By: By Jake Dorow
Game Date: Thursday, August 31, 2017
Stadium: Seibert Stadium
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Location: Birmingham, Ala.
Miles from Kennesaw: 164
Conference: Southern Conference (SoCon)
Enrollment: 5,471
Home Stadium (Capacity): Seibert Stadium (6,700)
2016 Overall Record: 7-5
2016 Conference Record (Finish): 5-3
Postseason: NCAA FCS D-I Playoffs First Round (Loss at #13 Youngstown State, 24-38)
Head Coach (Career Record, Years): Chris Hatcher (Overall record: 134-67, 18th year)
Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: 5/6
Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: 7/4
Top Returning Offensive Player: QB Devlin Hodges
Top Returning Defensive Player: LB Shaheed Salmon
Last Year's Meeting: Did not meet
Most Famous Alumni: Bobby Bowden, Tony Hale, Elizabeth Futral, Cortland Finnegan
Place to visit on campus or in city: Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Vulcan Park
Previewing the Bulldogs in 2017
Samford University and Kennesaw State meet for the first time in school history at Seibert Stadium on Thursday, August 31. Samford's top offensive player Devlin Hodges –SoCon Offensive Player of the Year in 2016 –finished last season with 4,088 yards, completing 375-of-530 passes for 36 touchdowns, all school records at Samford. Leading rusher K'rondis Larry is back after rushing for 482 yards and two touchdowns last season. On the defensive side Shaheed Salmon, a first team All-SoCon selection in 2016, ended last season second on the roster with 93 tackles and 50 solo stops. The Bulldogs were knocked out of the playoffs by the Youngstown State Penguins in the FCS playoffs and finished the season with a 7-5 record.
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