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The '''Samford University''' Bulldogs compete as members of the [[{{socon}}]] in [[NCAA Division I FCS]] football and in [[NCAA Division I]] basketball.  Samford, known as "Howard College" until 1965, is a private Baptist institution located in Homewood, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham.  The school has an undergraduate enrollment of about 3,000.

Samford is located on the south side of Homewood, along AL 149 (Lakeshore Drive) just west of US 31 (Montgomery Parkway).  Montgomery Parkway is a surface extention of the Red Mountain Expressway, a freeway extending from downtown Birmingham; from the south, the closer freeway access is exit 255 off I-65, which is the AL 149 exit a mile west of campus.  Seibert Stadium (6,700) and Pete Hanna Center (5,000) are located on the west side of campus along small campus roads.

Samford's main rival, really, is [[Birmingham-Southern]], but that's never been an athletic rivalry.  On the field, their primary rivalry has been with [[Jacksonville State]], although conference instabilities have prevented even that rivalry from gaining traction.

Samford has provided 11 players to the NFL, led by Tennessee DB Cortland Finnegan.  Both Bobby Bowden (legendary Florida State head coach) and his son Terry (later at Auburn) served as head coach for the Bulldogs over the years; both Bowdens built scholarship football programs from scratch.  Former Dallas Cowboys head coach Chan Gailey spent a season in charge of the program, and former Heisman winner and TCU, UAB, and Auburn coach Pat Sullivan is the current head man.  No former Bulldog has played in the NBA or ABA.
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=='''Conference Affiliations'''==
===Football===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[{{socon}}]]
|NCAA I FCS
|2008-present
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|[[{{ovc}}]]
|NCAA I FCS
|2003-2007
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|[[{{fcsind}}]]
|NCAA I FCS
|1988-2002
|-
|[[{{d3ind}}]]
|NCAA III
|1984-1987
|-
|no team
|
|1974-1983
|-
|[[{{d2ind}}]]
|NCAA II
|1973
|-
|[[{{d2ind}}|NCAA College Division Independents]]
|NCAA College
|1971-1972
|-
|[[NAIA Football Independents|NAIA Division I Football Independents]]
|NAIA I
|1970
|-
|[[NAIA Football Independents]]
|NAIA
|1955-1969
|-
|[[{{dixie50}}|Dixie Conference]]
|NAIA
|1952-1954
|-
|[[{{dixie50}}|Dixie Conference]]
|unaffiliated
|1948-1951
|-
|no team
|
|1946-1947
|-
|[[{{unind}}]]
|unaffiliated
|1942-1945
|-
|[[{{dixie30}}|Dixie Conference]]
|NCAA
|1930-1941
|-
|[[{{siaa}}|Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
|NCAA
|1910-1938
|-
|[[{{siaa}}|Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
|unaffiliated
|1906-1909
|-
|[[Pre-NCAA Independents]]
|unaffiliated
|1902-1905
|}

===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[{{socon}}]]
|NCAA I
|2008-present
|-
|[[{{ovc}}]]
|NCAA I
|2003-2008
|-
|[[{{asun}}]]
|NCAA I
|2001-2003
|-
|[[{{asun}}|Trans-America Athletic Conference]]
|NCAA I
|1978-2001
|-
|[[{{d1ind}}]]
|NCAA I
|1973-1978
|-
|[[{{d1ind}}|NCAA University Division]]
|NCAA University
|1972-1973
|-
|[[{{d2ind}}|NCAA College Division]]
|NCAA College
|1971-1972
|-
|[[NAIA Basketball Independents|NAIA Independents]]
|NAIA
|1954-1971
|-
|[[{{dixie50}}|Dixie Conference]]
|NAIA
|1948-1954
|-
|[[NAIA Basketball Independents|NAIA Independents]]
|NAIA
|1942-1948
|-
|[[{{dixie30}}|Dixie Conference]]
|NAIA
|1937-1942
|-
|[[{{dixie30}}|Dixie Conference]]
|NCAA
|1930-1937
|-
|[[{{siaa}}|Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
|NCAA
|1916-1939
|-
|no team
| 
|1905-1916
|-
|[[Pre-NCAA Independents]]
|Independent
|1901-1905
|}

=='''Post-Season Appearances'''==
===Football===
{{Bowl Alert}}
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|{{fcsp}}
|[[1991 NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs|1991]], [[1992 NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs|1992]], [[2013 NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs|2013]]
|-
|[[Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl]]
|<del>'''[[Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl|1971]]'''</del>†
|-
|[[Space City Classic]]
|'''[[Space City Classic|1967]]'''
|-
|[[Golden Isles Bowl]]
|[[Golden Isles Bowl|1962]]
|-
|[[Textile Bowl]]
|'''[[Textile Bowl|1959]]'''
|-
|[[Tampa Bowl]]
|''[[Tampa Bowl|1933]]''
|}
† - Samford's participation in the 1971 Stagg Bowl was vacated due to NCAA rule violations.

===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|{{d1mt}}
|[[1999 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1999]], [[2000 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2000]]
|}

=='''Championships'''==
===Football===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[{{dixie30}}|Dixie Conference]] Champions
|[[1933 Dixie Conference Football|1933]], [[1935 Dixie Conference Football|1935]], [[1936 Dixie Conference Football|1936]]
|-
|[[{{siaa}}|Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association]] Champions
|[[1933 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Football|1933]]
|}
===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[{{asun}}|Trans-America Athletic Conference]] Tournament Champions
|[[1999 Trans-America Men's Basketball|1999]], [[2000 Trans-America Men's Basketball|2000]]
|-
|[[{{asun}}|Trans-America Athletic Conference]] Regular Season Champions
|''[[1999 Trans-America Men's Basketball|1999]]
|-
|[[{{asun}}|Trans-America Athletic Conference]] West Division Regular Season Champions
|''[[1996 Trans-America Men's Basketball|1996]]'', [[1997 Trans-America Men's Basketball|1997]]
|-
|[[{{dixie50}}|Dixie Conference]] Tournament Champions
|[[1953 Dixie Conference Men's Basketball|1953]]
|}
=='''National Individual Awards'''==
===Football===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 700px;"
|'''[[National Football Foundation Hall of Fame]]'''
|2006: Bobby Bowden (coach)
|-
|[[NCAA Division I FCS First-Team All-Americans]]
|1994: Anthony Jordan (AP)<br>2002: Cortland Finnegan (KR)<br>2003: Efrem Hill (WR)<br>2004: Efrem Hill (WR)<br>2005: Cortland Finnegan (DB)<br>2012: Jaquiski Tartt (DB)<br>2013: Fabian Truss (AP)<br>2013: Justin Shade (LB)<br>2014: Jaquiski Tartt (DB)
|-
|[[NCAA Division II Football First-Team All-Americans]]
|1936: Norman Cooper (C)
|}

===Basketball===
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=='''External Links'''==
[http://samfordsports.cstv.com/ Samford University Athletics]
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