2013 Southern Conference football media guide

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Samford SAM Quick Facts Location:..................................................................................... Birmingham, Ala. Founded:.............................................................................................................1841 Enrollment:........................................................................................................4,715 Nickname:...................................................................................................Bulldogs Colors:.................................................................................................. Red and Blue President:..................................................................Dr. Andrew Westmoreland Director of athletics:................................................................... Martin Newton Stadium (capacity):.....................................................Seibert Stadium (6,700) Press box phone:................................................................ 205-726-2143/2144 Football facts Head coach:.......................................................................................... Pat Sullivan Alma mater (year):.........................................................................Auburn (1972) Record at Samford (years):....................................................................32-34 (6) Overall record (years):.......................................................................56-76-1 (11) Football office phone:...................................................................205-726-2575 2012 record:........................................................................................................... 7-4 Conference record (place):..................................................................5-3 (t-4th) Home:...................................................................................................................... 4-1 Away:....................................................................................................................... 3-3 Letterwinners returning/lost:.....................................................................49/20 Offensive starters returning/lost:..................................................................8/3 Defensive starters returning/lost:..................................................................5/6 Specialists returning/lost:.................................................................................2/1

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SoCon titles:............................................................................................................... 0 Last SoCon title:..................................................................................................N/A Media relations Football contact:................................................................................Joey Mullins Email:...............................................................................jmmulli1@samford.edu Office:..................................................................................................205-726-2799 Cell:......................................................................................................205-532-3477 Fax:.......................................................................................................205-726-2132 Website:.................................................................................SamfordSports.com

2013 Schedule Date Opponent Time (ET)/TV Series Aug. 30 at Georgia State 7 p.m. First meeting Sept. 7 at Arkansas 7 p.m./SEC PPV First meeting Sept. 14 at Florida A&M 2 p.m. First meeting Sept. 21 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA 3 p.m. Series tied 1-1 Sept. 28 WESTERN CAROLINA* 3 p.m. SAM leads 9-1 Oct. 5 GEORGIA SOUTHERN* 3 p.m. GSU leads 5-3 Oct. 12 at Appalachian State* 3:30 p.m. APP leads 6-1 Oct. 19 OPEN Oct. 26 WOFFORD* 1:30 p.m. SAM leads 6-4 Nov. 2 at The Citadel* 2 p.m./ESPN3 Series tied 3-3 Nov. 9 at Furman* 1:30 p.m. FUR leads 8-7 Nov. 16 CHATTANOOGA* 3 p.m./ESPN3 UTC leads 26-9-3 Nov. 23 ELON* 3 p.m. ELON leads 7-4 * Southern Conference game NOTE: Appalachian State and Georgia Southern are ineligible for the SoCon title as they transition to FBS, but their SoCon games will count in the league standings.

2012 Results (7-4, 5-3 SoCon; T-4th) Date Opponent Sept. 1 FURMAN* Sept. 8 WEST ALABAMA Sept. 15 at Gardner-Webb Sept. 22 at Western Carolina* Sept. 29 at Georgia Southern* Oct. 6 THE CITADEL* Oct. 13 APPALACHIAN STATE* Oct. 20 at Chattanooga* Oct. 27 OPEN Nov. 3 WOFFORD* Nov. 10 at Elon* Nov. 17 at Kentucky

W/L W W W W L W L L

Score Attendance 24-21 6,712 34-6 7,384 44-23 3,850 25-21 10,112 16-35 20,832 38-7 5,872 25-28 9,712 13-20 7,103

W2OT W L

24-17 26-15 3-34

* Southern Conference game

Samford quarterback Andy Summerlin

Dr. Andrew Westmoreland President

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Martin Newton Director of Athletics

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE

Harold Goss Faculty Athletics Rep.

Michelle Durban Senior Woman Administrator

Joey Mullins Football SID

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