American college football season
The 2019 Samford Bulldogs football team represents Samford University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They are led by fifth-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 2018 season 6–5, 5–3 in SoCon play to finish in fourth place.
Preseason [ ]
Preseason media poll [ ]
The SoCon released their preseason media poll and coaches poll on July 22, 2019. The Bulldogs were picked to finish in sixth place in both polls.[1] [2]
Media poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Wofford
253 (21)
2
Furman
229 (6)
3
East Tennessee State
187 (2)
4
Mercer
146
5
Chattanooga
134
6
Samford
125
7
The Citadel
111
8
Western Carolina
88
9
VMI
32
Coaches poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Wofford
63 (7)
2
Furman
55 (1)
3
East Tennessee State
44 (1)
4
Chattanooga
40
5
Mercer
34
6
Samford
33
7
The Citadel
22
8
Western Carolina
21
9
VMI
12
Preseason All-SoCon Teams [ ]
The Bulldogs placed four players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.[2]
Offense
1st team
Nick Nixon – OL
Defense
2nd team
Justin Foster – DL
Nelson Jordan – DL
Specialists
1st team
Mitchell Fineran – K
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 24 2:00 p.m. vs. Youngstown State * ESPN L 22–45 12,560
August 31 6:00 p.m. at Tennessee Tech * ESPN+ L 58–59 2OT 7,806
September 14 5:00 p.m. at No. 21 Wofford Nexstar /ESPN3 W 21–14 3,463
September 21 6:00 p.m. Alabama A&M * ESPN3 W 55–21 5,934
September 28 2:00 p.m. No. 25 The Citadel Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL ESPN+ W 61–55 4OT 3,524
October 5 2:00 p.m. No. 14 Furman Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL ESPN+ L 14–586,169
October 12 12:30 p.m. at VMI Nexstar/ESPN+ L 41–48 OT 5,300
October 26 12:00 p.m. East Tennessee State Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL ESPN+ W 24–17 1,521
November 2 6:00 p.m. at Mercer ESPN+ L 33–36 3OT
November 9 2:00 p.m. Chattanooga Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL ESPN3 L 27–35 4,835
November 16 1:00 p.m. at Western Carolina ESPN+ W 31–13
November 23 11:00 a.m. at No. 15 (FBS) Auburn * SECN L 0–52 80,692
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
[3] [4]
Game summaries [ ]
vs. Youngstown State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Penguins
14
10
0
21
45
Bulldogs
7
0
0
15
22
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
YSU
SAM
1
9:09
5
85
1:22
SAM
Robert Adams 55-yard touchdown reception from Liam Welch, Mitchell Fineran kick good
0
7
1
2:12
13
83
6:57
YSU
Samuel St. Surin 16-yard touchdown reception from Nathan Mays, Colton McFadden kick good
7
7
1
1:29
YSU
Fumble recovery returned 25 yards for touchdown by Cash Mitchell, Colton McFadden kick good
14
7
2
10:57
8
41
3:55
YSU
43-yard field goal by Colton McFadden
17
7
2
0:36
12
90
2:46
YSU
Josh Burgett 4-yard touchdown reception from Nathan Mays, Colton McFadden kick good
24
7
4
14:29
8
63
3:45
YSU
Braxton Chapman 1-yard touchdown run, Colton McFadden kick good
31
7
4
13:37
3
70
0:52
SAM
Montrell Washington 64-yard touchdown reception from Chris Oladokun, 2-point run good
31
15
4
5:16
13
75
8:21
YSU
Braxton Champan 1-yard touchdown run, Colton McFadden kick good
38
15
4
3:17
6
36
1:59
SAM
Chris Oladokun 10-yard touchdown run, Mitchell Finehan kick good
38
22
4
2:16
3
44
1:01
YSU
Christian Turner 3-yard touchdown run, Colton McFadden kick good
45
22
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
45
22
at Tennessee Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT
Total
Bulldogs
7
17
14
6 7 7
58
Golden Eagles
12
0
10
22 7 8
59
at Wofford [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
14
0
7
0
21
No. 21 Terriers
14
0
0
0
14
Alabama A&M [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
AAMU Bulldogs
7
7
0
7
21
SAM Bulldogs
10
21
10
14
55
The Citadel [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT 3OT 4OT
Total
No. 25 CIT Bulldogs
7
7
7
17 7 7 3 0
55
SAM Bulldogs
7
3
14
14 7 7 3 6
61
Furman [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 14 Paladins
28
14
10
6
58
Bulldogs
7
7
0
0
14
at VMI [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Bulldogs
14
10
14
3 0
41
Keydets
14
14
0
13 7
48
East Tennessee State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Buccaneers
0
14
0
3
17
Bulldogs
7
0
10
7
24
at Mercer [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT 3OT
Total
Bulldogs
7
3
7
6 7 3 0
33
Bears
3
7
6
7 7 3 3
36
Chattanooga [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mocs
7
21
7
0
35
Bulldogs
7
0
13
7
27
at Western Carolina [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
7
10
7
7
31
Catamounts
10
3
0
0
13
at Auburn [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
0
0
0
0
No. 15 (FBS) Tigers
7
24
7
14
52
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
Coaches
NR
References [ ]
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