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Samford Bulldogs Football
The Samford Bulldogs football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Samford University located in Homewood, Alabama. The team competes at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). Samford's first football team was fielded in 1902. The team was known as the Howard Bulldogs through the 1965 season when Howard College was renamed as Samford University. Howard was located in Birmingham, Alabama prior to 1957. Since 1958, the Bulldogs have played their home games at Pete Hanna Stadium, which now has a seating capacity of 6,700, in Homewood. Chris Hatcher has served as Samford's head coach since the 2015 season. History Classifications * 1937–1971: NA * 1972: NCAA College Division * 1973: NCAA Division III * 1974–1983: no program * 1984–1988: NCAA Division III * 1989–present: NCAA Division I-AA/FCS Conference memberships * 1902–1905: independent * 1906–1931: Southern Intercolleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1902 Howard Crimson And Blue Football Team
The 1902 Howard Crimson and Blue football team was an American football team that represented Howard College (now known as the Samford University) as an independent during the 1902 college football season. In their first year under head coach Houston Gwin, the team compiled a record of 3–1. Schedule References Howard Howard is a masculine given name derived from the English surname Howard. ''The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names'' notes that "the use of this surname as a christian name is quite recent and there seems to be no particular reason for ... Samford Bulldogs football seasons Howard Crimson and Blue football {{collegefootball-1902-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA College Division
The NCAA College Division was a historic subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) consisting of member schools competing at a lower level of college sports. The NCAA initially divided schools into a College Division and a University Division. The College Division was split into two smaller groups in 1973 with the creation of NCAA Division II, which allows its members to award limited athletic scholarships, and Division III, which prohibits athletic scholarships. The College Division began for purposes of college basketball. In August 1956, NCAA executive director Walter Byers announced that, starting in 1957, the NCAA would hold separate basketball tournaments for major schools and smaller colleges. Approximately 156 major schools competing in the "University Division" would compete for 24 spots in the University Division tournament, while 285 smaller schools in the "College Division" would compete for 32 spots in a separate tournament. See also * NCAA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Sullivan (American Football)
Patrick Joseph Sullivan (January 18, 1950 – December 1, 2019) was an American professional football player and college coach. An All-America quarterback for the Auburn Tigers, he won the Heisman Trophy in 1971 and then played six seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Atlanta Falcons and Washington Redskins. Sullivan was a head football coach at Samford University, a position he held from 2007 to 2014. He was previously the head football coach at Texas Christian University (TCU) from 1992 to 1997 and the offensive coordinator at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) from 1999 to 2006. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1991. College career Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Sullivan began his athletic career as a three-sport star at Birmingham's John Carroll Catholic High School. Although a talented baseball and basketball player, he chose to play football for Auburn University where he would become the starting quarterback ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Samford Bulldogs Football Team
The 2013 Samford Bulldogs football team represented Samford University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh year head coach Pat Sullivan and played their home games at Seibert Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I. Southern Conference College football, football teams c .... They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in SoCon play to share the conference title with Chattanooga and Furman. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Jacksonville State. Schedule Ranking movements References Samford Samford Bulldogs football seasons Southern Conference football champion seasons Samford Samford Bulldogs football {{Collegefootball-2013-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 Howard Bulldogs Football Team
The 1936 Howard Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Howard College (now known as Samford University) as a member of the Dixie Conference during the 1936 college football season. In their second year under head coach Billy Bancroft, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record and finished as Dixie Conference champions. Schedule References Howard Howard is a masculine given name derived from the English surname Howard. ''The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names'' notes that "the use of this surname as a christian name is quite recent and there seems to be no particular reason for ... Samford Bulldogs football seasons Dixie Conference football champion seasons Howard Bulldogs football {{collegefootball-1936-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Bancroft (coach)
William Henry Bancroft (August 25, 1904 – December 6, 1993) was an American college football, basketball and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Howard College—now known as Samford University—from 1935 to 1939. Bancroft died on December 6, 1993, in Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of Alabama, United States. It is the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama, Jefferson County. The population was 200,733 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List .... Head coaching record College football References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bancroft, Billy 1904 births 1993 deaths Baseball second basemen Baseball third basemen Birmingham Barons players Gadsden Pilots players Montgomery Lions players Oklahoma City Indians players Samford Bulldogs athletic directors Samford Bulldogs baseball coaches Samford Bulldogs football coaches Samford Bulldogs football players S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 Howard Bulldogs Football Team
