2022 Samford Bulldogs football team

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2022 Samford Bulldogs football
SoCon champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 7
FCS CoachesNo. 7
Record11–2 (8–0 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRicky Turner (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorChris Boone (1st season)
Home stadiumSeibert Stadium
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 7 Samford $^   8 – 0     11 – 2  
No. 10 Furman ^   7 – 1     10 – 3  
No. 23 Chattanooga   5 – 3     7 – 4  
No. 24 Mercer   5 – 3     7 – 4  
Western Carolina   4 – 4     6 – 5  
Wofford   3 – 5     3 – 8  
The Citadel   3 – 5     4 – 7  
East Tennessee State   1 – 7     3 – 8  
VMI   0 – 8     1 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2022 Samford Bulldogs football team represented Samford University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by eighth-year head coach Chris Hatcher and played their home games at Seibert Stadium in Homewood, Alabama.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.No. 8 Kennesaw State*
ESPN+W 27–175,333
September 103:00 p.m.at No. 2 (FBS) Georgia*No. 25
SECNL 0–3392,746
September 176:00 p.m.at Tennessee Tech*No. 24
ESPN+W 33–289,249
September 242:00 p.m.Western CarolinaNo. 21
  • Seibert Stadium
  • Homewood, AL
ESPN+W 35–127,519
October 11:00 p.m.at FurmanNo. 16
ESPN+W 34–279,507
October 812:00 p.m.WoffordNo. 13
  • Seibert Stadium
  • Homewood, AL
ESPN+W 28–143,513
October 222:30 p.m.at East Tennessee StateNo. 15
ESPN3W 55–4510,327
October 291:00 p.m.at The CitadelNo. 13
ESPN+W 38–38,603
November 52:00 p.m.VMIdaggerNo. 10
  • Seibert Stadium
  • Homewood, AL
ESPN+W 34–155,375
November 1212:30 p.m.at No. 11 ChattanoogaNo. 10
ESPN+W 35–247,128
November 1912:00 p.m.No. 19 MercerNo. 9
  • Seibert Stadium
  • Homewood, AL
ESPN+W 50–44 2OT6,033
December 33:00 p.m.No. 17 Southeastern Louisiana*No. 8
ESPN+W 48–42 OT4,587
December 96:00 p.m.at No. 4 North Dakota State*No. 8
ESPN2/ESPN+L 9–2711,825
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Game summaries[edit]

No. 8 Kennesaw State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 8 Owls 7 0 10 0 17
Bulldogs 0 14 0 13 27
See also: 2022 Kennesaw State Owls football team

At No. 2 (FBS) Georgia[edit]

See also: 2022 Georgia Bulldogs football team
Game Two – No. 2 (FBS) Georgia Bulldogs (1–0) vs. No. 25 Samford Bulldogs (1–0)
Period 1 2 34Total
No. 25 Samford 0 0 000
No. 2 (FBS) Georgia 13 17 0333

at Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia

  • Date: Saturday, September 10, 2022
  • Game time: 3:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: Clear • Temperature: - • Wind:
  • Game attendance: 92,746
  • Referee: Wayne Winkler
  • TV announcers (SEC Network): Taylor Zarzour (play-by-play), Matt Stinchcomb (color) and Alyssa Lang (sideline)
  • Pregame line: Georgia −53.0 • Odds to win: Georgia 99.9%
Game information
First quarter
  • (7:51) UGA – Jack Podlesny 27 Yd Field Goal (Georgia 3–0)
  • (5:34) UGA – Jack Podlesny 25 Yd Field Goal (Georgia 6–0)
  • (14:55) UGA – Stetson Bennett 3 Yd Run (Jack Podlesny Kick) (Georgia 13–0)
Second quarter
  • (8:48) UGA – Dillon Bell 3 Yd pass from Stetson Bennett (Jack Podlesny Kick) (Georgia 20–0)
  • (5:01) UGA – Jack Podlesny 26 Yd Field Goal (Georgia 23–0)
  • (0:55) UGA – Kenny McIntosh 1 Yd Run (Jack Podlesny Kick) (Georgia 30–0)
Third quarter

no scoring

Fourth quarter
  • (11:11) UGA – Jack Podlesny 25 Yd Field Goal (Georgia 33–0)
Statistics SAM UGA
First downs 3 25
Plays–yards 43–128 75–479
Rushes–yards 19 127
Passing yards 109 352
Passing: comp–att–int 16–26-0 29–43–0
Time of possession 19:57 40:03
Team Category Player Statistics
Samford Passing Michael Hiers 13/21, 62 yards
Rushing Jay Stanton 5 carries, 12 yards
Receiving Ty King 4 receptions, 52 yards
Georgia Passing Stetson Bennett 24/34, 300 yards, 1 TD
Rushing Kendall Milton 10 carry, 85 yards
Receiving Kenny McIntosh 5 receptions, 61 yards

