2018 SAMFORD FOOTBALL SU ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS: 800 LAKESHORE DRIVE, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35229 - WWW.SAMFORDSPORTS.COM 2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS The Citadel Aug. 30 Shorter W, 66-9 GAME Nov. 10 - p.m. (CT) vs. Sept. 8 at Florida State L, 26-36 Charleston, S.C. Sept. 15 Mercer* L, 24-30 Johnson Hagood Stadium (11,332) Sept. 22 at Chattanooga* L, 20-27 10 Sept. 29 at #4 Kennesaw St.L, 10-24 Oct. 6 Western Carolina* W, 66-28 SAMFORD Oct. 13 VMI* W, 73-22 GAME FACTS Site: Johnson Hagood Stadium Record: 5-4, 4-2 Southern Conference Oct. 20 at Furman* W, 38-25 (11,332) Head Coach: Chris Hatcher (Valdosta St., ‘95) Nov. 3 #8 Wofford* W, 35-20 TV: ESPN+ Record at Samford: 26-18 (4th year) Nov. 10 at The Citadel* 1 p.m. Live Stats: SamfordSports.com Career Record: 147-75 (19th year) Nov. 17 at ETSU* 12 p.m. Twitter: @SamfordFootball Series Record: The Citadel leads, 6-5 *-Southern Conference Game THE CITADEL In Birmingham: Samford leads, 3-2 All times are Central Record: 3-5, 3-4 Southern Conference In Charleston, S.C.: The Citadel leads, 5-2 Head Coach: Brent Thompson (Norwich, ‘98) Last Meeting: 9/30/17, SU 35, CIT 14 ESPN+ Record at The Citadel: 18-13 (3rd year) in Birmingham, Ala. Career Record: 18-13 (3rd year) Play-by-Play Kevin Fitzgerald Analyst Dominique Allen Sideline Danielle Hensley SAMFORD TRAVELS TO THE CITADEL FOR KEY SOCON SHOWDOWN The Samford football team will go back out on the road to play at SOCIAL MEDIA The Citadel Satrday at 1 p.m. (CT). The game can be seen live on ESPN+. Football Twitter @SamfordFootball Samford enters the game with a record of 5-4 overall and 4-2 in Athletics Twitter @Samford_Sports Football Facebook Samford Football the Southern Conference. The Bulldogs have won four-straight games, and Athletics Facebook Samford University are coming off a 35-20 win over eighth-ranked Wofford last week. Athletics The Citadel is currently 3-5 overall and 3-4 in SoCon games. The ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Bulldogs traveled to Western Carolina last week, earning a 38-24 win over OFFICE the Catamounts. Joey Mullins Asst. AD/FB Contact [email protected] THE SERIES 205-532-3477 (cell) The Samford Bulldogs and The Citadel Bulldogs have met 11 previ- Website samfordsports.com ous times, with The Citadel holding a 6-5 advantage in the series. Last Office Phone 205-726-2799 season, Samford earned a 35-14 win over The Citadel. In the 10 years Samford has been in the Southern Conference, each team has won five contests. SAMFORD ON THE ROAD Saturday’s game will mark Samford’s fifrth road game of the 2018 season, and the Bulldogs are currently 1-3 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 9-13 in road contests. www.samfordsports.com Samford Football 2018 2018 SAMFORD FOOTBALL STATISTICAL COMPARISON SAMFORD AGAINST SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TEAMS SAMFORD VS. THE CITADEL Now in its 11th season as a member of the Southern Conference, Samford SAM CIT has a record of 47-37 in league games. Saturday’s game is Samford’s seventh SoCon Points Scored* 39.8 28.2 game of the season, and the Bulldogs are currently 4-2 in league play. Total Offense* 521.3 374.4 Against the current members of the Southern Conference, Samford has an First Downs 242 150 all-time record of 73-67-4. The Bulldogs are 5-6 all-time against Saturday’s oppo- Rushing Yards* 131.1 284.0 nent, The Citadel Samford’s overall record against each current SoCon member is: Passing Yards* 390.2 90.4 Chattanooga (10-31-3), The Citadel (5-6), ETSU (4-1), Furman (11-10), Mercer (13-11- Time of Possession* 27:50 32:18 Third Down Percentage 46% 43% 1), VMI (6-0), Western Carolina (13-3) and Wofford (11-5). Points Allowed* 24.6 30.2 Yards Allowed* 371.4 402.0 THE LAST TIME OUT Rushing Yards Allowed* 149.9 160.2 Samford earned its fourth-straight win with a 35-20 victory over eighth- Passing Yards Allowed* 221.6 241.8 ranked Wofford Saturday afternoon at Seibert Stadium. *per game Samford senior quarterback Devlin Hodges completed 29-of-41 passes for 399 yards and four touchdowns. Kelvin McKnight caught six passes for 171 yards and RETURNING STATISTICAL LEADERS a touchdown. RUSHING YARDS Defensively for Samford, William Bryant, Ahmad Gooden, Brett Granger and SAMFORD CIT Aaron Harris had eight tackles each. Gooden also had 5.0 tackles for loss at 1.0 sack. D. Ware 370 L. Ward 573 