2018 SAMFORD FOOTBALL SU ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS: 800 LAKESHORE DRIVE, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35229 - WWW.SAMFORDSPORTS.COM 2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Kennesaw State Aug. 30 Shorter W, 66-9 GAME September 29 - 5 p.m. (CT) vs. Sept. 8 at Florida State L, 26-36 Kennesaw, Ga. Sept. 15 Mercer* L, 24-30 Fifth Third Bank Stadium (8,300) Sept. 22 at Chattanooga* L, 20-27 5 Sept. 29 at #4 Kennesaw St.5 p.m. Oct. 6 Western Carolina* 12:30 p.m. SAMFORD Oct. 13 VMI* 2 p.m. GAME FACTS Site: Ffth Third Bank Stadium Record: 1-3, 0-2 Southern Conference Oct. 20 at Furman* 1 p.m. (8,300) Head Coach: Chris Hatcher (Valdosta St., ‘95) Nov. 3 Wofford* 2 p.m. TV: ESPN3 Record at Samford: 22-17 (4th year) Nov. 10 at The Citadel* 1 p.m. Live Stats: SamfordSports.com Career Record: 143-74 (19th year) Nov. 17 at ETSU* 12 p.m. Twitter: @SamfordFootball Series Record: Series tied, 1-1 *-Southern Conference Game NO. 4 KENNESAW STATE In Birmingham: Samford leads, 1-0 All times are Central Record: 3-1, 0-0 Big South Conference In Kennesaw: KSU leads, 1-0 Head Coach: Brian Bohannon (Georgia, ‘93) Last Meeting: 11/25/17: KSU 28, SU 17 in Record at KSU: 29-11 (4th year) ESPN3 Kennesaw Career Record: 29-11 (4th year) Play-by-Play Brian Katrek Analyst Tutan Reyes Sideline Chris Mooneyham SAMFORD TRAVELS TO KSU FOR FINAL NON-CONFERENCE GAME Sideline Lauren Hoffman The Samford football team will travel to Kennesaw, Georgia, to take on the fourth-ranked Kennesaw State Owls in Samford’s final non-conference game SOCIAL MEDIA Saturday at 5 p.m. (CT). The game will air live on ESPN3. Football Twitter @SamfordFootball Samford enters the game with a record of 1-3 overall and 0-2 in Southern Athletics Twitter @Samford_Sports Football Facebook Samford Football Conference play. The Bulldogs are coming off a tough, 27-20 loss at Chattanooga Athletics Facebook Samford University last weekend. Athletics Kennesaw State comes into the contest at 3-1 overall. The Owls have not started Big South play yet. KSU is coming off a 70-13 win over Clark Atlanta last ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Saturday. OFFICE Joey Mullins Asst. AD/FB Contact THE SERIES [email protected] 205-532-3477 (cell) The Samford Bulldogs and Kennesaw State Owls are meeting for just the third time ever, with the series tied at 1-1. Website samfordsports.com Both meetings in the series came during the 2017 season. The teams Office Phone 205-726-2799 opened the 2017 season with game at Seibert Stadium, with Samford overcom- ing a 10-7 halftime deficit to earn a 28-23 victory over the Owls. Samford and Kennesaw State met again in the first round of the 2017 NCAA Division I-FCS Playoffs in Kennesaw, Georgia. In the second meeting, the Owls came away with a 28-17 victory. SAMFORD ON THE ROAD Saturday’s game will mark Samford’s third road game of the 2018 season, and the Bulldogs are currently 0-2 in road contests. This season, the Bulldogs have a total of six road games on the schedule. Last season, Samford went 3-3 in road games. Under head coach Chris Hatcher, Samford is 8-12 in road contests. www.samfordsports.com Samford Football 2018 2018 SAMFORD FOOTBALL STATISTICAL COMPARISON SAMFORD AGAINST BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE TEAMS SAMFORD VS. KENNESAW STATE Samford has an all-time record of 14-5 against the current members of the (After 4 games) Big South Conference, including a 1-1 record against Saturday’s opponent, Kennesaw SAM KSU State. Points Scored* 34.0 50.2 Samford has played the following Big South Conference teams: Charleston Total Offense* 485.5 472.2 Southern (2-0), Gardner-Webb (6-2), Kennesaw State (1-1), Liberty (2-2) and Pres- First Downs 107 88 byterian (3-0). Rushing Yards* 111.2 361.0 Passing Yards* 374.2 111.2 Time of Possession* 28:29 32:31 THE LAST TIME OUT Third Down Percentage 42% 40% Samford fell to 0-2 in Southern Conference play with a 27-20 setback at Points Allowed* 25.5 15.0 Chattanooga last Saturday evening. Yards Allowed* 384.2 292.0 In the loss for Samford, quarterback Devlin Hodges completed 44-of-62 Rushing Yards Allowed* 116.0 109.2 passes for 366 yards and one touchdown. Kelvin McKnight caught 12 passes for 128 Passing Yards Allowed* 268.2 182.5 yards. Chris Shelling had three catches for 41 yards and a touchdown. DeMarcus *per game Ware rushed 15 times for 48 yards and a touchdown. Aaron Harris led the Samford defense with six tackles. Darius Harvey had a RETURNING STATISTICAL LEADERS forced fumble and a fumble recovery. RUSHING YARDS