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American college football season
2016 Seibert Stadium
Seasons
The 2016 Samford Bulldogs football team represented
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 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
Date: September 1Location: CDT
Game attendance: 4,482Television network: ESPN3
At Central Arkansas
Samford @ Central Arkansas
1
2 3 4 Total
• Bulldogs
7
21 7 0
35
Bears
3
7 0 19
29
Date: September 10Location: CDT
Game attendance: 9,987
At Chattanooga
Samford @ Chattanooga
1
2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs
0
7 7 7
21
• #5 Mocs
7
14 10 10
41
Date: September 24Location: CDT
Game attendance: 8,714Television network: SDN
Wofford
Wofford @ Samford
1
2 3 4 Total
Terriers
7
10 3 6
26
• Bulldogs
7
14 0 7
28
Date: October 1Location: CDT
Game attendance: 8,509Television network: ESPN3/SDN
At Furman
Samford @ Furman
1
2 3 4 Total
• Bulldogs
14
10 7 7
38
Paladins
0
14 0 7
21
Date: October 8Location: CDT
Game attendance: 4,587Television network: ESPN3
VMI
VMI @ Samford
1
2 3 4 Total
Keydets
7
7 7 0
21
• #24 Bulldogs
28
10 0 17
55
Date: October 15Location: CDT
Game attendance: 4,085Television network: ESPN3
Western Carolina
Western Carolina @ Samford
1
2 3 4 Total
Catamounts
7
0 3 7
17
• #21 Bulldogs
7
6 14 3
30
Date: October 22Location: CDT
Game attendance: 4,031Television network: ASN
At 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
Date: October 29Location: CDT
Game attendance: 58,019Television network: SECN
At 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
Date: November 5Location: CDT
Game attendance: 15,015Television network: ESPN3
Mercer
Mercer @ Samford
1
2 3 4 Total
Bears
0
10 0 9
19
• #22 Bulldogs
21
0 0 3
24
Date: November 12Location: CST
Game attendance: 8,379Television network: ESPN3
At 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
Date: November 19Location: CST
Game attendance: 5,752Television network: SDN
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
Date: November 26Location: CST
Game attendance: 5,322Television network: ESPN3
Ranking movements
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References
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