Samford at VMI

Saturday, October 18, 2025

Samford beat VMI 24–⁠22. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Samford led the series 9–⁠3.

AwaySamford1–⁠11 in 2025
24
HomeVMI1–⁠11 in 2025
22

Final at Alumni Memorial Field, LexingtonTV: ESPN+Attendance 5,294

At kickoff
67°F, clear, wind 7 mph from the west, gusts to 16 mphWeather: NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network hourly; Hot Springs Ingalls Field, 38 km from the stadium
Official
Brian HilpischGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Samford7140324
VMI076922

Standouts

Player stats

Samford

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Brady Stober34/4328531
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Brady Stober1345020
Ken Cherry1144011
Cam Bland631015
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Preston Bird9116144
Calvin Jones955115
Nick Crayton443031
Sam Pickett III331122
DefenseTklTFLSacksInt
Trey Lenhardt0001

VMI

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Collin Shannon24/3841921
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Aslin Shipe1066021
Leo Boehling645137
Luke Schalow6907
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Owen Sweeney13208155
Malik McNeely379051
Traveion Slaughter165065
Morgan McPhaul337022
DefenseTklTFLSacksInt
Amaje Parker0001

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

SamfordVMI
398Total yards522
285Passing yards419
113Rushing yards103
6.6Yards per pass11.0
3.5Yards per rush3.3
22First downs25
6–⁠15Third downs4–⁠13
0–⁠0Fourth downs0–⁠0
1Turnovers1
8–⁠49Penalties6–⁠55
29:14Possession30:46

Efficiency

SamfordVMI
40%Success rate42%
0.11EPA per play0.30
1.27Explosiveness1.46
0.08Rushing EPA0.09
0.12Passing EPA0.43
46%Passing-down success33%
1%Havoc by its defense3%

From CollegeFootballData.com: each offense’s efficiency, and the havoc each defense caused. The better side of each line is bold.

Before kickoff

Our ratings and the line, going in

Our ratings (scores only)

VMI 53% to win. Samford won as Elo’s underdog.

The line

Samford −3.5, over/under 53.5.

The last line on file before kickoff: the consensus line when the books publish one, otherwise a single major sportsbook’s.

Every drive

VMI end zoneSamford end zoneQ1 SamfordTouchdown, 10 playsQ1 VMIMissed FG, 5 playsQ1 SamfordPunt, 3 playsQ1 VMIPunt, 3 playsQ1 SamfordPunt, 3 playsQ1 VMIPunt, 3 playsQ1 SamfordPunt, 4 playsQ1 VMITouchdown, 3 playsQ2 SamfordTouchdown, 6 playsQ2 VMIPunt, 3 playsQ2 SamfordPunt, 5 playsQ2 VMIPunt, 5 playsQ2 SamfordMissed FG, 5 playsQ2 VMIPunt, 3 playsQ2 SamfordTouchdown, 4 playsQ2 VMIMissed FG, 7 playsQ3 VMITouchdown, 7 playsQ3 SamfordPunt, 3 playsQ3 VMIPunt, 7 playsQ3 SamfordPunt, 9 playsQ3 VMIField goal, 12 playsQ4 SamfordPunt, 9 playsQ4 VMITouchdown, 4 playsQ4 SamfordInterception, 1 playQ4 VMIInterception, 5 playsQ4 SamfordField goal, 14 playsQ4 VMIMissed FG, 6 playsQ4 SamfordEnd of game, 1 play
Solid bars scored; an outline in the other team’s color marks points the defense scored. VMI drives left to right, Samford right to left.
  1. Q1 SamfordTouchdown, 10 plays, 73 yards
  2. Q1 VMIMissed FG, 5 plays, 21 yards
  3. Q1 SamfordPunt, 3 plays, 4 yards
  4. Q1 VMIPunt, 3 plays, 7 yards
  5. Q1 SamfordPunt, 3 plays, 0 yards
  6. Q1 VMIPunt, 3 plays, −9 yards
  7. Q1 SamfordPunt, 4 plays, 14 yards
  8. Q1 VMITouchdown, 3 plays, 80 yards
  9. Q2 SamfordTouchdown, 6 plays, 75 yards
  10. Q2 VMIPunt, 3 plays, 3 yards
  11. Q2 SamfordPunt, 5 plays, 20 yards
  12. Q2 VMIPunt, 5 plays, −3 yards
  13. Q2 SamfordMissed FG, 5 plays, 21 yards
  14. Q2 VMIPunt, 3 plays, 3 yards
  15. Q2 SamfordTouchdown, 4 plays, 64 yards
  16. Q2 VMIMissed FG, 7 plays, 66 yards
  17. Q3 VMITouchdown, 7 plays, 78 yards
  18. Q3 SamfordPunt, 3 plays, 9 yards
  19. Q3 VMIPunt, 7 plays, 21 yards
  20. Q3 SamfordPunt, 9 plays, 26 yards
  21. Q3 VMIField goal, 12 plays, 73 yards
  22. Q4 SamfordPunt, 9 plays, 28 yards
  23. Q4 VMITouchdown, 4 plays, 88 yards
  24. Q4 SamfordInterception, 1 play, 0 yards
  25. Q4 VMIInterception, 5 plays, 27 yards
  26. Q4 SamfordField goal, 14 plays, 67 yards
  27. Q4 VMIMissed FG, 6 plays, 56 yards
  28. Q4 SamfordEnd of game, 1 play, −3 yards

