2022 Samford Bulldogs football team

2022 Samford Bulldogs football

SoCon champion
FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal, L 9–27 vs. North Dakota State
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 7
FCS Coaches	No. 7
Record	11–2 (8–0 SoCon)
Head coach	Chris Hatcher (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Ricky Turner (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Chris Boone (1st season)
Home stadium	Seibert Stadium
Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

2022 Southern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 7 Samford $^	8	–	0	11	–	2
No. 10 Furman ^	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 23 Chattanooga	5	–	3	7	–	4
No. 24 Mercer	5	–	3	7	–	4
Western Carolina	4	–	4	6	–	5
Wofford	3	–	5	3	–	8
The Citadel	3	–	5	4	–	7
East Tennessee State	1	–	7	3	–	8
VMI	0	–	8	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2022 Samford Bulldogs football team represented Samford University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by eighth-year head coach Chris Hatcher and played their home games at Seibert Stadium in Homewood, Alabama.

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Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	No. 8 Kennesaw State*		Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	ESPN+	W 27–17	5,333
September 10	3:00 p.m.	at No. 2 (FBS) Georgia*	No. 25	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	SECN	L 0–33	92,746
September 17	6:00 p.m.	at Tennessee Tech*	No. 24	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	ESPN+	W 33–28	9,249
September 24	2:00 p.m.	Western Carolina	No. 21	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	ESPN+	W 35–12	7,519
October 1	1:00 p.m.	at Furman	No. 16	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	ESPN+	W 34–27	9,507
October 8	12:00 p.m.	Wofford	No. 13	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	ESPN+	W 28–14	3,513
October 22	2:30 p.m.	at East Tennessee State	No. 15	William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN	ESPN3	W 55–45	10,327
October 29	1:00 p.m.	at The Citadel	No. 13	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	ESPN+	W 38–3	8,603
November 5	2:00 p.m.	VMI	No. 10	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	ESPN+	W 34–15	5,375
November 12	12:30 p.m.	at No. 11 Chattanooga	No. 10	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN+	W 35–24	7,128
November 19	12:00 p.m.	No. 19 Mercer	No. 9	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	ESPN+	W 50–44 ^2OT	6,033
December 3	3:00 p.m.	No. 17 Southeastern Louisiana*	No. 8	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL (NCAA Division I Second Round)	ESPN+	W 48–42 ^OT	4,587
December 9	6:00 p.m.	at No. 4 North Dakota State*	No. 8	Fargodome Fargo, ND (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)	ESPN2/ESPN+	L 9–27	11,825
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

No. 8 Kennesaw State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 8 Owls	7	0	10	0	17
Bulldogs	0	14	0	13	27

At No. 2 (FBS) Georgia

Game Two – No. 2 (FBS) Georgia Bulldogs (1–0) vs. No. 25 Samford Bulldogs (1–0)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 25 Samford	0	0	0	0	0
No. 2 (FBS) Georgia	13	17	0	3	33

at Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia

Date: Saturday, September 10, 2022
Game time: 3:00 p.m. CST
Game weather: Clear • Temperature: - • Wind:
Game attendance: 92,746
Referee: Wayne Winkler
TV announcers (SEC Network): Taylor Zarzour (play-by-play), Matt Stinchcomb (color) and Alyssa Lang (sideline)
Pregame line: Georgia −53.0 • Odds to win: Georgia 99.9%

Game information
First quarter (7:51) UGA – Jack Podlesny 27 Yd Field Goal (Georgia 3–0) (5:34) UGA – Jack Podlesny 25 Yd Field Goal (Georgia 6–0) (14:55) UGA – Stetson Bennett 3 Yd Run (Jack Podlesny Kick) (Georgia 13–0) Second quarter (8:48) UGA – Dillon Bell 3 Yd pass from Stetson Bennett (Jack Podlesny Kick) (Georgia 20–0) (5:01) UGA – Jack Podlesny 26 Yd Field Goal (Georgia 23–0) (0:55) UGA – Kenny McIntosh 1 Yd Run (Jack Podlesny Kick) (Georgia 30–0) Third quarter no scoring Fourth quarter (11:11) UGA – Jack Podlesny 25 Yd Field Goal (Georgia 33–0)

Game information

First quarter

(7:51) UGA – Jack Podlesny 27 Yd Field Goal (Georgia 3–0)
(5:34) UGA – Jack Podlesny 25 Yd Field Goal (Georgia 6–0)
(14:55) UGA – Stetson Bennett 3 Yd Run (Jack Podlesny Kick) (Georgia 13–0)

