2011 Samford Bulldogs football team

2011 Southern Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
No. 3 Georgia Southern $^	7	–	1	11	–	3
No. 12 Wofford ^	6	–	2	8	–	4
No. 9 Appalachian State ^	6	–	2	8	–	4
Furman	5	–	3	6	–	5
	4	–	4	6	–	5
Chattanooga	3	–	5	5	–	6
Elon	3	–	5	5	–	6
The Citadel	2	–	6	4	–	7
Western Carolina	0	–	8	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network Poll

The 2011 Samford Bulldogs team represented Samford University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by fifth-year head coach Pat Sullivan and played their home games at Seibert Stadium. They are a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in SoCon play to finish in fifth place.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 pm	No. 4 Georgia Southern	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL		L 17–31	8,714
September 10	6:00 pm	Stillman*	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL		W 48–6	5,942
September 24	6:00 pm	at No. 9 Wofford	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC		L 23–38	7,329
October 1	2:00 pm	Gardner–Webb*	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL		W 41–14	7,726
October 8	12:30 pm	at Furman	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC		W 26–21	9,152
October 15	2:00 pm	Elon	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL		W 43–31	5,703
October 22	2:30 pm	at No. 6 Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		L 17–35	28,912
October 29	2:00 pm	Western Carolina	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL		W 52–24	6,317
November 5	2:00 pm	Chattanooga	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL		L 9–24	6,522
November 12	2:00 pm	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	ESPN3	W 19–14	13,591
November 19	1:00 pm	at Auburn*	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	ESPN3	L 16–35	85,347
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Samford Bulldogs football
Venues	West End Park (1902–1903, 1905–1910) Alabama State Fairgrounds (1902, 1906, 1910–1912) Howard Athletic Field (1912–1917) Eagles/Berry Field (1919–1927) Rickwood Field (1917–1927) Legion Field (1927–1944, 1950, 1955, 1990) Pete Hanna Stadium (1958–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Jacksonville State
Culture & lore	Marching band Porter Cup
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946–1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974–1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024