SAMFORD KSU SAMFORD VERSUS GEORGIA TEAMS D. Ware 118 D. Holland 267 Samford has an all-time record of 28-32-1 against teams from the state of R. Adams 105 C. Burks 249 D. Hodges 76 S. Terry 191 Georgia, including a 1-1 mark against Saturday’s opponent, Kennesaw State. Samford has played the following Georgia teams: Abraham Baldwin (1-0), Clark Atlanta (1-0), PASSING YARDS Georgia (0-2), Georgia Southern (4-5), Georgia Southwestern (1-2), Georgia State SAMFORD KSU (1-0), Georgia Tech (0-8), Gordon College (1-1), Kennesaw State (1-1), Mercer (13-11- D. Hodges 1471 C. Burks 390 1), Morris Brown (1-0), Shorter (1-0) and West Georgia (3-2). RECEIVING YARDS SAMFORD KSU ON THIS DATE K. McKnight 566 J. Sumpter 150 C. Shelling 273 S. Terry 141 Samford has an all-time record of 4-11-1 in games played on Sept. 29. A. Harris 200 A list of those games played since Samford reinstated in 1984 is below. POINTS SCORED YEAR OPPONENT RESULT LOCATION SAMFORD KSU M. Fineran 31 C. Burks 48 2012 Georgia Southern L, 16-35 Away K. McKnight 30 S. Terry 30 2007 Eastern Kentucky L, 20-43 Away C. Shelling 18 J. Thompson 30 2005 Southeast Missouri W, 33-17 Home 2001 Nicholls State L, 16-20 Away TACKLES SAMFORD KSU 1990 Austin Peay W, 28-9 Home A, Harris 32 A. Gore 23 1984 Ga. Southwestern L, 0-45 Away A. Atkinson 22 B. Armstrong 21 T. Herring 16 L. Larry 19 J. Foster 14 J. White 17 SCORING POINTS Samford has scored in its last 195-consecutive games. The last time Sam- INTERCEPTIONS ford was shut out in a football game was on Nov. 9, 2000, a 29-0 loss at Tennessee SAMFORD KSU Tech. 4 tied at 1 D. Pettway 2 SACKS HODGES AND GOODEN PLACED ON PRESEASON WATCH LISTS SAMFORD KSU Samford senior quarterback Devlin Hodges and senior defensive lineman A. Gooden 1.0 T. Moore 1.5 N. Jordan 1.0 4 tied at 1.0 Ahmad Gooden have been named to the watch lists for the Walter Payton and Buck Buchanan awards, respectively. The Walter Payton Award goes to the top offensive player at the FCS level, while the Buck Buchanan Award is given to the FCS’s best de fensive player. www.samfordsports.com Samford Football 2018 2018 SAMFORD FOOTBALL 2018 Samford Quick Facts HODGES SETS SOCON 300-YARD GAMES RECORD Location: Birmingham, Ala. With his performance at Chattanooga last week, Samford senior quarter- Founded: 1841 back Devlin Hodges broke the Southern Conference record for most career 300-yard Enrollment: 5,509 passing games. The game marked his 24th 300-yard game, breaking the old record Nickname: Bulldogs Colors: Red and Blue of 23 set by Scott Riddle of Elon. Stadium (Cap.): Seibert Stadium (6,700) Surface: LSR Blade Synthetic Surface MCKNIGHT CAREER RECORDS WATCH Affiliation: NCAA Division I FCS Samford senior wide receiver Kelvin McKnight is approacing a couple of Conference: Southern school career records. He has caught 255 career passes, just 24 away from the President: Dr. Andrew Westmoreland Director of Athletics: Martin Newton record of 279, set by Karel Hamilton from 2013 to 2016. He has also accumulated 3,257 receiving yards, 546 yards short of Hamilton’s current record of 3,803 yards. 2018 Kennesaw State Quick Facts SAMFORD’S SOCON PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Location: Kennesaw, Ga. Through the first four weeks of the season, Samford players have earned Founded: 1963 three Southern Conference Player of the Week honors. Enrollment: 35,000 Nickname: Owls Freshman place-kicker Mitchell Fineran was named Special Teams Player of Colors: Black and Gold the Week following both of Samford’s first two games. Senior linebacker Aaron Har- Stadium (Cap.): Fifth Third Bank Stadium ris earned Defensive Player of the Week honors after the Bulldogs’ game at Florida (8,300) State. Below is a list of Samford’s SoCon Players of the Week. Surface: Hybrid Grass Affiliation: NCAA Division I-FCS Samford Players Named SoCon Player of the Week Conference: Big South Player Category Week President: Dr. Pamela Whitten Mitchell Fineran Special Teams Sept. 3 Director of Athletics: Milton Overton Aaron Harris Defense Sept. 10 Mitchell Fineran Special Teams Sept. 10 Current SoCon Standings Team SoCon Overall Chattanooga 2 - 0 4 - 0 QUICK STRIKES ETSU 2 - 0 3 - 1 Through the first four weeks of the season, Samford’s offense has produced Wofford 2 - 0 2 - 1 seven scoring drives of two minutes or less. Four of those seven drives took less than Western Carolina 1 - 0 3 - 0 a minute. Mercer 1 - 1 2 - 2 In three-plus seasons under head coach Chris Hatcher, Samford has had 75 The Citadel 1 - 2 1 - 2 scoring drives of two minutes or less and 38 that have lasted one minute or less.