2020 Samford Bulldogs football team

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2020 Samford Bulldogs football
Samford Bulldogs wordmark.svg
ConferenceSouthern Conference
2020 record4–3 (4–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDerrick Sherman (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorNick Benedetto (3rd season)
Home stadiumSeibert Stadium
(capacity: 6,700)
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Southern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 11 VMI $^   6 – 1     6 – 2  
No. 22 East Tennessee State   4 – 1     4 – 1  
Chattanooga†   3 – 1     3 – 2  
Mercer   5 – 3     5 – 6  
Samford   4 – 3     4 – 3  
Furman   3 – 4     3 – 4  
Wofford†   1 – 4     1 – 4  
The Citadel   2 – 6     2 – 10  
Western Carolina   1 – 5     1 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • † – Chattanooga and Wofford opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 29 and April 5, 2021, respectively.
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Samford Bulldogs football team represented Samford University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Chris Hatcher and played their home games at Seibert Stadium. They played as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon).

Schedule[]

Samford had a game scheduled against Florida State, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
February 20 12:00 p.m. at East Tennessee State
ESPN+ L 17–24
February 27 1:00 p.m. Western Carolina
  • Seibert Stadium
  • Homewood, AL
ESPN+ W 55–27
March 6 1:00 p.m. at No. 17 Furman
ESPN+ L 37–44 OT
March 13 1:00 p.m. No. 20 Wofford
  • Seibert Stadium
  • Homewood, AL
ESPN+ W 37–31
March 20 1:00 p.m. No. 19 VMI
  • Seibert Stadium
  • Homewood, AL
ESPN+ L 37–38 OT
March 27 1:00 p.m. at The Citadel
ESPN+ W 55–7
April 10 2:00 p.m. at Chattanooga
ESPN+ Canceled[a]
April 17 1:00 p.m. No. 23 Mercer
  • Seibert Stadium
  • Homewood, AL
ESPN+ W 44–20
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Notes[]

  1. ^ On March 29, 2021, Chattanooga announced that it would opt out of the remainder of the 2021 spring season due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "ACC Announces Plans for Football and Fall Olympic Sports". TheACC.com. July 29, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  2. ^ "Chattanooga Football Opting Out of the Remainder of the 2021 Spring FCS Season". University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Athletics. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  3. ^ "2020 Samford Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
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