Samford Soccer Set To Journey To Baylor This Saturday

GAME NOTES–SAMFORD VS. BAYLOR (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. –

The Samford soccer group will go on the highway for the primary time this season when the Bulldogs play at Baylor Saturday at 11 a.m. at McLane Stadium.
 
Samford enters the sport with a document of 0-2 after a 40-13 loss within the group’s SoCon opener to The Citadel final Saturday. Baylor is at the moment 1-1 and the Bears are coming off a 48-45 double extra time win at SMU final Saturday.

Samford and Baylor are assembly for simply the third time in soccer. The Bears have received each of the earlier conferences. The first assembly within the sequence got here in 2002, with Baylor taking a 50-12 win in Waco. The second assembly, additionally performed in Waco, got here in 2005, with the Bears taking a 48-14 win.

Samford opened the Southern Conference season with a 40-13 loss to The Citadel final Saturday. For Samford within the loss, beginning quarterback Quincy Crittendon accomplished 40-of-56 passes for 324 yards and three interceptions. Backup Brady Stober accomplished 3-of-5 passes for 38 yards. Jaden Gibson led the Samford receivers with 10 catches for 91 yards. Running again C.J. Evans had seven rushes for 31 yards and a landing. The Samford protection was led by Jaden Mosley with 11 tackles, adopted by Carson Sloan with 10 tackles. Alex Applefield had a fumble restoration for the house Bulldogs.

Saturday’s sport marks Samford’s first sport within the state of Texas since a 48-14 loss at TCU within the season opener of the 2014 season. Samford has an all-time document of 0-6 towards groups from the state of Texas. Samford has performed the next Texas groups: Baylor (0-2), North Texas (0-1), Stephen F. Austin (0-2) and TCU (0-1). All six video games aside from the 1995 assembly with Stephen F. Austin have been performed on the highway.

 

QUICK STRIKES

In the 10-plus seasons underneath head coach Chris Hatcher, Samford has made a behavior of fast scoring drives. In Hatcher’s time at Samford, the Bulldogs have had 211 scoring drives that lasted two minutes or much less and 99 which have lasted one minute or much less.

 

SAMFORD ON THE ROAD

Samford has seven highway video games on the 2025 schedule and Saturday’s sport marks the primary of these contests. Last season, Samford was 1-4 on the highway. Under head coach Chris Hatcher, Samford has a mark of 23-33 away from the pleasant confines of Pete Hanna Stadium.

SAMFORD AGAINST TEXAS TEAMS

Samford has an all-time document of 0-6 towards groups from the state of Texas. Samford has performed the next Texas groups: Baylor (0-2), North Texas (0-1), Stephen F. Austin (0-2) and TCU (0-1). All video games aside from the 1995 assembly with Stephen F. Austin have been performed on the highway. This marks the primary time Samford has performed a Texas group since taking part in at TCU within the 2014 season opener.

 

SAMFORD AGAINST BIG 12 TEAMS

Samford has an all-time document of 3-11 towards the present members of the Big 12 Conference, together with an 0-2 document towards Saturday’s opponent, Baylor. Samford has performed the next Big 12 colleges: Baylor (0-2), UCF (3-8) and TCU (0-1).

 

ON THIS DATE

Samford has an all-time document of 2-4 in video games performed on Sept. 13. The final time the Bulldogs performed on the date was in 2008 in a 34-10 loss at Ole Miss.

 

MOSLEY LEADING THE SOCON STATISTICS

Samford senior linebacker Jaden Mosley leads the Southern Conference in tackles after the primary two weeks of the season. He had eight tackles within the season opener towards West Georgia after which he tallied 11 tackles in final Saturday’s SoCon opener towards The Citadel. He has 19 complete tackles, tying him with Tyrik McDaniel of The Citadel for probably the most tackles within the SoCon.

 

Saturday’s sport may be seen reside on ESPN+. For hyperlinks to observe all of Samford’s video games this season, click on on the next hyperlink: 2025 SAMFORD FOOTBALL SCHEDULE.

 

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