Samford Bulldogs football, 1970–1973

The Samford Bulldogs football program, 1970–1973 represented Samford University during the 1970s in college football. During this time, the Bulldogs were led by head coach Wayne Grubb and had an overall record of 22–14–2 during this period. During this decade, the Bulldogs competed as an independent and played their home games at Seibert Stadium on-campus in Homewood, Alabama.

After they finished with a 5–5 record in 1970, Grubb led the Bulldogs to a 9–1 season with a victory in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl in 1971. However, their victory in the Stagg Bowl was later vacated after it was discovered they played the game with ineligible players, which made their 1971 record 8–1. Samford finsied this era with records of 5–3–2 in 1972 and 4–5 in 1973.

In February 1974, the chairman of the university Board of Trustees Ben R. Brown announced Samford was formally discontinuing their football program. At the time of the announcement, both financial losses and dwindling fan support were cited as the primary reasons for the elimination of the program. In 1984 Samford reestablished their football program.