2019 SAMFORD FOOTBALL SU ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS: 800 LAKESHORE DRIVE, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35229 - WWW.SAMFORDSPORTS.COM 2019 SCHEDULE/RESULTS #16 AUBURN Aug. 24 vs. Youngstown St.# L, 22-45 GAME November 23 - 11 a.m. (CT) vs. Aug. 31 at Tennessee Tech L, 58-59 (2OT) Auburn, Ala. Sept. 14 at #21 Wofford* W, 21-14 Sept. 21 Alabama A&M W, 55-21 12 Jordan-Hare Stadium (87,451) Sept. 28 #25 The Citadel* W, 61-55(4OT) SEC Network Oct. 5 #14 Furman* L, 14-58 Oct. 12 at VMI* L, 41-48 (OT) GAME FACTS SAMFORD Oct. 26 ETSU* W, 24-17 Site: Jordan-Hare Stadium Record: 5-6, 4-4 SoCon Nov. 2 at Mercer* L, 33-36 (2OT) Head Coach: Chris Hatcher (Valdosta St., ‘95) Nov. 9 Chattanooga* L, 27-35 (87,451) Nov. 16 at Western Carolina* W, 31-13 TV: SEC Network Record at Samford: 32-25 (5th year) Nov. 23 at #16 Auburn 11 a.m. Live Stats: SamfordSports.com Career Record: 153-82 (20th year) *-Southern Conference Game Twitter: @SamfordFootball #-Guardian Credit Union FCS Kickoff (Mont- Overall Series: Auburn leads, 27-0-1 #16 AUBURN gomery, Ala.) In Birmingham: Auburn leads, 8-0-1 All times are Central Record: 7-3, 4-3 SEC In Auburn: Auburn leads, 13-0 Head Coach: Gus Malzahn (Henderson St., ‘90) In Montgomery: Auburn leads, 6-0 Record at Auburn: 60-30 (7th year) SEC NETWORK Last Meeting: Nov. 22, 2014, 31-7, Auburn Career Record: 69-33 (8th year) Play-by-Play Taylor Zarzour win in Auburn Analyst Matt Stinchcomb Sideline Alyssa Lang SAMFORD TO WRAP UP SEASON AT AUBURN SATURDAY The Samford football team will travel to Auburn, Ala., to take on SOCIAL MEDIA the 16th-ranked Auburn Tigers Saturday at 11 a.m. at Jordan-Hare Sta- Football Twitter @SamfordFootball Athletics Twitter @Samford_Sports dium. The game can be seen live on the SEC Network. Football Facebook Samford Football Samford enters the game with a record of 5-6 overall and 4-4 in Athletics Facebook Samford University Southern Conference play. The Bulldogs are coming off a 31-13 win at Athletics Western Carolina Saturday. ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Auburn has a mark of 7-3 overall and 4-3 in the SEC. The Tigers OFFICE are coming off a 21-14 loss to Georgia last Saturday. Joey Mullins Asst. AD/FB Contact [email protected] THE SERIES 205-532-3477 (cell) The Samford Bulldogs and Auburn Tigers will meet for the 29th Website samfordsports.com time, with Auburn holding a 27-0-1 advantage in the all-time series. Office Phone 205-726-2799 The teams last met on Nov. 22, 2014, with Auburn earning a 31-7 win at Jordan-Hare Stadium. The one tie in the series came on Oct. 29, 1927, with the game ending in a 9-9 tie at Birmingham’s Rickwood Field. SAMFORD ON THE ROAD Saturday’s game will mark Samford’s last of six true road games on the team’s 2019 schedule. The Bulldogs are currently 2-3 in true road games so far this season. The Bulldogs also played one neutral-site game, falling to Youngstown State, 45-22 in a game played in Montgomery’s Cramton Bowl. Last season, Samford went 2-4 in road games. www.samfordsports.com Samford Football 2019 2019 SAMFORD FOOTBALL STATISTICAL COMPARISON SAMFORD AGAINST SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE TEAMS SAMFORD VS. AUBURN Against the current members of the Southeastern Conference, Samford has SAM AU an all-time record of 2-77-3, including an 0-27-1 record against Saturday’s opponent, Points Scored* 35.2 30.8 Auburn. This game will mark the seventh time in the last nine seasons Samford has Total Offense* 430.0 415.5 faced an SEC opponent First Downs 260 215 Samford has played the following SEC schools: Alabama (0-20-1), Arkansas Rushing Yards* 174.8 205.8 (0-1), Auburn (0-27-1), Florida (0-2), Georgia (0-2), Kentucky (0-1), LSU (0-1), Ole Passing Yards* 255.2 209.7 Miss (1-2), Mississippi State (1-17-1), Tennessee (0-2) and Vanderbilt (0-2). Time of Possession* 24:43 30:20 Third Down Percentage 42% 43% Points Allowed* 36.5 17.8 THE LAST TIME OUT Yards Allowed* 448.8 325.8 Samford used big plays in all three phases to earn a 31-13 come-from-behind Rushing Yards Allowed* 230.5 115.5 win at Western Carolina last Saturday. Passing Yards Allowed* 2184 210.3 Quarterback Liam Welch rushed 20 times for a career-high 105 yards and *per game a touchdown. He also passed for 115 yards and a touchdown. Montrell Washington had one punt return that went for a 59-yard touchdown. Armond Lloyd and Jaleel RETURNING STATISTICAL