2012 Samford Bulldogs football team

2012 Samford Bulldogs football
Conference Southern Conference
2012 record 7–4 (5–3 SoCon)
Head coach Pat Sullivan (6th year)
Offensive coordinator Brandon Herring/Travis Trickett
Defensive coordinator Bill D'Ottavio
Home stadium Seibert Stadium
(Capacity: 6,700)
2012 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#6 Georgia Southern +^   6 – 2         10 – 4  
#9 Wofford +^   6 – 2         9 – 4  
#7 Appalachian State +^   6 – 2         8 – 4  
The Citadel   5 – 3         7 – 4  
Samford   5 – 3         7 – 4  
Chattanooga   5 – 3         6 – 5  
Furman   2 – 6         3 – 8  
Elon   1 – 7         3 – 8  
Western Carolina   0 – 8         1 – 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2012 Samford Bulldogs football team represented Samford University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth year head coach Pat Sullivan and played their home games at Seibert Stadium. They are a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 7–4, 5–3 in SoCon play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 3:30 PM Furman Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL CSS W 24–21   6,712
September 8 7:00 PM West Alabama* Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL W 34–6   7,384
September 15 2:00 PM at Gardner–Webb* Ernest W. Spangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC W 44–23   3,850
September 22 2:30 PM at Western Carolina E.J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC W 25–21   10,112
September 29 5:00 PM at No. 10 Georgia Southern Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA ESPN3 L 16–35   20,832
October 6 2:00 PM No. 19 The Citadel Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL W 38–7   5,872
October 13 2:00 PM No. 13 Appalachian Statedagger No. 25 Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL L 25–28   9,712
October 20 5:00 PM at Chattanooga Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN L 13–20   7,103
November 3 2:00 PM No. 6 Wofford Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL W 24–17   8,147
November 10 12:30 PM at Elon Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC W 26–15   6,231
November 17 7:30 PM at Kentucky* Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY CSS L 3–34   46,749
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
Sports Network RV RV – RV RV RV 25  
Coaches – – RV RV 25 RV RV

References

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