2022 Samford Bulldogs football team

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.

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)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Chris Boone (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Seibert Stadium
Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

2022 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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

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

See also: 2022 Kennesaw State Owls football team

At No. 2 (FBS) Georgia

See also: 2022 Georgia Bulldogs football team

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

Quarter	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)

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

See also: 2022 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

Western Carolina

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

See also: 2022 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

At Furman

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

See also: 2022 Furman Paladins football team

Wofford

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

See also: 2022 Wofford Terriers football team

At East Tennessee State

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

See also: 2022 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

At The Citadel

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

See also: 2022 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

VMI

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

See also: 2022 VMI Keydets football team

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

See also: 2022 Chattanooga Mocs football team

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

See also: 2022 Mercer Bears football team

FCS Playoffs

No. 17 Southeastern Louisiana – second round

See also: 2022 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team and 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season

Southeastern Louisiana Lions at Samford Bulldogs

Quarter	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

See also: 2022 North Dakota State Bison football team and 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season

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

Quarter	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 Plays Yards TOP 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