2012 Samford Bulldogs football team

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.

2012 Samford Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
2012 record7–4 (5–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrandon Herring/Travis Trickett
Defensive coordinatorBill D'Ottavio
Home stadiumSeibert Stadium
(Capacity: 6,700)
2012 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 6 Georgia Southern +^  6 2     10 4  
No. 9 Wofford +^  6 2     9 4  
No. 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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 13:30 pmFurmanCSSW 24–216,712
September 87:00 pmWest Alabama*
  • Seibert Stadium
  • Homewood, AL
W 34–67,384
September 152:00 pmat Gardner–Webb*W 44–233,850
September 222:30 pmat Western CarolinaW 25–2110,112
September 295:00 pmat No. 10 Georgia SouthernESPN3L 16–3520,832
October 62:00 pmNo. 19 The Citadel
  • Seibert Stadium
  • Homewood, AL
W 38–75,872
October 132:00 pmNo. 13 Appalachian StateNo. 25
  • Seibert Stadium
  • Homewood, AL
L 25–289,712
October 205:00 pmat ChattanoogaL 13–207,103
November 32:00 pmNo. 6 Wofford
  • Seibert Stadium
  • Homewood, AL
W 24–178,147
November 1012:30 pmat ElonW 26–156,231
November 177:30 pmat Kentucky*CSSL 3–3446,749

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = 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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