The 1935 Howard Bulldogs football team represented Howard College in the 1935 college football season. The team tied Alabama, and won the Dixie Conference. Schedule References Howard Howard Howard is a masculine given name derived from the English surname Howard. ''The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names'' notes that "the use of this surname as a christian name is quite recent and there seems to be no particular reason for ... Samford Bulldogs football seasons Dixie Conference football champion seasons Howard Bulldogs football {{collegefootball-1935-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie McLane
Lovick Pierce "Eddie" McLane (August 9, 1899 – June 22, 1980) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach at Anniston, Alabama, Anniston High School, Samford University (then named Howard College), and Louisiana Tech University. All three schools where McLane coached are nicknamed the Bulldogs. In McLane's final football season at Samford in 1933, his Bulldogs were Dixie Conference champions. McLane died on June 22, 1980, in Ruston, Louisiana. Head coaching record College football References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:McLane, Eddie 1899 births 1980 deaths Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and Lady Techsters athletic directors Louisiana Tech Bulldogs baseball coaches Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball coaches Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football coaches Samford Bulldogs athletic directors Samford Bulldogs baseball coaches Samford Bulldogs baseball players Samford Bulldogs men's basketball coaches Samford Bulldogs football coaches Samford Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Howard Bulldogs Football Team
The 1933 Howard Bulldogs football team represented Howard College as a member of the Dixie Conference and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) in the 1933 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Eddie McLane, the team comped an overall record of 7–1–2 and won the Dixie Conference title with a mark of 4–0–1. Schedule References Howard Howard Howard is a masculine given name derived from the English surname Howard. ''The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names'' notes that "the use of this surname as a christian name is quite recent and there seems to be no particular reason for ... Dixie Conference football champion seasons Samford Bulldogs football seasons Howard Bulldogs football {{collegefootball-1933-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohio Valley Conference
The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. It participates in Division I of the NCAA; the conference's football programs compete in partnership with the Big South Conference in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS; formerly known as Division I-AA), the lower of two levels of Division I football competition. The OVC has 11 members, seven of which compete in football in the conference. History ''Primary source:'' The Ohio Valley Conference can trace its roots to 1941 when Murray State athletic director Roy Stewart, Eastern Kentucky athletic director Charles "Turkey" Hughes, and Western Kentucky public relations director Kelly Thompson first formulated the idea of establishing a regional athletics conference. The plan was put on hold due to World War II, but it was resurrected after the conclusion of the war. In 1948, the three schools joined with Louisville, Morehead State, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA Division I FCS Independent Schools
NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision independent schools are four-year institutions in the United States whose football programs are not part of a football conference. This means that FCS independents are not required to schedule each other for competition as conference schools do. As of the 2024 season, Merrimack and Sacred Heart will be competing as independents, as their primary conference, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, does not sponsor football. They were previously members of the Northeast Conference which does sponsor the sport. Merrimack and Sacred Heart are confirmed to play as FCS independents in 2024. Current FCS independents Former FCS independents The following is a complete list of teams that have been Division I-AA/FCS Independents since the formation of Division I-AA in 1978. The "Current Conference" column indicates affiliations for the 2023 college football season. The years listed in this table are football seasons; since football is a fall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA Division III Independent Schools
NCAA Division III independent schools are four-year institutions that compete in college athletics at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III level, but do not belong to an established intercollegiate athletic conference for a particular sport. These schools may however still compete as members of an athletic conference in other sports. A school may also be fully independent, and not belong to any athletic conference for any sport at all. The reason for independent status varies among institutions, but it is frequently because the school's primary athletic conference does not sponsor a particular sport. Full independents Departing members are highlighted in pink. Current members ;Notes: Former members ;Notes: Football Departing members are highlighted in pink. Field hockey † - Women's college, therefore not competing in men's sports. Golf Men Women † - Women's college, therefore not competing in men's sports. Ice hockey Women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