LEADERS Laguins had a fumble recovery each for the defense. RUSHING YARDS SAMFORD AU SAMFORD VERSUS IN-STATE TEAMS J. Stanton 671 J. Whitlow 576 Samford has an all-time record of 88-117-17 against college teams from the C. Oladokun 488 D. Williams 329 Washington 191 K. Martin 293 state of Alabama, including a record of 0-27-1 against Saturday’s opponent, Auburn. Samford has played the following in-state teams: Alabama (0-20-1), Ala- PASSING YARDS bama A&M (1-0), Alabama Presbyterian (5-0), Alabama State (0-1-1), UAB (1-0), SAMFORD AU Athens State (1-1), Auburn (0-27-1), Birmingham-Southern (16-10-6), Faulkner C. Oladokun 2064 B. Nix 2043 L. Welch 693 (1-0), Jacksonville State (21-23-2), Miles (3-0), North Alabama (5-6-2), Southern of Greensboro (2-1- 1), Spring Hill (10-8-2), Stillman (2-0), Troy (9-14) and West RECEIVING YARDS Alabama (11-6-1). SAMFORD AU R. Adams 561 S. Williams 690 C. Shelling 480 A. Schwartz 353 ON THIS DATE Washington 405 E. Stove 267 Samford has an all-time record of 3-3 in games played on November 23. Below is a list of all of Samford’s games played on November 23. POINTS SCORED SAMFORD AU M. Fineran 91 A. Carlson 72 Season Opponent Result Location J. Stanton 54 S. Williams 48 2013 Elon W, 33-32 Seibert Stadium C. Oladokun 50 J. Whitlow 42 2002 Youngstown State L, 29-37 Away Washington 36 B. Nix 36 1991 Liberty W, 31-19 Seibert Stadium TACKLES 1968 Chattanooga L, 7-40 Away SAMFORD AU 1918 Birmingham-Southern L, 14-26 Rickwood Field J. Staton 112 J. Dinson 69 1907 Birmingham-Southern W, 87-0 West End Park N. East 73 D. Thomas 57 T. Herring 71 K. Britt 51 SCORING POINTS INTERCEPTIONS Samford has scored in its last 213-consecutive games. The last time Sam- SAMFORD AU N. Barton 1 J. Dinson 1 ford was shut out in a football game was on Nov. 9, 2000, a 29-0 loss at Tennessee T. Herring 1 J. Davis 1 Tech. C. Edmonds 1 R. McCreary 1 A. Atkinson 1 C. Tutt 1 C. Wooten 1 SAMFORD-AUBURN CONNECTIONS Kodi Burns, Auburn’s current co-offensive coordinator and receivers coach, SACKS got his first full-time coaching position at Samford. Burns coached the Bulldogs’ SAMFORD AU running backs in 2014. The head coach Burns served under at Samford was former B. Granger 3.0 M. Davidson 6.5 A. Lloyd 2.0 D. Brown 4.0 Auburn Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Pat Sullivan, who coached the Bull- J. Foster 2.0 T. Truesdell 3.0 dogs from 2007 to 2014. J. Nash 2.0 www.samfordsports.com Samford Football 2019 2019 SAMFORD FOOTBALL 2019 Samford Quick Facts FRESHMEN STEPPING UP Location: Birmingham, Ala. So far this season, Samford has had several freshmen step up to make big Founded: 1841 plays. Enrollment: 5,619 Running back Jay Stanton leads the team in rushing with 671 yards on the Nickname: Bulldogs Colors: Red and Blue season, and he rushed for a career-high 141 yards at Mercer. Wide receiver A.J. Stadium (Cap.): Seibert Stadium (6,700) Toney ranks third on the team in receptions with 32 and fifth in receiving yards with Surface: LSR Blade Synthetic Surface 289. Michael Vice has five TD catches so far. Affiliation: NCAA Division I FCS Conference: Southern QUICK STRIKES President: Dr. Andrew Westmoreland Director of Athletics: Martin Newton So far this season, Samford has continued the trend of quick scoring drives since Chris Hatcher became the program’s head coach. So far this season, Samford has had 16 scoring drives of two minutes or less, and seven that took less than a 2019 Auburn Quick Facts minute. The times of those drives were: 0:30, 0:33, 0:39, 0:41, 0:41, 0:52, 0:57, 1:01, Location: Auburn, Ala. 1:01, 1:13, 1:22, 1:25, 1:44, 1:47, 1:48 and 1:52. Founded: 1856 In four-plus seasons under Hatcher, Samford has had 110 scoring drives of Enrollment: 30,440 two minutes or less and 50 that have lasted one minute or less. Nickname: Tigers Colors: Orange and Blue Stadium (Cap.): Jordan-Hare Stadium (87,451) THE LAST TIME VS. AUBURN Surface: Natural Grass Samford and Auburn last met on Nov. 22, 2014, with Auburn taking a 31-7 Affiliation: NCAA Division I-FBS victory. Conference: Southeastern For Samford in the loss, quarterback Michael Eubank passed for 125 yards President: Dr. Jay Gouge and a touchdown. Karel Hamilton caught five passes for 67 yards, and Tony Philpot Director of Athletics: Allen Greene had one touchdown reception. PUTTING UP POINTS Current SoCon Standings Team SoCon Overall Samford has scored at least 20 points in 31 of its last 35 games.