Second quarter

(8:48) UGA – Dillon Bell 3 Yd pass from Stetson Bennett (Jack Podlesny Kick) (Georgia 20–0)
(5:01) UGA – Jack Podlesny 26 Yd Field Goal (Georgia 23–0)
(0:55) UGA – Kenny McIntosh 1 Yd Run (Jack Podlesny Kick) (Georgia 30–0)

Third quarter

no scoring

Fourth quarter

(11:11) UGA – Jack Podlesny 25 Yd Field Goal (Georgia 33–0)

Statistics	SAM	UGA
First downs	3	25
Plays–yards	43–128	75–479
Rushes–yards	19	127
Passing yards	109	352
Passing: comp–att–int	16–26-0	29–43–0
Time of possession	19:57	40:03

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Samford	Passing	Michael Hiers	13/21, 62 yards
	Rushing	Jay Stanton	5 carries, 12 yards
	Receiving	Ty King	4 receptions, 52 yards
Georgia	Passing	Stetson Bennett	24/34, 300 yards, 1 TD
	Rushing	Kendall Milton	10 carry, 85 yards
	Receiving	Kenny McIntosh	5 receptions, 61 yards

At Tennessee Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 24 Bulldogs	10	7	7	9	33
Golden Eagles	14	7	0	7	28

Western Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Catamounts	0	3	6	3	12
No. 21 Bulldogs	7	7	7	14	35

At Furman

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 16 Bulldogs	0	20	14	0	34
Paladins	10	7	0	10	27

Wofford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terriers	0	0	7	7	14
No. 13 Bulldogs	7	7	14	0	28

At East Tennessee State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 15 Bulldogs	10	24	14	7	55
Buccaneers	10	14	7	14	45

At The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Samford Bulldogs	7	14	10	7	38
Citadel Bulldogs	0	3	0	0	3

VMI

	1	2	3	4	Total
Keydets	6	6	3	0	15
No. 10 Bulldogs	0	7	13	14	34

At No. 11 Chattanooga

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 10 Bulldogs	7	21	7	0	35
No. 11 Mocs	7	3	14	0	24

No. 19 Mercer

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
No. 19 Bears	17	0	3	17	7	0	44
No. 9 Bulldogs	14	6	7	10	7	6	50

FCS Playoffs

No. 17 Southeastern Louisiana – second round

Southeastern Louisiana Lions at Samford Bulldogs

Period	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
No. 17 Lions	14	0	14	14	0	42
No. 8 Bulldogs	14	7	7	14	6	48

at Seibert Stadium, Homewood, AL

Date: December 3
Game time: 2:00 p.m.
Game weather: Cloudy
Game attendance: 4,587
Referee: Jeremy DeAngulo
TV: ESPN+

At No. 4 North Dakota State – Quarterfinals

Samford Bulldogs (11–1) vs. North Dakota State Bison (10–2)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 8 (6) Bulldogs	0	0	0	9	9
No. 4 (3) Bison	0	10	14	3	27

at Fargodome, Fargo, ND

Date: December 9, 2022
Game time: 6:00 p.m. (CT)
Game weather: Indoors; 70 °F (21 °C)
Game attendance: 11,825
Referee: Reed Brotherton
TV announcers (ESPN2): Tiffany Greene, Jay Walker, Taylor Davis

Statistics	Samford	North Dakota State
First downs	19	21
Plays–yards	71–336	66–360
Rushes–yards	24–57	48–166
Passing yards	279	194
Passing: comp–att–int	30–47–1	15–18–0
Time of possession	20:55	39:05

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Samford	Passing	Michael Hiers	22/30, 227 yds, TD, INT
	Rushing	Jay Stanton	10 car, 39 yds
	Receiving	Chandler Smith	6 rec, 120 yds, TD
North Dakota State	Passing	Cam Miller	15/18, 194 yds, TD
	Rushing	Kobe Johnson	15 car, 48 yds
	Receiving	Joe Stoffel	3 rec, 60 yds, TD

