2018 Samford Bulldogs football team

2018 Samford Bulldogs football
Conference Southern Conference
2018 record 2–4 (1–2 SoCon)
Head coach Chris Hatcher (4th season)
Offensive coordinator Russ Callaway (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator Bill D'Ottavio (12th season)
Home stadium Seibert Stadium
(Capacity: 6,700)
2018 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 23 East Tennessee State  4 –0     6 –1  
No. 6 Wofford  3 –1     4 –2  
Mercer  2 –1     3 –3  
Furman  2 –1     2 –3  
Chattanooga  3 –2     5 –2  
Samford  2 –2     3 –4  
Western Carolina  1 –3     3 –3  
The Citadel  1 –3     1 –4  
VMI  0 –5     0 –6  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Samford Bulldogs football team represents Samford University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by fourth-year head coach Chris Hatcher and play their home games at Seibert Stadium. They are a member of the Southern Conference (Socon).

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the 2017 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..

Preseason

Award watch lists

Award Player Position Year
Walter Payton Award[1] Devlin Hodges QB SR
Buck Buchanan Award[2] Ahmad Gooden DE SR

Preseason media poll

The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Bulldogs predicted to finish as SoCon champions.[3] The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Bulldogs also predicted to finish as SoCon champions.[4]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Samford204 (20)
2Furman174 (2)
3Wofford163 (1)
4Mercer133
5Western Carolina114
6Chattanooga88
7The Citadel83
8East Tennessee State53
9VMI23
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Samford63 (7)
2Wofford53 (1)
3Furman52 (1)
4Western Carolina39
5Chattanooga34
6Mercer32
7The Citadel28
8East Tennessee State15
9VMI8

Preseason All-SoCon Teams

The Bulldogs placed seven players on the all-SoCon teams.[5] Quarterback Devlin Hodges was selected as preseason offensive player of the year and Defensive lineman Ahmad Gooden was selected as preseason defensive player of the year.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 306:30 p.m.Shorter*No. 11
ESPN+W 66–95,252
September 86:20 p.m.at Florida State*No. 9
ACCNL 26–3672,239
September 152:00 p.m.MercerNo. 9
  • Seibert Stadium
  • Homewood, AL
ESPN+L 24–308,717
September 226:00 p.m.at ChattanoogaNo. 17
ESPN+L 20–2710,469
September 295:00 p.m.at No. 4 Kennesaw State*
ESPN3L 10–244,396
October 612:30 p.m.Western Carolina
  • Seibert Stadium
  • Homewood, AL
ESPN3W 66–283,178
October 132:00 p.m.VMI
  • Seibert Stadium
  • Homewood, AL
ESPN+W 73–224,163
October 201:00 p.m.at Furman
ESPN+
November 32:00 p.m.Wofforddagger
  • Seibert Stadium
  • Homewood, AL
ESPN+
November 101:00 p.m.at The Citadel
ESPN+
November 1712:00 p.m.at East Tennessee State
ESPN3
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Game summaries

Shorter

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0 0 2 7 9
No. 11 Bulldogs 17 28 7 14 66
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Florida State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 9 Bulldogs 16 7 0 3 26
Seminoles 7 14 0 15 36
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 2010 FSU, 59–6

Mercer

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 7 10 0 13 30
No. 9 Bulldogs 7 0 7 10 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–10–1 2017 SAM, 20–3

at Chattanooga

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 17 Bulldogs 0 10 3 7 20
Mocs 10 7 7 3 27
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–30–3 2017 CHAT, 23–21

at Kennesaw State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 3 0 0 7 10
No. 4 Owls 7 7 7 3 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 2017 Playoffs KSU, 28–17

Western Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 0
Bulldogs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–3 2017 WCU, 38–34

VMI

1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 0
Bulldogs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–0 2017 SAM, 26–7

at Furman

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0
Paladins 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–10 2017 SAM, 26–20

Wofford

1 2 3 4 Total
Terriers 0
Bulldogs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–5 2017 SAM, 24–21

at The Citadel

1 2 3 4 Total
SAM Bulldogs 0
CIT Bulldogs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–6 2017 SAM, 35–14

at East Tennessee State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0
Buccaneers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–1 2017 SAM, 42–7

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 11 9 9 17 RV NR  
Coaches 10 9 9 17 RV NR

References

  1. ↑ "FCS football: 2018 Walter Payton Award watch list". August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ "FCS football: 2018 Buck Buchanan Award watch list announced". August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21895&SPID=1781&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211735859&DB_OEM_ID=4000
  4. ↑ http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21895&SPID=1781&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211735863&DB_OEM_ID=4000
  5. ↑ http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21895&SPID=1781&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211735863&DB_OEM_ID=4000
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