Howard/Samford Bulldogs football, 1960–1969

The Howard/Samford Bulldogs football program, 1960–1969 represented Howard College, which became Samford University in 1966, during the 1960s in college football. During this time, the Bulldogs were led by four different head coaches and had an overall record for the decade of 57–33–5. During this decade, the Bulldogs competed as an independent and played their home games at Seibert Stadium on-campus in Homewood, Alabama.

From 1960 to 1962, Bobby Bowden served as head coach, and led the Bulldogs to an overall record of 22–5 and a loss in the 1962 Golden Isles Bowl during this period of his tenure. After his resignation in January 1963 to accept an assistant coaching position at Florida State, Bubba Scott was hired as the next head coach at Howard. Before his resignation in April 1966, Scott compiled an overall record of 13–13–2 as head coach of the Bulldogs.

In January 1966, Howard College officially became Samford University. In June 1966 John Lee Armstrong was hired as head coach at Samford, and he led the Bulldogs to an overall record of 20–9–2 and a victory in the Space City Classic during his three-year tenure. After his resignation, Armstrong's former assistant coach Wayne Grubb was promoted to head coach. Grubb led Samford to a 2–6–1 in 1969 to close out the decade.

1960 Howard Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–1
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (2nd season)
Home stadium	Howard Stadium
Seasons ← 1959 1961 →

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	Maryville (TN)	Howard Stadium Homewood, AL	W 14–0		^[1]
September 23	Sewanee	Howard Stadium Homewood, AL	W 56–0		^[2]
October 1	at Georgetown (KY)	Hinton Field Georgetown, KY	W 40–0		^[3]
October 8	Mississippi College	Howard Stadium Homewood, AL	L 20–24		^[4]
October 15	at Millsaps	Newell Field Jackson, MS	W 42–0		^[5]
October 22	Delta State	Howard Stadium Homewood, AL	W 28–14		^[6]
November 5	at Livingston State	Tiger Stadium Livingston, AL	W 22–6		^[7]
November 12	at Southwestern (TN)	Fargason Field Memphis, TN	W 26–0		^[8]
November 18	vs. Troy State	Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL	W 48–14	3,000–5,000	^[9]^[10]
Homecoming

1961 Howard Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–2
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (3rd season)
Home stadium	Seibert Stadium
Seasons ← 1960 1962 →

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	at Memphis Navy	Millington High School Stadium Millington, TN	W 60–0		^[11]
September 30	Georgetown (KY)	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	W 64–6		^[12]
October 7	at Wofford	Snyder Field Spartanburg, SC	W 16–13		^[13]
October 14	at Furman	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC	L 14–21	9,500	^[14]
October 21	Delta State	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	W 20–14	5,500	^[15]^[16]
October 28	at Carson–Newman	McCown Field Jefferson City, TN	W 18–7		^[17]
November 4	at Mississippi College	Robinson Field Clinton, MS	L 14–15		^[18]
November 11	Southwestern (TN)	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	W 34–7		^[19]
November 18	at Troy State	Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, AL	W 80–0	5,000	^[20]^[21]
Homecoming

1962 Howard Bulldogs football
Golden Isles Bowl, L 14–21 vs. McNeese State
Conference	Independent
Record	7–2
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (4th season)
Home stadium	Seibert Stadium
Seasons ← 1961 1963 →

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v t e	Conf.			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Washington and Lee		–		8	–	0	–	1
Arlington State		–		9	–	2	–	0
Howard (AL)		–		8	–	1	–	0
Louisville		–		7	–	2	–	0
Mississippi Southern		–		6	–	4	–	0
Sewanee		–		4	–	3	–	1
Abilene Christian		–		5	–	5	–	0
Chattanooga		–		5	–	5	–	0
Arkansas State		–		4	–	5	–	0
Tampa		–		2	–	7	–	1
Trinity (TX)		–		2	–	7	–	1

v t e	Conf.			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Cal Poly Pomona		–		9	–	1	–	0
Southern Miss		–		9	–	1	–	0
Drake		–		8	–	2	–	0
Howard (AL)		–		7	–	2	–	0
Southern Connecticut State		–		7	–	2	–	0
St. Norbert		–		7	–	2	–	0
Hawaii		–		6	–	2	–	0
Montana State		–		7	–	3	–	0
Arkansas State		–		6	–	3	–	0
Northern Michigan		–		6	–	3	–	0
Northeastern		–		5	–	3	–	0
Wabash		–		5	–	3	–	1
Abilene Christian		–		6	–	4	–	0
East Carolina		–		5	–	4	–	0
Weber State		–		5	–	4	–	0
Wheaton (IL)		–		5	–	4	–	0
Chattanooga		–		5	–	5	–	0
Arlington State		–		4	–	6	–	0
Southern Illinois		–		4	–	6	–	0
Findlay		–		4	–	5	–	0
Tampa		–		3	–	4	–	2
UC Riverside		–		3	–	5	–	0
Idaho State		–		3	–	6	–	0
Eastern Michigan		–		2	–	5	–	0
Mississippi Vocational		–		2	–	5	–	0
Santa Clara		–		2	–	6	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		1	–	7	–	0
Rose Poly		–		1	–	7	–	0
Union (NY)		–		1	–	7	–	0
Trinity (TX)		–		1	–	8	–	0

