Samford Bulldogs vs East Tennessee State Buccaneers

SoCon Championship - Final

19-16, 8-10 SoCon

Final

	1	2	T
ETSU ETSU	38	31	69
Samford SAM	40	36	76

Samford BulldogsSamfordSAM

29-5, 15-3 SoCon

Game Information

Asheville, NC

NCAA Division I

Southern Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
East Tennessee State	13-5	-	23-11
Mercer	11-7	2	19-13
Wofford	11-7	2	19-13
Samford	11-7	2	18-14
Furman	10-8	3	22-13
Western Carolina	10-8	3	15-16
UNC Greensboro	9-9	4	15-19
Chattanooga	7-11	6	13-19
The Citadel	7-11	6	11-22
VMI	1-17	12	6-26

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