2017 Samford Bulldogs football team

2017 Samford Bulldogs football
Conference Southern Conference
Ranking
STATS No. 18
FCS Coaches No. 17
2017 record 8–4 (6–2 SoCon)
Head coach Chris Hatcher (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator Russ Callaway (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Bill D'Ottavio (11th season)
Home stadium Seibert Stadium
(Capacity: 6,700)
2017 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 6 Wofford $^  7 –1     10 –3  
No. 18 Samford ^  6 –2     8 –4  
No. 19 Furman ^  6 –2     8 –5  
Western Carolina  5 –3     7 –5  
Mercer  4 –4     5 –6  
The Citadel  3 –5     5 –6  
Chattanooga  3 –5     3 –8  
East Tennessee State  2 –6     4 –7  
VMI  0 –8     0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2017 Samford Bulldogs football team represented Samford University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Chris Hatcher and played their home games at Seibert Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference (Socon). They finished the season 8–4, 6–2 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they lost to Kennesaw State in the first round.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 31 6:00 p.m. Kennesaw State* No. 19 Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL ESPN3 W 28–23   4,908
September 7 6:00 p.m. West Alabama* No. 17 Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL ESPN3 W 49–41   4,509
September 16 6:30 p.m. at No. 13 (FBS) Georgia* No. 17 Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA SECN L 14–42   92,746
September 23 2:30 p.m. at Western Carolina No. 18 E. J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC ESPN3 L 34–38   12,018
September 30 2:00 p.m. No. 8 The Citadel No. 25 Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL ESPN3 W 35–14   9,233
October 7 12:30 p.m. at VMI No. 20 Alumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VA ESPN3 W 26–7   3,310
October 21 12:30 p.m. at No. 5 Wofford No. 16 Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC ESPN3 W 24–21   7,236
October 28 2:00 p.m. Chattanooga No. 9 Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL ESPN3 L 21–23   3,523
November 4 2:00 p.m. at Mercer No. 16 Moye Complex • Macon, GA ESPN3 W 20–3   10,200
November 11 2:00 p.m. East Tennessee Statedagger No. 16 Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL ESPN3 W 42–7   5,178
November 18 2:30 p.m. No. 20 Furman No. 17 Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL STADIUM W 26–20   4,673
November 25 1:00 p.m. at No. 18 Kennesaw State* No. 14 Fifth Third Bank Stadium • Kennesaw, GA (FCS Playoffs First Round) ESPN3 L 17–28   5,566
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Game summaries

Kennesaw State

Kennesaw State @ Samford
1 234Total
Owls 0 10013 23
• No. 19 Bulldogs 0 7147 28

West Alabama

West Alabama @ Samford
1 234Total
Tigers 0 71420 41
• No. 17 Bulldogs 14 2177 49

@ Georgia

Samford @ Georgia
1 234Total
No. 17 Bulldogs (SAM) 0 707 14
• No. 13 (FBS) Bulldogs (UGA) 14 7210 42

@ Western Carolina

Samford @ Western Carolina
1 234Total
No. 18 Bulldogs 7 7137 34
• Catamounts 10 7714 38

The Citadel

The Citadel @ Samford
1 234Total
No. 8 Bulldogs (CIT) 0 770 14
• No. 25 Bulldogs (SAM) 28 700 35

@ VMI

Samford @ VMI
1 234Total
• No. 20 Bulldogs 10 1033 26
Keydets 7 000 7

@ Wofford

Samford @ Wofford
1 234Total
• No. 16 Bulldogs 0 7710 24
No. 5 Terriers 7 0014 21

Chattanooga

Chattanooga @ Samford
1 234Total
• Mocs 0 1463 23
No. 8 Bulldogs 7 0014 21

@ Mercer

Samford @ Mercer
1 234Total
• No. 16 Bulldogs 0 1082 20
Bears 0 300 3
  • Date: November 4
  • Location: Moye Complex
    Macon, GA
  • Game start: 2:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game attendance: 10,200
  • Television network: ESPN3

East Tennessee State

East Tennessee State @ Samford
1 234Total
Buccaneers 0 700 7
• No. 16 Bulldogs 14 2107 42

Furman

Furman @ Samford
1 234Total
No. 20 Paladins 7 1003 20
• No. 17 Bulldogs 7 1063 26

FCS Playoffs

@ Kennesaw State–First Round

Samford @ Kennesaw State
1 234Total
No. 14 Bulldogs 3 707 17
• No. 18 Owls 0 2170 28

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 19 17 17 18 25 20 19 16 9 16 16 17 14 18 
Coaches 19 17 17 17 23 20 18 18 8 15 14 13 14 17

References

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