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	at Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 22–12	7,500	^[23]
September 29	UNAM	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	W 40–0	4,000	^[24]
October 6	at Louisiana College	Alumni Field Pineville, LA	W 14–12	5,000	^[25]
October 13	at Furman	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC	W 14–7	9,000	^[26]
October 20	at Delta State	Delta Field Cleveland, MS	L 8–15		^[27]
October 27	Carson–Newman	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	W 47–0	6,000	^[28]
November 3	Mississippi College	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	W 21–3	4,000	^[29]
November 10	Wofford	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	W 34–28		^[30]
December 1	vs. McNeese State	Brunswick, GA (Golden Isles Bowl)	L 14–21		^[31]
Homecoming

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	at Mississippi State	Scott Field Starkville, MS	L 0–43	11,000	^[34]
September 28	Southeastern Louisiana	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	W 7–0	7,000	^[35]
October 5	at McNeese State	Wildcat Stadium Lake Charles, LA	L 0–28	5,500	^[36]
October 12	at Northeast Louisiana State	Brown Stadium Monroe, LA	W 13–7	3,600	^[37]
October 19	Delta State	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	W 6–0	6,000	^[38]
October 26	at UNAM	Estadio Universitario Mexico City, Mexico	W 26–14	25,000	^[39]
November 2	at Mississippi College	Robinson Field Clinton, MS	T 3–3	6,000	^[40]
November 9	at Carson–Newman	McCown Field Jefferson City, TN	W 9–0		^[41]
November 16	Louisiana College	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	L 16–17	2,500	^[42]
Homecoming

v t e	Conf.			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Montclair State		–		7	–	0	–	0
East Carolina		–		9	–	1	–	0
Cortland		–		8	–	1	–	0
Santa Clara		–		7	–	2	–	0
Chattanooga		–		7	–	3	–	0
Parsons		–		6	–	3	–	0
St. Norbert		–		5	–	2	–	2
Northeastern		–		5	–	3	–	0
Northern Michigan		–		5	–	3	–	0
Drake		–		6	–	4	–	0
Mississippi Valley State		–		5	–	4	–	0
Arizona State–Flagstaff		–		5	–	4	–	0
Howard (AL)		–		4	–	4	–	1
Wabash		–		3	–	3	–	2
Hawaii		–		4	–	5	–	0
Milwaukee		–		4	–	5	–	0
Tampa		–		4	–	6	–	0
Lake Forest		–		3	–	5	–	0
UC Santa Barbara		–		4	–	7	–	0
Southern Connecticut State		–		2	–	6	–	1
Rose Poly		–		2	–	6	–	0
UC Riverside		–		2	–	7	–	0
Wheaton (IL)		–		2	–	7	–	0
Southern Illinois		–		2	–	8	–	0
Cal Poly Pomona		–		1	–	6	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		1	–	8	–	0
Pacific (CA)		–		1	–	9	–	0

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	at Pensacola Navy	Kane Field Pensacola, FL	T 7–7	3,000	^[43]
September 19	Troy State	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	W 33–13	8,000	^[44]
September 26	at East Carolina	Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, NC	L 20–31	13,000	^[45]
October 3	McNeese State	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	L 6–7	4,000	^[46]
October 10	Northeast Louisiana State	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	W 20–17	4,200	^[47]
October 17	at Delta State	Delta Field Cleveland, MS	W 26–8	4,500	^[48]
October 31	Mississippi College	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	W 24–7		^[49]
November 7	Carson–Newman	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	L 0–3		^[50]
November 14	at Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 13–28		^[51]
Homecoming

v t e	Conf.			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Springfield		–		9	–	0	–	0
Ithaca		–		8	–	0	–	0
Parsons		–		8	–	1	–	0
Santa Clara		–		8	–	1	–	0
UC Santa Barbara		–		8	–	2	–	0
Cortland		–		7	–	2	–	0
Wabash		–		7	–	2	–	0
Northeastern		–		6	–	2	–	0
UC Riverside		–		6	–	2	–	0
Tampa		–		6	–	2	–	1
Northern Michigan		–		7	–	3	–	0
Mississippi Valley State		–		6	–	3	–	0
St. Norbert		–		6	–	3	–	0
Rose Poly		–		5	–	3	–	0
Drake		–		6	–	4	–	0
Chattanooga		–		5	–	4	–	1
Arizona State–Flagstaff		–		5	–	4	–	1
Lake Forest		–		4	–	4	–	0
Cal Poly Pomona		–		4	–	5	–	0
Howard (AL)		–		4	–	6	–	0
Portland State		–		4	–	6	–	0
Colorado College		–		3	–	5	–	0
Milwaukee		–		2	–	6	–	0
Southern Illinois		–		2	–	8	–	0
Pacific (CA)		–		2	–	8	–	0
Hawaii		–		1	–	8	–	1
Carnegie Tech		–		1	–	7	–	0
Wheaton (IL)		–		1	–	8	–	0

