American college football season
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[edit]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 6:00 p.m. | Kennesaw State* | No. 19 | | 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 | | SECN | L 14–42 | 92,746 |
September 23 | 2:30 p.m. | at Western Carolina | No. 18 | | 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 | | ESPN3 | W 26–7 | 3,310 |
October 21 | 12:30 p.m. | at No. 5 Wofford | No. 16 | | 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 | | ESPN3 | W 20–3 | 10,200 |
November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | East Tennessee State | 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 | | ESPN3 | L 17–28 | 5,566 |
- *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]
Kennesaw State[edit]
Kennesaw State @ Samford | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Owls | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 23 | • No. 19 Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 | |
West Alabama[edit]
West Alabama @ Samford | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Tigers | 0 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 41 | • No. 17 Bulldogs | 14 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 49 | |
@ Georgia[edit]
Samford @ Georgia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | No. 17 Bulldogs (SAM) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | • No. 13 (FBS) Bulldogs (UGA) | 14 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 42 | |
@ Western Carolina[edit]
Samford @ Western Carolina | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | No. 18 Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 34 | • Catamounts | 10 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 38 | |
The Citadel[edit]
The Citadel @ Samford | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | No. 8 Bulldogs (CIT) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | • No. 25 Bulldogs (SAM) | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 35 | |
Samford @ VMI | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • No. 20 Bulldogs | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 26 | Keydets | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
@ Wofford[edit]
Samford @ Wofford | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • No. 16 Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 | No. 5 Terriers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 | |
Chattanooga[edit]
Chattanooga @ Samford | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Mocs | 0 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 23 | No. 8 Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 | |
@ Mercer[edit]
Samford @ Mercer | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • No. 16 Bulldogs | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 20 | Bears | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - Date: November 4
- Location: Moye Complex
Macon, GA - Game start: 2:00 p.m. CDT
- Game attendance: 10,200
- Television network: ESPN3
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East Tennessee State[edit]
East Tennessee State @ Samford | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Buccaneers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | • No. 16 Bulldogs | 14 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 42 | |
Furman @ Samford | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | No. 20 Paladins | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 | • No. 17 Bulldogs | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 26 | |
FCS Playoffs[edit]
@ Kennesaw State–First Round[edit]
Samford @ Kennesaw State | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | No. 14 Bulldogs | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 | • No. 18 Owls | 0 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 28 | |
Ranking movements[edit]
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking | 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 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 25 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 18 |
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Coaches | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 17 |
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