Play by play

1st quarter8 drives, then Samford 7, VMI 0
Samford Touchdown, 10 plays
15:001st & 10 at own 35Jack Joyce kickoff for 65 yds , Calvin Jones return for 27 yds to the SAM 27
15:001st & 10 at own 27Brady Stober run for 5 yds to the SAM 32
15:002nd & 5 at own 32Brady Stober pass complete to Preston Bird for 9 yds to the SAM 41 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at own 41Brady Stober pass complete to Calvin Jones for 4 yds to the SAM 45
15:002nd & 6 at own 45Ken Cherry run for 11 yds to the VMI 44 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at opp 44Brady Stober pass complete to Calvin Jones for 7 yds to the VMI 37
15:002nd & 3 at opp 37Brady Stober pass complete to Nick Crayton for 8 yds to the VMI 29 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at opp 29Brady Stober pass complete to Preston Bird for 7 yds to the VMI 22
15:002nd & 3 at opp 22Ken Cherry run for 5 yds to the VMI 17 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at opp 17Ken Cherry run for 2 yds to the VMI 15
11:232nd & 8 at opp 15Brady Stober pass complete to Calvin Jones for 15 yds for a TD (Jake Garner KICK)Samford 7, VMI 0
VMI Missed FG, 5 plays
11:231st & 10 at own 35Jake Garner kickoff for 59 yds , Aslin Shipe return for 44 yds to the 50 yard line
11:231st & 10 at the 50Collin Shannon pass complete to Morgan McPhaul for 13 yds to the SAM 37 for a 1ST down
11:231st & 10 at opp 37Luke Schalow run for no gain to the SAM 37
11:232nd & 10 at opp 37Collin Shannon run for 4 yds to the SAM 33
11:233rd & 6 at opp 33PENALTY VMI False Start (Woodley,Tristan) 5 yards from SAM33 to SAM38. NO PLAY.
11:233rd & 11 at opp 38Collin Shannon pass complete to Owen Sweeney for 9 yds to the SAM 29
8:114th & 2 at opp 29Ben Shrewsbury 46 yd FG MISSED
Samford Punt, 3 plays
8:111st & 10 at own 29Brady Stober pass complete to Sam Pickett III for 2 yds to the SAM 31
8:112nd & 8 at own 31No Huddle-Shotgun Bland,Cameron rush left for 7 yards gain to the SAM38, out of bounds at SAM38 PENALTY SAM Holding (Davenport,Teddy) 5 yards from SAM31 to SAM26. NO PLAY.
8:112nd & 13 at own 26Brady Stober pass complete to Teddy Davenport for a loss of 1 yard to the SAM 25
8:113rd & 14 at own 25Brady Stober pass complete to Calvin Jones for 8 yds to the SAM 33
6:324th & 6 at own 33Noah Jones punt for 46 yds, fair catch by Noah Grevious at the VMI 21
VMI Punt, 3 plays
6:321st & 10 at own 21Luke Schalow run for 4 yds to the VMI 25
6:322nd & 6 at own 25Collin Shannon pass complete to Luke Schalow for 3 yds to the VMI 28
6:323rd & 3 at own 28Luke Schalow run for no gain to the VMI 28
4:394th & 3 at own 28Ben Shrewsbury punt for 42 yds
Samford Punt, 3 plays
4:391st & 10 at own 30Brady Stober pass incomplete to Jaden Gibson
