American college football season
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[edit]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 6:00 pm | Mars Hill* | | | ESPN3 | W 77–7 | 4,482 |
September 10 | 6:00 pm | at Central Arkansas* | | | BNN | W 35–29 | 9,987 |
September 24 | 1:00 pm | at No. 5 Chattanooga | | | 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 | | | 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 | | SECN | L 41–56 | 58,019 |
November 5 | 1:00 pm | at No. 5 The Citadel | No. 20 | | ESPN3 | L 34–37 OT | 15,015 |
November 12 | 2:30 pm | Mercer | No. 22 | - Seibert Stadium
- Homewood, AL
| ESPN3 | W 24–19 | 8,379 |
November 19 | 2:30 pm | at East Tennessee State | No. 18 | | SDN | L 14–15 | 5,752 |
November 26 | 4:00 pm | at No. 13 Youngstown State* | No. 23 | | ESPN3 | L 24–38 | 5,322 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Game summaries[edit]
Mars Hill[edit]
Mars Hill @ Samford | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Mountain Lions | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | • Bulldogs | 14 | 14 | 21 | 28 | 77 | |
At Central Arkansas[edit]
Samford @ Central Arkansas | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Bulldogs | 7 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 35 | Bears | 3 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 29 | |
At Chattanooga[edit]
Samford @ Chattanooga | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | • #5 Mocs | 7 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 41 | |
Wofford[edit]
Wofford @ Samford | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Terriers | 7 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 26 | • Bulldogs | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 | |
At Furman[edit]
Samford @ Furman | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Bulldogs | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 38 | Paladins | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 | |
VMI @ Samford | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Keydets | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | • #24 Bulldogs | 28 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 55 | |
Western Carolina[edit]
Western Carolina @ Samford | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Catamounts | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 | • #21 Bulldogs | 7 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 30 | |
At Mississippi State[edit]
Samford @ Mississippi State | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | #20 Bulldogs (SAM) | 13 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 41 | • Bulldogs (MSU) | 21 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 56 | |
At The Citadel[edit]
Samford @ The Citadel | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total | #20 Bulldogs (SAM) | 7 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 34 | • #5 Bulldogs (CIT) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 37 | |
Mercer @ Samford | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Bears | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 19 | • #22 Bulldogs | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | |
At East Tennessee State[edit]
Samford @ East Tennessee State | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | #18 Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | • Buccaneers | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | |
FCS playoffs[edit]
First round – Youngstown State[edit]
Samford @ Youngstown State | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | #23 Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 24 | • #13 Penguins | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 38 | |
Ranking movements[edit]
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 23 | 23 |
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Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 24 | 23 |
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