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2010 SAMFORD BULLDOGS FOOTBALL Game 5 Samford (2-2, 0-1 SoCon) at No. 21 Elon (1-3, 0-1 SoCon) Rhodes Stadium (11,250) Elon, N.C. Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010, 12:30 p.m. (CT) The Series With The Phoenix About This Week’s Game Overall: Elon leads, 6-2 Samford will travel to Elon, N.C., to take on the 21st-ranked Elon In Birmingham: Elon leads, 3-2 In Elon, N.C.: Elon leads, 3-0 Phoenix in a Southern Conference game Saturday afternoon. First Meeting: 9/15/73, Elon 33, Samford 10, Samford enters the game with a record of 2-2 overall and 0-1 in in Birmingham SoCon play after a 35-17 loss to top-ranked Appalachian State last Saturday. Last Meeting: 11/21/09, Elon 27, Samford 7, Elon is currently 1-3 overall and 0-1 in league play. The Phoenix is in Birmingham coming off a 38-21 loss at 24th-ranked Georgia Southern. The Head Coaches Samford On The Road Samford: Pat Sullivan (Auburn, ‘72) Samford has six road games on the 2010 schedule, and the Bulldogs Samford Record: 17-20 (4th year) currently have a record of 1-1 in road games after opening the season with a Overall Record: 41-62-1 (10th year) 59-6 loss at 20th-ranked Florida State and then winning at Northwestern State Elon: Pete Lembo (Georgetown, ‘92) by a score of 19-7. Elon Record: 30-20 (5th year) Last season, Samford posted a record of 1-4 in road games. In three- Overall Record: 74-34 (10th year) plus seasons under head coach Pat Sullivan, Samford has a record of 6-11 in games played away from Seibert Stadium. Broadcast Information Radio: WVSU-FM 91.1 Series Notes: Samford vs. Elon Internet: www.samford.edu/wvsu (audio only) Samford and Elon are meeting for the ninth time, with Elon holding a Samford Sports Information Office 6-2 advantage in the series . the first meeting in the series came in 1973, a Director (FB Contact): Joey Mullins: 33-10 Elon win at Seibert Stadium . the teams met each season from 1997 Office Phone: (205) 726-2799 to 2001, with Elon winning three of those five contests . Elon has won both Cell Phone: (205) 532-3477 of the meetings since Samford joined the Southern Conference in 2008 . E-mail: [email protected] Samford’s last win in the series came in 2001, with the Bulldogs winning, 43- Assistant Director: Zac Schrieber 36 at Seibert Stadium . Samford has never won at Elon . the average Office Phone: (205) 726-2802 score in the series has been 33-22, Elon. E-mail: [email protected] Assistant Director: Katie Walden Office Phone: (205) 726-4005 2010 Samford Schedule/Results 2010 Elon Schedule/Results E-mail: [email protected] Sept. 4 at # 20 Florida St. L, 6-59 Sept. 4 at Duke L, 27-41 SID Fax: (205) 726-2545 Sept. 11 at Northwestern St. W, 19-7 Sept. 11 Shaw W, 55-26 Website: www.samfordsports.com Sept. 16 Newberry College W, 38-35 Sept. 18 at #9 Richmond L, 21-27 (OT) Sept. 25 # App. State* L, 17-35 Sept. 25 at #24 Ga. So.* L, 21-38 Oct. 2 at Elon* 12:30 p.m Oct. 2 SAMFORD* 12:30 p.m. Oct. 9 at Western Carolina* 2 p.m. Oct. 9 at App. State* 2 p.m. Oct. 16 Furman* 1 p.m. Oct. 23 Wofford* 12:30 p.m. Oct. 30 at Georgia Southern* 1 p.m. Oct. 30 at Chattanooga* 1 p.m. Nov. 6 Wofford (HC)* 2 p.m. Nov. 6 at The Citadel* 1 p.m. Nov. 13 at Chattanooga* 1 p.m. Nov. 13 Furman* 12:30 p.m. Nov. 20 The Citadel* 1 p.m. Nov. 20 Western Carolina* 2 p.m. *-Southern Conference Game *-Southern Conference Game All Times Central All Times Central www.samfordsports.com Samford Football 2010 2010 SAMFORD FOOTBALL Samford Football On The Air Samford In Southern Conference Games All 11 games on the 2010 Samford football sched- Now in its third season as a member of the ule will be broadcast on the Samford Radio Network. The SoCon, Samford has a record of 7-10 in league games. flagship station of the network is WVSU-FM 91.1. Samford has an all-time record of 31-48-3 against the cur- Mike Grace is in his fourth year as the play-by-play rent members of the Southern Conference. announcer, and Jay Roberson will be providing color com- Samford has a 2-6 all-time record against this mentary for the fourth season in a row. A list of affiliates is week’s opponent, Elon. Samford’s record against the rest below: of the SoCon is: Appalachian State (1-4), Chattanooga (9- Football Radio Network Affiliates: 23-3), The Citadel (1-2), Furman (5-7), Georgia Southern WVSU-FM, 91.1 (flagship)--Birmingham (2-3), Western Carolina (6-1) and Wofford (5-2). WXJC-FM, 