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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 [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 1 6:00 pm Mars Hill * ESPN3 W 77–74,482
September 10 6:00 pm at Central Arkansas * BNN W 35–299,987
September 24 1:00 pm at No. 5 Chattanooga SDN L 21–418,714
October 1 2:00 pm Wofford Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL ESPN3 W 28–268,509
October 8 12:00 pm at Furman ESPN3 W 38–214,587
October 15 2:00 pm VMI No. 24 Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL ESPN3 W 55–214,085
October 22 6:00 pm Western Carolina No. 21 Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL ASN W 30–174,031
October 29 2:30 pm at Mississippi State * No. 20 SECN L 41–5658,019
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 24–198,379
November 19 2:30 pm at East Tennessee State No. 18 SDN L 14–155,752
November 26 4:00 pm at No. 13 Youngstown State * No. 23 ESPN3 L 24–385,322
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Game summaries [ ]
Mars Hill [ ]
Mars Hill @ Samford
1
2 3 4 Total
Mountain Lions
0
7 0 0
7
• Bulldogs
14
14 21 28
77
@ Central Arkansas [ ]
Samford @ Central Arkansas
1
2 3 4 Total
• Bulldogs
7
21 7 0
35
Bears
3
7 0 19
29
@ Chattanooga [ ]
Samford @ Chattanooga
1
2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs
0
7 7 7
21
• #5 Mocs
7
14 10 10
41
Wofford [ ]
Wofford @ Samford
1
2 3 4 Total
Terriers
7
10 3 6
26
• Bulldogs
7
14 0 7
28
@ Furman [ ]
Samford @ Furman
1
2 3 4 Total
• Bulldogs
14
10 7 7
38
Paladins
0
14 0 7
21
VMI [ ]
VMI @ Samford
1
2 3 4 Total
Keydets
7
7 7 0
21
• #24 Bulldogs
28
10 0 17
55
Western Carolina [ ]
Western Carolina @ Samford
1
2 3 4 Total
Catamounts
7
0 3 7
17
• #21 Bulldogs
7
6 14 3
30
@ Mississippi State [ ]
Samford @ Mississippi State
1
2 3 4 Total
#20 Bulldogs (SAM)
13
7 13 8
41
• Bulldogs (MSU)
21
7 21 7
56
@ The Citadel [ ]
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 [ ]
Mercer @ Samford
1
2 3 4 Total
Bears
0
10 0 9
19
• #22 Bulldogs
21
0 0 3
24
@ East Tennessee State [ ]
Samford @ East Tennessee State
1
2 3 4 Total
#18 Bulldogs
7
0 7 0
14
• Buccaneers
0
3 6 6
15
FCS Playoffs [ ]
First Round–Youngstown State [ ]
Samford @ Youngstown State
1
2 3 4 Total
#23 Bulldogs
7
0 0 17
24
• #13 Penguins
7
3 14 14
38
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = 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
23
Coaches
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
24
20
19
18
21
18
24
23
References [ ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People
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