Samford Bulldogs @ East Tennessee State Buccaneers — Nov 7, 2026

NCAA Division FCS·Round 1 November 7, 2026
Bulldogs Samford SAMF 3-5, 1-3 Away
November 7, 2026 6:00 pm
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East Tennessee State Buccaneers East Tennessee St. ETS 5-2, 3-2 Home
Key Players
Samford
G. Johnson QB
1334 PASS
23 RUSH
0 REC
K. Cherry RB
0 PASS
312 RUSH
61 REC
M. Henderson ATH
0 PASS
24 RUSH
344 REC
East Tennessee St.
M. Mims QB
1151 PASS
-3 RUSH
20 REC
PM
P. Male
0 PASS
442 RUSH
42 REC
S. Harrison ATH
40 PASS
0 RUSH
260 REC
Stats Comparison
Overall Away vs Home
League Percentile Ranking
Samford
East Tennessee St.
Scoring 1–2
17.4 116th
Points
25th 33.3
20.1 20th
Opp Points
31st 21.4
-2.7 75th
Point Diff
20th 11.9
Offense 2–4
61.0 78th
Total Yds
46th 124.7
202.8 43rd
Pass Yds
68th 180.0
80.9 104th
Rush Yds
68th 121.1
3.9 76th
1st Downs
44th 6.7
54.5 9th
3rd Down%
50th 41.4
0.0 89th
Red Zone%
78th 50.0
Kicking & Discipline 0–1
42.9 95th
FG%
85th 50.0
0.0 1st
Turnovers
1st 0.0
0.0 1st
Penalties
1st 0.0
0.0 1st
Penalty Yds
1st 0.0
Recent Form
Samford
W vs WOFF 10-9
W @ FUR 13-6
L vs MER 21-31
L @ CHT 3-19
L @ UAB 14-33
East Tennessee St.
L vs TNT 17-24
W @ VMI 38-0
W @ CITA 34-16
W vs CHT 14-3
W vs WCU 58-31
Form Comparison
Samford vs East Tennessee St.
10 20 50
Win-loss trend: each win +1, each loss −1
League
NCAA Division FCS
Season
NCAA 26/27
Round
Round 1
Date
November 7, 2026
Time
6:00 pm