R. Adams 313 J. Black 471 D. Hodges 240 G. Drakefort 357 SAMFORD VERSUS SOUTH CAROLINA TEAMS Samford has an all-time record of 35-25-1 against teams from the state of PASSING YARDS South Carolina, including a 5-6 mark against Saturday’s opponent, The Citadel. SAMFORD CIT Samford has played the following South Carolina teams: Charleston South- D. Hodges 3475 J. Black 723 ern (2-0), The Citadel (5-6), Clemson (0-3), Furman (11-10), Newberry College (3-1- RECEIVING YARDS 1), Presbyterian (3-0) and Wofford (11-5). SAMFORD CIT K. McKnight 1157 R. Webb 336 C. Shelling 532 G. Drakefort 184 ON THIS DATE J. Creamer 290 Samford has an all-time record of 7-4-1 in games played on Nov. 10. The last time Samford played on this date was in 2012, a 26-15 win at Elon. A list of games POINTS SCORED played on Nov. 10 is below. SAMFORD CIT M. Fineran 72 J. Black 60 C. Shelling 54 J. Godek 52 Season Opponent Result Location K. McKnight 48 C. Harris 24 2012 Elon W, 26-15 Away D. Ware 42 2001 Eastern Kentucky L, 11-33 Away TACKLES 1990 Concord W, 49-14 Home SAMFORD CIT 1984 Sewanee W, 38-33 Home A, Harris 71 W. Eubanks 62 1962 Wofford W, 34-28 Home A. Gooden 47 N. Dawkins 50 1956 Tennessee-Wesleyan L, 12-19 Home W. Bryant 35 C. Beverly 40 1951 Millsaps L, 14-27 Home INTERCEPTIONS 1934 Tennessee Tech W, 26-0 Away SAMFORD CIT 1928 Chattanooga L, 0-14 Home J. Montgomery 2 A. Spann 3 1923 Jacksonville State W, 27-0 Anniston, Ala. N. Barton 2 W. Eubanks 2 N. Dawkins 2 1911 Southern (Greensboro) T, 0-0 B-ham Fairgrounds 1906 Southwest Presbyterian W, 12-6 West End Park SACKS SAMFORD CIT A. Gooden 5.5 N. Dawkins 4.0 N. Jordan 3.0 J. Randolph 4.0 SCORING POINTS T. Floyd 1.5 W. Eubanks 3.0 Samford has scored in its last 199-consecutive games. The last time Sam- M. Kinsey 3.0 ford was shut out in a football game was on Nov. 9, 2000, a 29-0 loss at Tennessee Tech. Samford’s current streak is by far the longest in the Southern Conference. The next-longest streak belongs to The Citadel at 93 games. www.samfordsports.com Samford Football 2018 2018 SAMFORD FOOTBALL 2018 Samford Quick Facts MCKNIGHT CAREER RECORDS WATCH Location: Birmingham, Ala. Samford senior wide receiver Kelvin McKnight recently set a couple of Founded: 1841 school career records. He now has 289 career receptions, breaking the old record Enrollment: 5,509 of 279, set by Karel Hamilton from 2013 to 2016. He has also accumulated 3,848 Nickname: Bulldogs Colors: Red and Blue receiving yards, eclipsing Hamilton’s old record of 3,803 yards. Stadium (Cap.): Seibert Stadium (6,700) Surface: LSR Blade Synthetic Surface SAMFORD’S SOCON PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Affiliation: NCAA Division I FCS Through the team’s first nine games, Samford players have earned eight Conference: Southern Southern Conference Player of the Week honors. President: Dr. Andrew Westmoreland Freshman place-kicker Mitchell Fineran was named Special Teams Player of Director of Athletics: Martin Newton the Week following both of Samford’s first two games. Senior linebacker Aaron Har- ris earned Defensive Player of the Week honors after the Bulldogs’ game at Florida 2018 The Citadel Quick Facts State. Location: Charleston, S.C. On Oct. 8, Samford swept the three awards, with Devlin Hodges (offense), Founded: 1842 Tre’Shun Floyd (defense) and Fineran (special teams), earning the honors. On Oct. Enrollment: 2,300 22, Ahmad Gooden earned Defensive Player of the Week honors. On Nov. 5, Hodges Nickname: Bulldogs earned the Offensive Player of the Week again. Below is a list of Samford’s SoCon Colors: Citadel Blue and White Players of the Week. Stadium (Cap.): Johnson Hagood Stadium (11,332) Surface: Natural Grass Samford Players Named SoCon Player of the Week Affiliation: NCAA Division I-FCS Player Category Week Conference: Southern Mitchell Fineran Special Teams Sept. 3 President: Lt. Gen. John B. Sams Jr. Aaron Harris Defense Sept. 10 Director of Athletics: Rob Acunto Mitchell Fineran Special Teams Sept. 10 Devlin Hodges Offense Oct. 8 Current SoCon Standings Tre’Shun Floyd Defense Oct. 8 Team SoCon Overall Mitchell Fineran Special Teams Oct. 8 ETSU 6 - 1 8 - 2 Ahmad Gooden Defense Oct. 22 Wofford 5 - 2 6 - 3 Devlin Hodges Offense Nov. 5 Samford 4 - 2 5 - 4 Furman 4 - 2 4 - 4 Chattanooga 4 - 3 6 - 3 THE LAST TIME AGAINST THE CITADEL Mercer 3 - 3 4 - 5 Samford and The Citadel last met on Sept. 30, 2017, with Samford earning a The Citadel 3 - 4 3 - 5 convincing 35-14 win.