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	at Troy State	Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, AL	W 37–6	4,200	^[53]^[54]
September 25	at Jacksonville State	Paul Snow Stadium Jacksonville, AL (rivalry)	L 3–23		^[55]
October 2	Louisiana College	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	W 26–2		^[56]
October 9	at Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	L 7–13		^[57]
October 16	Delta State	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	L 0–17		^[58]
October 23	Southwestern Louisiana	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	L 0–7	4,000	^[59]
October 28	at Mississippi College	Robinson Field Clinton, MS	W 20–12		^[60]
November 6	at Carson–Newman	McCown Field Jefferson City, TN	W 6–3		^[61]
November 13	Chattanooga	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	L 10–25	2,000	^[62]^[63]
November 20	No. 5 East Carolina	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	L 10–35	3,000	^[64]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	Troy State	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	W 14–13	5,000	^[67]
September 24	Jacksonville State	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL (rivalry)	W 28–14	6,000	^[68]
October 1	at Louisiana College	Alumni Field Pineville, LA	W 17–3	3,000	^[69]
October 8	Guilford	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	W 20–7	5,200	^[70]
October 15	at Delta State	Delta Field Cleveland, MS	L 14–31		^[71]
October 22	at Southwestern Louisiana	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA	L 3–6	9,500	^[72]
October 29	Mississippi College	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	W 45–21	6,000	^[73]
November 5	Carson–Newman	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	L 13–14	3,000	^[74]
November 12	at Furman	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC	W 17–7	7,500	^[75]
November 19	at Florence State	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	T 31–31	5,000	^[76]
Homecoming

1967 Samford Bulldogs football
Space City Classic, W 20–7 vs. Arkansas A&M
Conference	Independent
Record	8–2–1
Head coach	John Lee Armstrong (2nd season)
Home stadium	Seibert Stadium
Seasons ← 1966 1968 →

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v t e	Conf.			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Ashland		–		8	–	0	–	1
Northern Michigan		–		9	–	1	–	0
Indiana (PA)		–		8	–	1	–	0
Santa Clara		–		8	–	1	–	0
Northeastern		–		7	–	1	–	0
Wheaton (IL)		–		7	–	2	–	0
Samford		–		8	–	2	–	1
Wayne State (MI)		–		6	–	2	–	0
Chattanooga		–		7	–	3	–	0
Eastern Michigan		–		6	–	3	–	0
Tennessee A&I		–		6	–	3	–	0
Parsons		–		6	–	3	–	1
Kentucky State		–		5	–	3	–	1
Hawaii		–		6	–	4	–	0
St. Norbert		–		5	–	4	–	0
Akron		–		4	–	4	–	1
Carnegie Mellon		–		4	–	4	–	0
Cortland		–		4	–	4	–	0
Northern Arizona		–		5	–	5	–	0
Northern Illinois		–		5	–	5	–	0
UC Riverside		–		4	–	4	–	1
UC Santa Barbara		–		5	–	5	–	0
Drake		–		4	–	5	–	0
Pacific (CA)		–		4	–	5	–	0
Portland State		–		4	–	6	–	0
Lincoln (MO)		–		3	–	5	–	0
Boston University		–		3	–	6	–	0
Lake Forest		–		3	–	6	–	0
Milwaukee		–		3	–	6	–	0
Southern Illinois		–		3	–	7	–	0
Colorado College		–		2	–	5	–	1
Rose Poly		–		1	–	6	–	2
Tampa		–		2	–	7	–	0
Wabash		–		2	–	7	–	0
Cal Poly Pomona		–		2	–	8	–	0
Mississippi Valley State		–		1	–	8	–	0

