2020 Samford Bulldogs football team

2020 Samford Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record4–3 (4–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDerrick Sherman (1st season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorNick Benedetto (1st season)
Base defense4–2–5
Home stadiumSeibert Stadium
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 11 VMI $^   6 – 1     6 – 2  
No. 22 East Tennessee State   4 – 1     4 – 1  
Chattanooga†   3 – 1     3 – 2  
Mercer   5 – 3     5 – 6  
Samford   4 – 3     4 – 3  
Furman   3 – 4     3 – 4  
Wofford†   1 – 4     1 – 4  
The Citadel   2 – 6     2 – 10  
Western Carolina   1 – 5     1 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • † – Chattanooga and Wofford opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 29 and April 5, 2021, respectively.
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Samford Bulldogs football team represented Samford University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Chris Hatcher and played their home games at Seibert Stadium. They played as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon).

Schedule

Samford had a game scheduled against Florida State, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
February 20 12:00 p.m. at East Tennessee State
ESPN+ L 17–24 2106
February 27 1:00 p.m. Western Carolina
  • Seibert Stadium
  • Homewood, AL
 ESPN+ W 55–27 1276
March 6 1:00 p.m. at No. 17 Furman
ESPN+ L 37–44 OT 2102
March 13 1:00 p.m. No. 20 Wofford
  • Seibert Stadium
  • Homewood, AL
 ESPN+ W 37–31 1176
March 20 1:00 p.m. No. 19 VMI
  • Seibert Stadium
  • Homewood, AL
 ESPN+ L 37–38 OT 1156
March 27 1:00 p.m. at The Citadel
ESPN+ W 55–7 3081
April 10 2:00 p.m. at Chattanooga
ESPN+ Canceled[a]
April 17 1:00 p.m. No. 23 Mercer
  • Seibert Stadium
  • Homewood, AL
 ESPN+ W 44–20 1176

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Notes

  1. ^ On March 29, 2021, Chattanooga announced that it would opt out of the remainder of the 2021 spring season due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

References

  1. ^ "ACC Announces Plans for Football and Fall Olympic Sports". TheACC.com. July 29, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  2. ^ "Chattanooga Football Opting Out of the Remainder of the 2021 Spring FCS Season". University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Athletics. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  3. ^ "2020 Samford Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 8, 2020.


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