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
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 6:00 p.m. Kennesaw State * No. 19 ESPN3 W 28–234,908
September 7 6:00 p.m. West Alabama * No. 17 Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL ESPN3 W 49–414,509
September 16 6:30 p.m. at No. 13 (FBS ) Georgia * No. 17 SECN L 14–4292,746
September 23 2:30 p.m. at Western Carolina No. 18 ESPN3 L 34–3812,018
September 30 2:00 p.m. No. 8 The Citadel No. 25 Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL ESPN3 W 35–149,233
October 7 12:30 p.m. at VMI No. 20 ESPN3 W 26–73,310
October 21 12:30 p.m. at No. 5 Wofford No. 16 ESPN3 W 24–217,236
October 28 2:00 p.m. Chattanooga No. 9 Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL ESPN3 L 21–233,523
November 4 2:00 p.m. at Mercer No. 16 ESPN3 W 20–310,200
November 11 2:00 p.m. East Tennessee State No. 16 Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL ESPN3 W 42–75,178
November 18 2:30 p.m. No. 20 Furman No. 17 Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL STADIUM W 26–204,673
November 25 1:00 p.m. at No. 18 Kennesaw State* No. 14 ESPN3 L 17–285,566
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Game summaries
Kennesaw State
Kennesaw State @ Samford
1
2 3 4 Total
Owls
0
10 0 13
23
• No. 19 Bulldogs
0
7 14 7
28
West Alabama
West Alabama @ Samford
1
2 3 4 Total
Tigers
0
7 14 20
41
• No. 17 Bulldogs
14
21 7 7
49
@ Georgia
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
Samford @ Western Carolina
1
2 3 4 Total
No. 18 Bulldogs
7
7 13 7
34
• Catamounts
10
7 7 14
38
The Citadel
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
@ VMI
Samford @ VMI
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 20 Bulldogs
10
10 3 3
26
Keydets
7
0 0 0
7
@ Wofford
Samford @ Wofford
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 16 Bulldogs
0
7 7 10
24
No. 5 Terriers
7
0 0 14
21
Chattanooga
Chattanooga @ Samford
1
2 3 4 Total
• Mocs
0
14 6 3
23
No. 8 Bulldogs
7
0 0 14
21
@ Mercer
Samford @ Mercer
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 16 Bulldogs
0
10 8 2
20
Bears
0
3 0 0
3
Date: November 4Location: Moye Complex Macon, GA Game start: 2:00 p.m. CDT Game attendance: 10,200Television network: ESPN3
East Tennessee State
East Tennessee State @ Samford
1
2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers
0
7 0 0
7
• No. 16 Bulldogs
14
21 0 7
42
Furman
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
@ Kennesaw State–First Round
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
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS 19 17 17 18 25 20 19 16 9 16 16 17 14 18 Coaches 19 17 17 17 23 20 18 18 8 15 14 13 14 17
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