Samford Bulldogs

Samford Bulldogs
University Samford University
Conference Southern Conference
NCAA Division I (FCS)
Athletic director Martin Newton
Location Homewood, Alabama
Varsity teams 17
Football stadium Seibert Stadium
Basketball arena Pete Hanna Center
Baseball stadium Joe Lee Griffin Stadium
Nickname Bulldogs
Colors Blue and Red[1]
         
Website samfordsports.com

Samford University fields 17 varsity teams (8 men's and 9 women's). The Bulldogs have done well in both football and men's basketball, participating in the 1999 and 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The women's basketball team made its initial NCAA tournament appearance in the 2011 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament and made its second consecutive appearance in the tournament in 2012. The baseball team made its first NCAA tournament appearance in the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, reaching the finals of the Tallahassee Regional. The school is a member of the Southern Conference in Division I of the NCAA (FCS in football), after moving from the Ohio Valley Conference in 2008.[2] The Samford Athletics staff is headed by athletic director Martin Newton, whose appointment was announced on March 9, 2011.

Teams

A member of the Southern Conference, Samford sponsors teams in eight men's and nine women's NCAA sanctioned sports:[3]

Men's Intercollegiate Sports

Women's Intercollegiate Sports

Facilities

Seibert Stadium, home of Bulldogs football team.

Mascot and school colors

Samford's intercollegiate athletics teams are nicknamed the Bulldogs, and the team is represented by a costumed bulldog, complete with spiked collar and nasty growl, at football and basketball games. Spike, as he is called, has also been known to appear at other competitions where Samford is competing.

Even when it was Howard College, the school's colors were Red and Blue. Today, the red tends to be a bright color and the blue is usually depicted as a darker, navy blue. Both colors are primary (though, as the name of the student fan club, The Red Sea, and the name of the student newspaper, The Crimson, show that many Samford students lean toward red).

Rivalries

Samford, as the newest member of the Southern Conference, has made new rivalries with their newfound conference foes. Their geographically closest conference opponents are Chattanooga and Furman.

Samford also contends against SEC powerhouses and fellow Alabama institutions Alabama and Auburn in some sports—and often fares well. For example, in 2006 the Samford baseball team defeated Auburn in the annual game at the Hoover Met and in 2010 the Samford basketball team defeated Auburn for the third time.[6] Samford's baseball team also defeated #21 Alabama in 2011.[7]

Traditions

References

  1. "Samford University Athletics Graphic Standards" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-23.
  2. The Southern Conference (2008-07-01). "The Southern Conference Welcomes Samford University". SoCon Sports.
  3. "Official Athletic Site of Samford University". Samford University. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  4. Archived October 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. "Sullivan-Cooney Family Fieldhouse". Samford University. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  6. Saturday, Nov 20, 2010 (2010-01-01). "Samford stuns Auburn 79-68 - College Basketball - Rivals.com". Rivals.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
  7. Archived April 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.

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