7 1036 26
Bulldogs 7 1407 28

@ Furman

Samford @ Furman
1 234Total
Bulldogs 14 1077 38
Paladins 0 1407 21

VMI

VMI @ Samford
1 234Total
Keydets 7 770 21
#24 Bulldogs 28 10017 55

Western Carolina

Western Carolina @ Samford
1 234Total
Catamounts 7 037 17
#21 Bulldogs 7 6143 30

@ Mississippi State

Samford @ Mississippi State
1 234Total
#20 Bulldogs (SAM) 13 7138 41
Bulldogs (MSU) 21 7217 56

@ The Citadel

Samford @ The Citadel
1 234OTTotal
#20 Bulldogs (SAM) 7 130140 34
#5 Bulldogs (CIT) 7 77133 37

Mercer

Mercer @ Samford
1 234Total
Bears 0 1009 19
#22 Bulldogs 21 003 24

@ East Tennessee State

Samford @ East Tennessee State
1 234Total
#18 Bulldogs 7 070 14
Buccaneers 0 366 15

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Youngstown State

Samford @ Youngstown State
1 234Total
#23 Bulldogs 7 0017 24
#13 Penguins 7 31414 38

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 21 20 20 22 18 23  
Coaches RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 20 19 18 21 18 24

References

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