American college football season
The 2012 Samford Bulldogs football team represented Samford University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth year head coach Pat Sullivan and played their home games at Seibert Stadium. They are a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 7–4, 5–3 in SoCon play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 3:30 pm | Furman | | | CSS | W 24–21 | 6,712 |
September 8 | 7:00 pm | West Alabama* | | - Seibert Stadium
- Homewood, AL
| | W 34–6 | 7,384 |
September 15 | 2:00 pm | at Gardner–Webb* | | | | W 44–23 | 3,850 |
September 22 | 2:30 pm | at Western Carolina | | | | W 25–21 | 10,112 |
September 29 | 5:00 pm | at No. 10 Georgia Southern | | | ESPN3 | L 16–35 | 20,832 |
October 6 | 2:00 pm | No. 19 The Citadel | | - Seibert Stadium
- Homewood, AL
| | W 38–7 | 5,872 |
October 13 | 2:00 pm | No. 13 Appalachian State![dagger](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 25 | - Seibert Stadium
- Homewood, AL
| | L 25–28 | 9,712 |
October 20 | 5:00 pm | at Chattanooga | | | | L 13–20 | 7,103 |
November 3 | 2:00 pm | No. 6 Wofford | | - Seibert Stadium
- Homewood, AL
| | W 24–17 | 8,147 |
November 10 | 12:30 pm | at Elon | | | | W 26–15 | 6,231 |
November 17 | 7:30 pm | at Kentucky* | | | CSS | L 3–34 | 46,749 |
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Sports Network | RV | RV | — | RV | RV | RV | 25 | | | | | | | | | | |
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