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	SAM	NDSU
2nd	1:25	12	69	7:28	NDSU	Joe Stoffel (#82) 2-yard touchdown reception from Cam Miller (#7), Griffin Crosa (#39) kick good	0	7
2nd	0:00	3	24	0:25	NDSU	44-yard field goal by Griffin Crosa (#39)	0	10
3rd	10:57	7	82	3:59	NDSU	TK Marshall (#28) 7-yard touchdown run, Griffin Crosa (#39) kick good	0	17
3rd	2:02	12	63	7:15	NDSU	Cam Miller (#7) 1-yard touchdown run, Griffin Crosa (#39) kick good	0	24
4th	12:08	12	66	4:48	SAM	28-yard field goal by Zach Williams (#59)	3	24
4th	6:04	9	71	6:04	NDSU	22-yard field goal by Griffin Crosa (#39)	3	27
4th	3:53	8	75	2:11	SAM	Chandler Smith (#0) 40-yard touchdown reception from Michael Hiers (#10), 2-point pass incomplete	9	27
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							9	27

References

^ "2022 Football Schedule". samfordsports.com.
^ "2022 Football Schedule". fbschedules.com.

v t e Samford Bulldogs football
Venues	West End Park (1902–1903, 1905–1910) Alabama State Fairgrounds (1902, 1906, 1910–1912) Howard Athletic Field (1912–1917) Eagles/Berry Field (1919–1927) Rickwood Field (1917–1927) Legion Field (1927–1944, 1950, 1955, 1990) Seibert Stadium (1958–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Jacksonville State
Culture & lore	Marching band Porter Cup
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
<span style="color:white">Seasons</span>	1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946–1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974–1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

v t e Southern Conference football champions
Pre-SEC	Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech & North Carolina (1922) Vanderbilt & Washington and Lee (1923) Alabama (1924) Alabama & Tulane (1925) Alabama (1926) Georgia Tech, Tennessee, & NC State (1927) Georgia Tech (1928) Tulane (1929) Alabama & Tulane (1930) Tulane (1931) Tennessee & Auburn & LSU (1932)
Pre-ACC	Duke (1933) Washington and Lee (1934) Duke (1935) Duke (1936) Maryland (1937) Duke (1938) Duke (1939) Clemson (1940) Duke (1941) William & Mary (1942) Duke (1943) Duke (1944) Duke (1945) North Carolina (1946) William & Mary (1947) Clemson (1948) North Carolina (1949) Washington and Lee (1950) Maryland & VMI (1951) Duke (1952)
Post-ACC	West Virginia (1953) West Virginia (1954) West Virginia (1955) West Virginia (1956) VMI (1957) West Virginia (1958) VMI (1959) VMI (1960) The Citadel (1961) VMI (1962) VPI (1963) West Virginia (1964) West Virginia (1965) East Carolina & William & Mary (1966) West Virginia (1967) Richmond (1968) Davidson & Richmond (1969) William & Mary (1970) Richmond (1971) East Carolina (1972) East Carolina (1973) VMI (1974) Richmond (1975) East Carolina (1976) Chattanooga & VMI (1977) Chattanooga & Furman (1978) Chattanooga (1979) Furman (1980) Furman (1981)
I-AA/FCS	Furman (1982) Furman (1983) Chattanooga (1984) Furman (1985) Appalachian State (1986) Appalachian State (1987) Furman & Marshall (1988) Furman (1989) Furman (1990) Appalachian State (1991) The Citadel (1992) Georgia Southern (1993) Marshall (1994) Appalachian State (1995) Marshall (1996) Georgia Southern (1997) Georgia Southern (1998) Appalachian State, Furman, & Georgia Southern (1999) Georgia Southern (2000) Furman & Georgia Southern (2001) Georgia Southern (2002) Wofford (2003) Furman & Georgia Southern (2004) Appalachian State (2005) Appalachian State (2006) Appalachian State & Wofford (2007) Appalachian State (2008) Appalachian State (2009) Appalachian State & Wofford (2010) Georgia Southern (2011) Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, & Wofford (2012) Chattanooga, Furman, & Samford (2013) Chattanooga (2014) Chattanooga & The Citadel (2015) The Citadel (2016) Wofford (2017) East Tennessee State, Furman, & Wofford (2018) Wofford (2019) VMI (2020) East Tennessee State (2021) Samford (2022) Furman (2023)
National championships in bold

v t e 2022 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants
Davidson Delaware Eastern Kentucky Elon Fordham Furman Gardner–Webb Holy Cross Idaho Incarnate Word Montana Montana State New Hampshire North Dakota North Dakota State Richmond Sacramento State Saint Francis (PA) Samford South Dakota State Southeast Missouri State Southeastern Louisiana Weber State William & Mary
Champion – South Dakota State

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