BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford football team will travel to Charleston, S.C., to take on The Citadel Bulldogs Saturday at 1 p.m. (CT) at Johnson Hagood Stadium.
 
The game can be seen live on ESPN+, and live stats will also be available. For links to follow all of Samford's games this season, click here: 2024 SCHEDULE.
 
For a full set of this week's game notes click here: GAME NOTES.
 
Samford enters the game with a record of 3-3 overall and 2-1 in Southern Conference play. The Bulldogs earned an impressive 55-35 win over 7^th-ranked Mercer last week. The Citadel currently has a mark of 3-5 overall and 1-4 in SoCon play. The Citadel picked up a 13-10 win at VMI last week.

Samford and The Citadel have met 17 previous times, with Samford owning a 10-7 series lead. Last season, Samford earned a 37-7 win at Pete Hanna Stadium. Samford has won the last five games in the series. The last time the teams played at Johnson Hagood Stadium, Samford defeated The Citadel by a score of 38-3 during the 2022 season. A total of 16 of the previous 17 meetings have come since Samford joined the Southern Conference in 2008.  
 
HATCHER'S OFFENSES PRODUCE
Through the last nine-plus seasons, Samford head coach Chris Hatcher's offenses have averaged more points than under any other head coach in program history. Entering the week, Hatcher's teams have averaged 33.28 points per game, ahead of Bobby Bowden's 28.57 average. Terry Bowden (1987-1992) averaged 27.92 points per game during his tenure while Bill Gray (2001-06 / 25.68) and Pat Sullivan (2007-14 / 25.50) round out the top five.
 
PUTTING UP POINTS
Over the last nine-plus seasons under head coach Chris Hatcher, the Samford offense has scored at least 30 points 51 times. The unit has put up at least 40 points 29 times, and at least 50 points a total of 15 times.
 
QUICK STRIKES
In the nine-plus seasons under head coach Chris Hatcher, Samford has made a habit of quick scoring drives. In Hatcher's time at Samford, the Bulldogs have had 202 scoring drives that lasted two minutes or less and 96 that have lasted one minute or less.
 
SAMFORD ON THE ROAD
This season, Samford has five road game on its football schedule, and the Bulldogs are 0-3 so far in road contests. Last season, the Bulldogs posted a record of 2-3 away from home.
 
SAMFORD AGAINST SOUTH CAROLINA TEAMS
Samford has an all-time record of 45-30-1 against teams from the state of South Carolina, including a mark of 10-7 against Saturday's opponent, The Citadel.
 
AGAINST SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TEAMS
Since joining the Southern Conference in 2008, Samford has posted a record of 73-57 in conference games. All-time against each current members of the SoCon, Samford has a mark of 99-85-4, including a 10-7 record against The Citadel. Samford's all-time record against each current SoCon team is Chattanooga (11-34-3), The Citadel (10-7), ETSU (8-4), Furman (12-14), Mercer (16-14-1), VMI (9-3), Western Carolina (17-4) and Wofford (16-5).
 
ON THIS DATE
Samford has an all-time record of 9-4 in games played on Oct. 26. The last time the Bulldogs played on Oct. 26 was in 2019, in a 24-17 win over ETSU. In 1963, Samford traveled to Mexico City on Oct. 26, to take on the National University of Mexico, coming away with a 26-14 victory.
 
MARTIN NAMED SOCON DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Samford graduate linebacker Noah Martin was named the Southern Conference's Defensive Player of the Week after a stellar performance last week against Mercer. He was responsible for two turnovers, both in the fourth quarter, recovering a fumble and later intercepting a pass and returning it 26 yards for a touchdown. In addition to the turnovers, Martin led the team with 10 tackles.
 
CRITTENDON TURNS IN A CAREER PERFORMANCE
In last week's 55-35 win over 7th-ranked Mercer, quarterback Quincy Crittendon turned in a career performance in leading the Bulldogs to the win. He passed for a career-high 378 yards, and he tied a career high with four touchdown passes. His four scoring passes all came in the first quarter, setting a new Southern Conference record for touchdown passes in one quarter.
 
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