v t e	Conf.			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 2 San Diego State		–		9	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Chattanooga		–		9	–	1	–	0
Indiana State		–		9	–	1	–	0
Indiana (PA)		–		9	–	1	–	0
Nevada Southern		–		8	–	1	–	0
Ashland		–		8	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Eastern Michigan		–		8	–	2	–	0
Lincoln (MO)		–		8	–	2	–	0
St. Norbert		–		6	–	2	–	1
Tennessee State		–		6	–	2	–	1
UC Riverside		–		6	–	2	–	1
Hawaii		–		7	–	3	–	0
No. 14 Tampa		–		7	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Akron		–		7	–	3	–	1
Northeastern		–		6	–	3	–	0
Southern Illinois		–		6	–	3	–	0
Cortland		–		5	–	3	–	0
Boston University		–		5	–	3	–	1
Northern Arizona		–		6	–	4	–	0
Pacific (CA)		–		6	–	4	–	0
Samford		–		6	–	4	–	0
Northern Michigan		–		5	–	4	–	0
Parsons		–		5	–	4	–	0
Wheaton (IL)		–		5	–	4	–	0
Drake		–		5	–	5	–	0
UC Santa Barbara		–		4	–	4	–	1
Santa Clara		–		4	–	5	–	0
Portland State		–		4	–	6	–	0
Illinois College		–		2	–	4	–	2
Wayne State (MI)		–		3	–	6	–	0
Wabash		–		3	–	6	–	0
Colorado College		–		2	–	6	–	0
Kentucky State		–		2	–	7	–	0
Milwaukee		–		2	–	7	–	0
Lake Forest		–		2	–	8	–	0
Northern Illinois		–		2	–	8	–	0
Mississippi Valley State		–		1	–	7	–	0
UC San Diego		–		0	–	7	–	0
Rose Poly		–		0	–	8	–	0
Cal Poly Pomona		–		0	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP small college poll

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 14	Troy State	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	L 31–49		^[89]
September 21	Jacksonville State	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL (rivalry)	W 20–14	6,000	^[90]
October 5	at Louisiana College	Alumni Field Pineville, LA	W 30–3	3,000	^[91]
October 12	at Guilford	Armfield Athletic Center Greensboro, NC	W 26–23	2,000	^[92]
October 19	Georgetown (KY)	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	W 43–7	4,000	^[93]
October 26	Mississippi College	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	W 41–0	5,000	^[94]
November 2	at Florence State	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	L 10–36		^[95]
November 9	at Furman	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC	W 17–12	1,000	^[96]
November 23	at No. 4 Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 7–40	5,000–7,500	^[97]
November 28	at Livingston	Tiger Stadium Livingston, AL	L 16–22		^[98]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

v t e	Conf.			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 3 Akron		–		9	–	1	–	0
Indiana (PA)		–		8	–	1	–	0
Boston University		–		9	–	2	–	0
No. 9 Tampa		–		8	–	2	–	0
Tennessee State		–		7	–	1	–	1
Colorado College		–		6	–	2	–	0
Drake		–		7	–	2	–	2
Northern Arizona		–		7	–	3	–	0
Illinois College		–		5	–	2	–	1
Mankato State		–		6	–	3	–	0
Hawaii		–		6	–	3	–	1
Indiana State		–		6	–	3	–	1
Ashland		–		5	–	3	–	1
Lincoln (MO)		–		5	–	3	–	1
Portland State		–		6	–	4	–	0
Santa Clara		–		6	–	4	–	0
UNLV		–		6	–	4	–	0
Eastern Michigan		–		5	–	4	–	0
St. Norbert		–		5	–	4	–	0
Cortland		–		4	–	4	–	0
Northern Michigan		–		5	–	5	–	0
Nevada		–		5	–	5	–	0
Rose Poly		–		4	–	4	–	0
Southern Illinois		–		5	–	5	–	0
Wayne State (MI)		–		4	–	4	–	0
Chattanooga		–		4	–	6	–	0
Chicago		–		2	–	4	–	0
Milwaukee		–		3	–	6	–	0
Northeastern		–		3	–	6	–	0
Wabash		–		3	–	6	–	0
Wheaton (IL)		–		3	–	6	–	0
Samford		–		2	–	6	–	1
Lake Forest		–		2	–	6	–	0
Parsons		–		2	–	8	–	0
Kentucky State		–		0	–	8	–	0

Rankings from AP small college poll

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	vs. Troy State	Rip Hewes Stadium Dothan, AL	L 7–35	10,000	^[100]
September 20	at Jacksonville State	Paul Snow Stadium Jacksonville, AL (rivalry)	L 10–20	8,200	^[101]
September 27	at Pensacola Navy	Kane Field Pensacola, FL	L 15–21		^[102]
October 11	Livingston	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	T 30–30	6,000	^[103]
October 18	Furman	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	W 34–14	2,800	^[104]
October 25	at Mississippi College	Robinson Field Clinton, MS	L 7–45	4,000	^[105]
November 1	Florence State	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	W 24–15	2,000	^[106]
November 8	Western Carolina	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	L 13–47	5,500	^[107]
November 15	Appalachian State	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	L 36–49	1,000	^[108]
Homecoming