The 2017 Samford Bulldogs football team represented

Samford University Samford University is a Private university, private Christian university in Homewood, Alabama, United States. It was founded by Baptist Church, Baptists in 1841 as Howard College and located until 1887 in Marion, Alabama. It is governed by an in ...

in the

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. They were led by third-year head coach Chris Hatcher and played their home games at

Seibert Stadium Pete Hanna Stadium (formerly Seibert Stadium) is a 6,700-seat multi-purpose stadium in Homewood, Alabama. It is home to the Samford University Bulldogs college football team. The facility opened in 1958 and is named for F. Page Seibert, who in 1 ...

. They were a member of the

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(Socon). They finished the season 8–4, 6–2 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the

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, where they lost to Kennesaw State in the first round.

Schedule

Game summaries

Kennesaw State

West Alabama

@ Georgia

@ Western Carolina

The Citadel

@ VMI

@ Wofford

Chattanooga

@ Mercer

East Tennessee State

Furman

FCS Playoffs

@ Kennesaw State–First Round

Ranking movements

References

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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 Sou ...

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