4:392nd & 10 at own 30Ken Cherry run for no gain to the SAM 30
4:393rd & 10 at own 30Brady Stober pass incomplete to Nick Crayton
3:484th & 10 at own 30Noah Jones punt for 50 yds , Noah Grevious returns for 6 yds to the VMI 26
VMI Punt, 3 plays
3:481st & 10 at own 26Collin Shannon pass incomplete to Cade Cox
3:482nd & 10 at own 26Leo Boehling run for a loss of 2 yards to the VMI 24
3:483rd & 12 at own 24Collin Shannon sacked by Donovan Grayson for a loss of 7 yards to the VMI 17
2:144th & 19 at own 17Ben Shrewsbury punt for 52 yds , Jaden Gibson returns for no gain to the SAM 31
Samford Punt, 4 plays
2:141st & 10 at own 31Brady Stober pass complete to Calvin Jones for 5 yds to the SAM 36
2:142nd & 5 at own 36No Huddle-Shotgun Stober,Brady pass incomplete short left to Gibson,Jaden thrown to SAM38 broken up by Comello,Joe PENALTY VMI Offside (Parker,Amaje) 5 yards from SAM36 to SAM41, 1ST DOWN. NO PLAY.
2:141st & 10 at own 41Brady Stober pass incomplete to Jadon Loving
2:142nd & 10 at own 41Brady Stober pass incomplete to Preston Bird
2:143rd & 10 at own 41Brady Stober run for 4 yds to the SAM 45
1:084th & 6 at own 45Noah Jones punt for 55 yds for a touchback
VMI Touchdown, 3 plays
1:081st & 10 at own 20Collin Shannon pass complete to Owen Sweeney for 22 yds to the VMI 42 for a 1ST down
0:001st & 10 at own 42Aslin Shipe run for 3 yds to the VMI 45
Q2 14:502nd & 7 at own 45Collin Shannon pass complete to Owen Sweeney for 55 yds for a TD (Ben Shrewsbury KICK)Tied at 7
2nd quarter8 drives, then Samford 21, VMI 7
Samford Touchdown, 6 plays
14:501st & 10 at own 35Jack Joyce kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
14:501st & 10 at own 25Brady Stober pass complete to Calvin Jones for 5 yds to the SAM 30
14:502nd & 5 at own 30Ken Cherry run for 1 yd to the SAM 31
14:503rd & 4 at own 31Brady Stober pass complete to Preston Bird for 44 yds to the VMI 25 for a 1ST down
14:501st & 10 at opp 25Cam Bland run for no gain to the VMI 25
14:502nd & 10 at opp 25Brady Stober run for 8 yds to the VMI 17
14:503rd & 2 at opp 17PENALTY SAM False Start (May,Kaleb) 5 yards from VMI17 to VMI22. NO PLAY.
11:503rd & 7 at opp 22Brady Stober pass complete to Sam Pickett III for 22 yds for a TD (Jake Garner KICK)Samford 14, VMI 7
VMI Punt, 3 plays
11:501st & 10 at own 35Jake Garner kickoff for 59 yds , Aslin Shipe return for 18 yds to the VMI 24
11:501st & 10 at own 24No Huddle-Shotgun Boehling,Leo rush right for 5 yards gain to the VMI29 (Cunningham,Conroy), out of bounds PENALTY VMI Holding (Dunn,Robbie) 10 yards from VMI24 to VMI14. NO PLAY.
11:501st & 20 at own 14Leo Boehling run for 2 yds to the VMI 16
11:502nd & 18 at own 16PENALTY VMI Illegal Substitution 5 yards from VMI16 to VMI11. NO PLAY.
11:502nd & 23 at own 11Collin Shannon pass incomplete to Owen Sweeney
