Bulldogs Journey To #3 Texas A&M For Season Finale Saturday

GAME NOTES–SAMFORD AT TEXAS A&M (PDF)

 The Samford soccer crew will journey to College Station, Texas, to tackle the third-ranked Texas A&M Aggies Saturday at 11 a.m. at Kyle Field.
 

Samford enters the sport with a file of 1-10 general and 1-7 in Southern Conference play. The Bulldogs are coming off a 30-16 loss at Austin Peay final week. Texas A&M is at the moment 10-0 general and 7-0 within the SEC. The Aggies earned a 31-30 win over South Carolina final week. The sport may be seen reside on SECN+.     

Samford and Texas A&M are assembly for the primary time ever in soccer.

Last week, Samford’s fourth-quarter comeback fell brief in a 30-16 loss at Austin Peay. For Samford within the loss, Brady Stober accomplished 29-of-41 passes for 266 yards, one landing and one interception. Stober additionally had one dashing landing. Calvin Jones caught 10 passes for 117 yards, whereas Sam Pickett III had 9 catches for 70 yards. Preston Bird caught three passes for 46 yards and one landing. Defensively for Samford, Carson Sloan had seven tackles. Jaden Mosley adopted with six tackles and one fumble restoration. Luke Wattenbarger had an interception he returned 30 yards.

This marks the Fifteenth-straight fall season that Samford has performed a member of both the SEC or the ACC. In that stretch, the Bulldogs have taken on Florida (2024, 2021), Auburn (2023, 2019, 2014, 2011), Georgia (2022, 2017), Florida State (2018, 2010), Mississippi State (2016), Louisville (2015), Arkansas (2013) and Kentucky (2012).

This additionally marks the second journey to the state of Texas for Samford this season. On Sept. 13, the Bulldogs traveled to Waco to tackle Baylor, falling to the Bears by a rating of 42-7.

 

SAMFORD ON THE ROAD

Samford has seven street video games on the 2025 schedule and the

Bulldogs are at the moment 1-5 in these contests. Last season, Samford

was 1-4 on the street.

 

SAMFORD AGAINST TEXAS TEAMS

Samford has an all-time file of 0-7 in opposition to groups from the state of Texas. Samford has performed the next Texas groups: Baylor (0-3), 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 street. This marks the second time Samford has performed within the Lonestar State this season because the Bulldogs performed at Baylor on Sept. 13, falling by a rating of 42-7.

 

 

 

 

SAMFORD AGAINST SEC TEAMS

Samford has an all-time file of 2-82-3 in opposition to the present members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), although Saturday’s sport is this system’s first-ever assembly with Texas A&M. Samford has performed the next SEC groups: Alabama (0-20-1), Arkansas (0-1), Auburn (0-29-1), Florida (0-4), Georgia (0-3), Kentucky (0-1), LSU (0-1), Ole Miss (1-2), Mississippi State (1-17-1), Tennessee (0-2) and Vanderbilt (0-2).

 

ON THIS DATE

Samford has an all-time file of 3-7-1 in video games performed on Nov. 22. The final time Samford performed a sport on the date was in 2014 in a 31-7 loss at Auburn. The first time Samford performed on Nov. 22 was in 1902, Samford’s first 12 months of soccer, falling to Mississippi State at West End Park, 26-0.

 

MOSLEY AMONG SOCON LEADERS

Samford senior linebacker Jaden Mosley at the moment ranks second within the Southern Conference in tackles after the primary 11 video games of the season. Through the primary 11 video games, he has a complete of 97 tackles, the second-highest whole within the league. His 8.8 tackles per sport common can also be second within the SoCon.  

 

SAMFORD TRIO AMONG THE BEST

Samford large receivers Calvin Jones, Preston Bird and Jaden Gibson are all ranked within the prime 10 within the Southern Conference in receptions. Jones is tied for second within the Southern Conference with 59 receptions on the season. Bird ranks sixth within the league with 52 catches, whereas Gibson is tied for ninth with 44 catches on the 12 months.

 

WATTENBARGER GETS FIRST PICK

Transfer senior security Luke Wattenbarger got here up together with his first interception as a Bulldog in final week’s sport at Austin Peay. In the fourth quarter, with Samford trailing by a rating of 27-3, Wattenbarger picked off a go and returned it 30 yards to the Austin Peay one-yard-line, practically scoring Samford’s first defensive landing of the season. The Bulldog offense scored one play later to chop the result in 27-9.

 

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

 

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