2016 Samford Bulldogs football team

2016 Samford Bulldogs football
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 24–38 vs. Youngstown State
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 23
FCS Coaches	No. 23
2016 record	7–5 (5–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Chris Hatcher (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Russ Callaway (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Bill D'Ottavio (10th year)
Home stadium	Seibert Stadium (Capacity: 6,700)
Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#10 The Citadel $^		8	–	0					10	–	2
#13 Chattanooga ^		6	–	2					9	–	4
#9 Wofford ^		6	–	2					10	–	4
#23 Samford ^		5	–	3					7	–	5
Mercer		4	–	4					6	–	5
Furman		3	–	5					3	–	8
East Tennessee State		2	–	6					5	–	6
VMI		1	–	7					3	–	8
Western Carolina		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

Mars Hill @ Samford

1 2 3 4 Total Mountain Lions 0 7 0 0 7 • Bulldogs 14 14 21 28 77 Date: September 1 Location: Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL Game start: 6:00 PM CDT Game attendance: 4,482 Television network: ESPN3

Samford @ Central Arkansas

1 2 3 4 Total • Bulldogs 7 21 7 0 35 Bears 3 7 0 19 29 Date: September 10 Location: Estes Stadium Conway, AR Game start: 6:00 PM CDT Game attendance: 9,987

Samford @ Chattanooga

1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 7 7 7 21 • #5 Mocs 7 14 10 10 41 Date: September 24 Location: Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN Game start: 1:00 PM CDT Game attendance: 8,714 Television network: SDN

Wofford @ Samford

1 2 3 4 Total Terriers 7 10 3 6 26 • Bulldogs 7 14 0 7 28 Date: October 1 Location: Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL Game start: 2:00 PM CDT Game attendance: 8,509 Television network: ESPN3/SDN

Samford @ Furman

1 2 3 4 Total • Bulldogs 14 10 7 7 38 Paladins 0 14 0 7 21 Date: October 8 Location: Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC Game start: 12:00 PM CDT Game attendance: 4,587 Television network: ESPN3

VMI @ Samford

1 2 3 4 Total Keydets 7 7 7 0 21 • #24 Bulldogs 28 10 0 17 55 Date: October 15 Location: Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL Game start: 2:00 PM CDT Game attendance: 4,085 Television network: ESPN3

Western Carolina @ Samford

1 2 3 4 Total Catamounts 7 0 3 7 17 • #21 Bulldogs 7 6 14 3 30 Date: October 22 Location: Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL Game start: 6:00 PM CDT Game attendance: 4,031 Television network: ASN

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 29 Location: Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS Game start: 2:30 PM CDT Game attendance: 58,019 Television network: SECN

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.

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