92.5--Jasper/Birmingham WVRV-FM, 101.5--Montgomery WVRV-FM, 97.5--Pine Level/Troy Samford Against North Carolina Teams WHMA-FM, 95.5--Anniston Samford has an all-time record of 19-16 against WFXO-FM, 105.9--Gadsden/Centre teams from the state of North Carolina, including a 2-6 WTXO-FM, 98.3--Sylacauga/Talladega WFMH-FM, 95.5--Hamilton/Winfield record against this week’s opponent, Elon. Samford has also played the following North Car- Live Streaming olina schools: Appalachian State (1-4), Catawba (1-0), All of Samford’s home games will be livestreamed East Carolina (0-2), Fayetteville State (1-0), Gardner- on the Bulldog Big Screen on Samford’s official website, Webb (4-2), Guilford College (3-0), Western Carolina (6-1) www.samfordsports.com. Access to Southern Conference and Wingate (1-1). road games can be found at www.soconsports.com. Saturday’s game at Elon is the second of three games Samford will play this season against a North Car- olina team. Samford also has a game at Western Carolina The Bulldogs On Television on Oct. 9. Samford has two games on the 2010 schedule that will be televised. Samford’s season-opener at Florida State was televised nationally by ESPNU. Also, Samford’s SouthernPigskin.com Honors Pope home game against Furman on Oct. 16 will be televised SouthernPigskin.com named Samford freshman by SportSouth as part of its SoCon Saturdays production. wide receiver Kelsey Pope its Southern Conference Spe- cial Teams Player of the Week for his performance in Sat- 2010 SoCon Preseason Coaches Poll urday’s SoCon opener against top-ranked Appalachian State. Team (1st-place votes) Points In the game, Pope returned four kickoffs for 128 1. Appalachian State (7) 63 yards (32.0 ypr.). He had a long return of 66 yards in the 2. Elon (2) 58 game. 3. Furman 41 4. SAMFORD 39 5. Chattanooga 37 Leading The SoCon 6. Wofford 36 As a team, Samford currently leads the Southern 7. Georgia Southern 25 Conference in kickoff return average, with an average of 8. The Citadel 14 29.2 yards per return. 9. Western Carolina 11 Individually for the Bulldogs, senior linebacker Bryce Smith leads the league in tackles, averaging 11.5 2010 SoCon Preseason Media Poll per game. Kelsey Pope leads the league in kickoff return average at 31.9 yards per return. Team (1st-place votes) Points 1. Appalachian State (22) 259 2. Elon (6) 231 Among National Leaders 3. Furman (1) 197 Samford currently ranks third in the nation in kick- 4. Chattanooga 157 off return average. Bryce Smith is tied for the national 5. Wofford 152 lead in solo tackles per game, and he ranks 10th in the 6. SAMFORD (1) 141 country in total tackles per game. Kelsey Pope is tied for 7. Georgia Southern 116 fifth in the nation in kickoff return average, while Fabian 8. Western Carolina 52 Truss ranks 10th in the nation in the same category. 9. The Citadel 45 www.samfordsports.com Samford Football 2010 2010 SAMFORD FOOTBALL 2010 Samford Quick Facts Scoring Points Location: Birmingham, Ala. Samford has scored in its last 103-consecutive Founded: 1841 games. The last time Samford was shut out in a football Enrollment: 4,500 game was on Nov. 9, 2000, a 29-0 loss at Tennessee Nickname: Bulldogs Tech. Colors: Red and Blue Stadium (Cap.): Seibert Stadium (6,700) Samford In October Games Surface: LSR Blade Synthetic Surface Samford has an all-time record of 167-181-23 in Affiliation: NCAA Division I-FCS games played in the month of October. This season, the Conference: Southern Conference Bulldogs have four games scheduled for October, with President: Dr. Andrew Westmoreland Saturday’s game being the first of those contests. Director of Athletics: Bob Roller Last season, Samford posted a record of 1-3 in the 10th month. 2010 Elon Quick Facts Location: Elon, N.C. Samford Against Ranked Opponents Founded: 1889 Saturday’s game against 21st-ranked Elon is Enrollment: 5,455 Samford’s second-consecutive game against a ranked op- Nickname: Phoenix ponent. The Bulldogs have not defeated a ranked oppo- Colors: Maroon and Gold nent since Oct. 8, 1994, when the Bulldogs upset Stadium (Cap.): Rhodes Stadium (11,250) sixth-ranked UCF, 36-35 at Seibert Stadium. Surface: Natural Grass Affiliation: NCAA Division I-FCS Family Ties Conference: Southern Conference There are several family connections on the 2010 President: Dr. Leo Lambert Samford football team. Senior safety Andy Davis is the Director of Athletics: Dave Blank older brother of junior defensive lineman Alex Davis.