Seibert Stadium

Seibert Stadium has been home to the Samford football team since 1958, one year after the campus was moved from East Lake to its present site. Over the years, the stadium has seen some memorable football, including the Bobby Bowden era (1959-62), a one-loss season in 1971 and the Terry Bowden era, which ended with a 14-game Bulldog winning streak in the stadium.

The stadium is named for the late F. Page Seibert, a Daytona Beach, Fla., businessman who donated money for the completion of the stadium in 1961 with the addition of stands on the west side. Originally, the stadium had the current gatehouse and seating on the east side.

The first game was played Friday, Sept. 26, 1958, with Samford losing to Sewanee, 21-0. Bobby Bowden brought Samford (then known as Howard College) its first win at Seibert on Oct. 3, 1959, as the Bulldogs defeated the Tennessee Tech "B" team, 34-0. The first win against varsity competition came two weeks later when the Bulldogs defeated Millsaps, 26-0.

Seibert Stadium has undergone numerous improvements during the past few years. Before the 2009 season, the Cooney Family Field House was opened in the South end zone of the stadium. The facility includes locker rooms, training rooms, meeting rooms and coaches offices for Samford's football program. A second-level terrace overlooks Seibert Stadium. An unfinished third level provides for future university expansion.

In fall 2005, the original grass surface was replaced with an LSR Blade Synthetic Surface.

The four-level Bashinsky Press Tower was completed before the 1989 season. This Georgian-Colonial structure contains complete facilities for print and electronic media on the third level, reserved seating for 51 guests on the second level, and a concession stand and restroom facilities on the ground floor. A partially covered film deck is located atop the facility, and an elevator serves all levels.

At the same time, more than 200 theatre-type reserved seats were added in front of the press tower, bringing the seating capacity to 6,700. Aluminum seating replaced the original wooden seats. A scoreboard featuring an electronic matrix message board was added before the 1994 season. The improvements have made Samford's football facility one of the finest in the nation at the Division I-FCS level.

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