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.

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Samford Bulldogs football
2024 Samford Bulldogs football team
First season	1902
Athletic director	Martin Newton
Head coach	Chris Hatcher 8th season, 51–38 (.573)
Stadium	Bobby Bowden Field at Pete Hanna Stadium (capacity: 6,700)
Field surface	LSR Blade
Location	Homewood, Alabama
NCAA division	Division I FCS
Conference	Southern Conference
All-time record	474–464–47 (.505)
Conference titles	5 (3 Dixie, 2 SoCon)
Rivalries	Jacksonville State (rivalry) Furman Chattanooga Mercer Tennessee Tech
Consensus All-Americans	27
Colors	Blue and red[1]
Mascot	Sam, changed from Spike in 2017
Website	SamfordSports.com

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The Bulldogs have won 4 conference championships, with three coming in the Dixie Conference and two in the Southern Conference.

† Co-champions

The Bulldogs have appeared in the I-AA/FCS playoffs six times with an overall record of 3–6.

• Bobby Bowden
• James Bradberry
• Cortland Finnegan
• Jimbo Fisher
• Scott Fountain
• Jeremy Towns
• Ahmad Gooden
• Devlin Hodges
• Michael Pierce
• Nate Schenker
• Jaquiski Tartt
• Montrell Washington
• Corey White
• Nick Williams

Announced schedules as of August 16, 2023.^[2]