At Tennessee Tech[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 24 Bulldogs 10 7 7 9 33
Golden Eagles 14 7 0 7 28
See also: 2022 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

Western Carolina[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 0 3 6 3 12
No. 21 Bulldogs 7 7 7 14 35
See also: 2022 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

At Furman[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Bulldogs 0 20 14 0 34
Paladins 10 7 0 10 27
See also: 2022 Furman Paladins football team

Wofford[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Terriers 0 0 7 7 14
No. 13 Bulldogs 7 7 14 0 28
See also: 2022 Wofford Terriers football team

At East Tennessee State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 15 Bulldogs 10 24 14 7 55
Buccaneers 10 14 7 14 45
See also: 2022 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

At The Citadel[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Samford Bulldogs 7 14 10 7 38
Citadel Bulldogs 0 3 0 0 3
See also: 2022 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

VMI[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 6 6 3 0 15
No. 10 Bulldogs 0 7 13 14 34
See also: 2022 VMI Keydets football team

At No. 11 Chattanooga[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Bulldogs 7 21 7 0 35
No. 11 Mocs 7 3 14 0 24
See also: 2022 Chattanooga Mocs football team

No. 19 Mercer[edit]

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
No. 19 Bears 17 0 3 1770 44
No. 9 Bulldogs 14 6 7 1076 50
See also: 2022 Mercer Bears football team

FCS Playoffs[edit]

No. 17 Southeastern Louisiana – second round[edit]

See also: 2022 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team and 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season
Southeastern Louisiana Lions at Samford Bulldogs
Period 1 2 34OTTotal
No. 17 Lions 14 0 1414042
No. 8 Bulldogs 14 7 714648

at Seibert Stadium, Homewood, AL

  • Date: December 3
  • Game time: 2:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Cloudy
  • Game attendance: 4,587
  • Referee: Jeremy DeAngulo
  • TV: ESPN+

At No. 4 North Dakota State – Quarterfinals[edit]

See also: 2022 North Dakota State Bison football team and 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season
Samford Bulldogs (11–1) vs. North Dakota State Bison (10–2)
Period 1 2 34Total
No. 8 (6) Bulldogs 0 0 099
No. 4 (3) Bison 0 10 14327

at Fargodome, Fargo, ND

  • Date: December 9, 2022
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. (CT)
  • Game weather: Indoors; 70 °F (21 °C)
  • Game attendance: 11,825
  • Referee: Reed Brotherton
  • TV announcers (ESPN2): Tiffany Greene, Jay Walker, Taylor Davis
Statistics Samford North Dakota State
First downs 19 21
Plays–yards 71–336 66–360
Rushes–yards 24–57 48–166
Passing yards 279 194
Passing: comp–att–int 30–47–1 15–18–0
Time of possession 20:55 39:05
Team Category Player Statistics
Samford Passing Michael Hiers 22/30, 227 yds, TD, INT
Rushing Jay Stanton 10 car, 39 yds
Receiving Chandler Smith 6 rec, 120 yds, TD
North Dakota State Passing Cam Miller 15/18, 194 yds, TD
Rushing Kobe Johnson 15 car, 48 yds
Receiving Joe Stoffel 3 rec, 60 yds, TD
Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP SAM NDSU
2nd 1:25 12 69 7:28 NDSU Joe Stoffel (#82) 2-yard touchdown reception from Cam Miller (#7), Griffin Crosa (#39) kick good 0 7
2nd 0:00 3 24 0:25 NDSU 44-yard field goal by Griffin Crosa (#39) 0 10
3rd 10:57 7 82 3:59 NDSU TK Marshall (#28) 7-yard touchdown run, Griffin Crosa (#39) kick good 0 17
3rd 2:02 12 63 7:15 NDSU Cam Miller (#7) 1-yard touchdown run, Griffin Crosa (#39) kick good 0 24
4th 12:08 12 66 4:48 SAM 28-yard field goal by Zach Williams (#59) 3 24
4th 6:04 9 71 6:04 NDSU 22-yard field goal by Griffin Crosa (#39) 3 27
4th 3:53 8 75 2:11 SAM Chandler Smith (#0) 40-yard touchdown reception from Michael Hiers (#10), 2-point pass incomplete 9 27
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 9 27

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2022 Football Schedule". samfordsports.com.
  2. ^ "2022 Football Schedule". fbschedules.com.
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