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American college football season
The 2018 Samford Bulldogs football team represented Samford University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by fourth-year head coach Chris Hatcher and played their home games at Seibert Stadium . They were a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They finished the season 6–5, 5–3 in SoCon play to finish in fourth place.
The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Bulldogs predicted to finish as SoCon champions.[ 3] [ 4]
Media poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Samford 204 (20)
2
Furman
174 (2)
3
Wofford
163 (1)
4
Mercer
133
5
Western Carolina
114
6
Chattanooga
88
7
The Citadel
83
8
East Tennessee State
53
9
VMI
23
Coaches poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Samford 63 (7)
2
Wofford
53 (1)
3
Furman
52 (1)
4
Western Carolina
39
5
Chattanooga
34
6
Mercer
32
7
The Citadel
28
8
East Tennessee State
15
9
VMI
8
Preseason All-SoCon Teams [ edit ] The Bulldogs placed seven players on the all-SoCon teams.[ 5]
Offense
1st team
Devlin Hodges – QB
Nick Nixon – OL
Kelvin McKnight – WR
2nd team
Chris Shelling – WR
Defense
1st team
Ahmad Gooden – DL
2nd team
Christian Stark – LB
Darius Harvey – DB
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 6:30 p.m. Shorter * No. 11 ESPN+ W 66–95,252 September 8 6:20 p.m. at Florida State * No. 9 ACCN L 26–3672,239 September 15 2:00 p.m. Mercer No. 9 Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL ESPN+ L 24–308,717 September 22 6:00 p.m. at Chattanooga No. 17 ESPN+ L 20–2710,469 September 29 5:00 p.m. at No. 4 Kennesaw State * ESPN3 L 10–244,396 October 6 12:30 p.m. Western Carolina Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL ESPN3 W 66–283,178 October 13 2:00 p.m. VMI Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL ESPN+ W 73–224,163 October 20 1:00 p.m. at Furman ESPN+ W 38–256,016 November 3 2:00 p.m. No. 9 Wofford Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL ESPN+ W 35–205,821 November 10 1:00 p.m. at The Citadel ESPN+ L 27–4211,145 November 17 12:00 p.m. at No. 19 East Tennessee State ESPN3 W 38–278,749 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
[ 6]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hawks
0
0
2
7
9
No. 11 Bulldogs
17
28
7
14
66
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 9 Bulldogs
16
7
0
3
26
Seminoles
7
14
0
15
36
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
7
10
0
13
30
No. 9 Bulldogs
7
0
7
10
24
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 17 Bulldogs
0
10
3
7
20
Mocs
10
7
7
3
27
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
3
0
0
7
10
No. 4 Owls
7
7
7
3
24
1
2
3
4
Total
Catamounts
0
21
0
7
28
Bulldogs
35
7
14
10
66
1
2
3
4
Total
Keydets
9
13
0
0
22
Bulldogs
14
28
24
7
73
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
10
0
21
7
38
Paladins
3
9
7
6
25
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 9 Terriers
7
10
3
0
20
Bulldogs
14
7
0
14
35
1
2
3
4
Total
SAM Bulldogs
14
10
3
0
27
CIT Bulldogs
0
7
14
21
42
At East Tennessee State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
7
10
7
14
38
No. 19 Buccaneers
10
14
3
0
27
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