2013 Samford Bulldogs football team

2013 Samford Bulldogs football
Southern Conference Co–Champions
FCS Playoffs First Round vs Jacksonville State, L 14–55
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 19
FCS Coaches	No. 18
2013 record	8–5 (6–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Pat Sullivan (7th year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Brandon Herring (2nd year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Travis Trickett (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator	Bill D'Ottavio (7th year)
Home stadium	Seibert Stadium (Capacity: 6,700)

2013 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#23 Chattanooga +		6	–	2					8	–	4
#19 Samford +^		6	–	2					8	–	5
#22 Furman +^		6	–	2					8	–	6
Georgia Southern*		4	–	4					7	–	4
Wofford		4	–	4					5	–	6
The Citadel		4	–	4					5	–	7
Appalachian State*		4	–	4					4	–	8
Elon		1	–	7					2	–	10
Western Carolina		1	–	7					2	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Appalachian State and Georgia Southern ineligible for conference championship and FCS playoffs as part of FBS transition Rankings from The Sports Network Poll

The 2013 Samford Bulldogs football team represented Samford University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh year head coach Pat Sullivan and played their home games at Seibert Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in SoCon play to share the conference title with Chattanooga and Furman. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Jacksonville State.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 PM	at Georgia State*		Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA		W 31–21	17,606
September 7	6:00 PM	at Arkansas*		War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	PPV	L 21–31	47,358
September 14	1:00 PM	at Florida A&M*		Bragg Memorial Stadium • Tallahassee, FL		W 27–20	10,034
September 21	2:00 PM	Southeastern Louisiana*		Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL	SSTV	L 31–34	4,598
September 28	2:00 PM	Western Carolina		Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL	SSTV	W 63–23	8,625
October 5	2:00 PM	No. 16 Georgia Southern		Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL	SSTV	W 44–34	7,896
October 12	2:30 PM	at Appalachian State	No. 23	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC		W 34–10	24,491
October 26	12:30 PM	at No. 12 Wofford	No. 22	Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC		W 34–27	7,936
November 2	1:00 PM	at The Citadel	No. 15	Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC	ESPN3	L 26–28	13,828
November 9	12:30 PM	at Furman	No. 20	Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC		L 17–35	9,127
November 16	2:00 PM	No. 17 Chattanooga		Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL	ESPN3	W 17–14 ^OT	8,415
November 23	2:00 PM	Elon	No. 24	Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL	SSTV	W 33–32	8,025
November 30	7:00 PM	at No. 20 Jacksonville State*	No. 18	JSU Stadium • Jacksonville, AL (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	L 14–55	8,992
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

• Source: Schedule

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Sports Network	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	22	22	15	20	RV	24	18	19
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	19	22	RV	23	16	18

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