2018 Samford Bulldogs football | |
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Conference | Southern Conference |
Record | 6–5 (5–3 SoCon) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Russ Callaway (3rd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Bill D'Ottavio (12th season) |
Home stadium | Seibert Stadium |
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No. 13 Wofford +^ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 22 East Tennessee State +^ | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman + | 6 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samford | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 Samford Bulldogs football team represented Samford University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-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 6–5, 5–3 in SoCon play to finish in fourth place.
Award | Player | Position | Year |
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Walter Payton Award [1] | Devlin Hodges | QB | SR |
Buck Buchanan Award [2] | Ahmad Gooden | DE | SR |
The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Bulldogs predicted to finish as SoCon champions. [3] The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Bulldogs also predicted to finish as SoCon champions. [4]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Samford | 204 (20) |
2 | Furman | 174 (2) |
3 | Wofford | 163 (1) |
4 | Mercer | 133 |
5 | Western Carolina | 114 |
6 | Chattanooga | 88 |
7 | The Citadel | 83 |
8 | East Tennessee State | 53 |
9 | VMI | 23 |
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Samford | 63 (7) |
2 | Wofford | 53 (1) |
3 | Furman | 52 (1) |
4 | Western Carolina | 39 |
5 | Chattanooga | 34 |
6 | Mercer | 32 |
7 | The Citadel | 28 |
8 | East Tennessee State | 15 |
9 | VMI | 8 |
The Bulldogs placed seven players on the all-SoCon teams. [5] Quarterback Devlin Hodges was selected as preseason offensive player of the year and Defensive lineman Ahmad Gooden was selected as preseason defensive player of the year.
Offense 1st team Devlin Hodges – QB Nick Nixon – OL Kelvin McKnight – WR 2nd team Chris Shelling – WR | Defense 1st team Ahmad Gooden – DL 2nd team Christian Stark – LB Darius Harvey – DB |
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 30 | 6:30 p.m. | Shorter * | No. 11 | ESPN+ | W 66–9 | 5,252 | |
September 8 | 6:20 p.m. | at Florida State * | No. 9 | ACCN | L 26–36 | 72,239 | |
September 15 | 2:00 p.m. | Mercer | No. 9 |
| ESPN+ | L 24–30 | 8,717 |
September 22 | 6:00 p.m. | at Chattanooga | No. 17 | ESPN+ | L 20–27 | 10,469 | |
September 29 | 5:00 p.m. | at No. 4 Kennesaw State * | ESPN3 | L 10–24 | 4,396 | ||
October 6 | 12:30 p.m. | Western Carolina |
| ESPN3 | W 66–28 | 3,178 | |
October 13 | 2:00 p.m. | VMI |
| ESPN+ | W 73–22 | 4,163 | |
October 20 | 1:00 p.m. | at Furman | ESPN+ | W 38–25 | 6,016 | ||
November 3 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 9 Wofford ![]() |
| ESPN+ | W 35–20 | 5,821 | |
November 10 | 1:00 p.m. | at The Citadel | ESPN+ | L 27–42 | 11,145 | ||
November 17 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 19 East Tennessee State | ESPN3 | W 38–27 | 8,749 | ||
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Hawks | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
No. 11 Bulldogs | 17 | 28 | 7 | 14 | 66 |
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No. 9 Bulldogs | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 26 |
Seminoles | 7 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 36 |
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Bears | 7 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 30 |
No. 9 Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
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No. 17 Bulldogs | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
Mocs | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
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Bulldogs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
No. 4 Owls | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
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Catamounts | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
Bulldogs | 35 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 66 |
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Keydets | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
Bulldogs | 14 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 73 |
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Bulldogs | 10 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 38 |
Paladins | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 25 |
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No. 9 Terriers | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
Bulldogs | 14 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
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SAM Bulldogs | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
CIT Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 42 |
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Bulldogs | 7 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
No. 19 Buccaneers | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
STATS FCS | 11 | 9 | 9 | 17 | RV | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | — | RV | |
Coaches | 10 | 9 | 9 | 17 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | RV | — | — |
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Mitchell Fineran is an American football placekicker for the Purdue Boilermakers of the Big Ten Conference. Prior to enrolling at Purdue as a graduate transfer in 2021, he attended and played football at Samford University in the Southern Conference (SoCon) of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).