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.