11:503rd & 23 at own 11Collin Shannon pass complete to Malik McNeely for 16 yds to the VMI 27
9:374th & 7 at own 27Ben Shrewsbury punt for 52 yds , Jaden Gibson returns for no gain to the SAM 21
Samford Punt, 5 plays
9:371st & 10 at own 21Brady Stober run for 4 yds to the SAM 25
9:372nd & 6 at own 25Brady Stober pass complete to Teddy Davenport for 7 yds to the SAM 32 for a 1ST down
9:371st & 10 at own 32Cam Bland run for 8 yds to the SAM 40
9:372nd & 2 at own 40Brady Stober pass incomplete to Torrey Ward
9:373rd & 2 at own 40Brady Stober pass complete to Nicholas Bookman for 1 yd to the SAM 41
7:444th & 1 at own 41Noah Jones punt for 51 yds
VMI Punt, 5 plays
7:441st & 10 at own 8Aslin Shipe run for 6 yds to the VMI 14
7:442nd & 4 at own 14Aslin Shipe run for 6 yds to the VMI 20 for a 1ST down
7:441st & 10 at own 20Collin Shannon sacked by Deuce Caldwell II for a loss of 5 yards to the VMI 15
7:442nd & 15 at own 15Collin Shannon pass incomplete to Noah Grevious
7:443rd & 15 at own 15Collin Shannon sacked by Jackson Bussey for a loss of 10 yards to the VMI 5
5:164th & 25 at own 5Timeout Samford, clock 05:16
5:064th & 25 at own 5Ben Shrewsbury punt for 47 yds , Jaden Gibson returns for 6 yds to the VMI 46
Samford Missed FG, 5 plays
5:061st & 10 at opp 46Brady Stober run for 7 yds to the VMI 39
5:062nd & 3 at opp 39No Huddle-Shotgun Stober,Brady pass incomplete deep right to Gibson,Jaden thrown to VMI11 PENALTY VMI Pass Interference (Parker,Amaje) 15 yards from VMI39 to VMI24, 1ST DOWN. NO PLAY.
5:061st & 10 at opp 24Brady Stober pass complete to Nick Crayton for 2 yds to the VMI 22
5:062nd & 8 at opp 22Preston Bird run for a loss of 4 yards to the VMI 26
5:063rd & 12 at opp 26Brady Stober pass complete to Preston Bird for 1 yd to the VMI 25
3:014th & 11 at opp 25Jake Garner 43 yd FG MISSED
VMI Punt, 3 plays
3:011st & 10 at own 25Collin Shannon pass complete to Morgan McPhaul for 2 yds to the VMI 27
3:012nd & 8 at own 27Leo Boehling run for 1 yd to the VMI 28
2:003rd & 7 at own 28Timeout VMI, clock 02:00
2:003rd & 7 at own 28Collin Shannon pass incomplete to Malik McNeely
1:424th & 7 at own 28Ben Shrewsbury punt for 47 yds , Jaden Gibson returns for 11 yds to the SAM 36
Samford Touchdown, 4 plays
1:421st & 10 at own 36Brady Stober pass complete to Nick Crayton for 2 yds to the SAM 38
1:422nd & 8 at own 38Brady Stober pass complete to Nick Crayton for 31 yds to the VMI 31 for a 1ST down
1:421st & 10 at opp 31Ken Cherry run for 4 yds to the VMI 27
0:502nd & 6 at opp 27Brady Stober pass complete to Preston Bird for 27 yds for a TD (Jake Garner KICK)Samford 21, VMI 7
0:501st & goal at opp 3PENALTY SAM False Start (Perritt,Justin) 5 yards from VMI03 to VMI08. NO PLAY.
VMI Missed FG, 7 plays
0:501st & 10 at own 35Jake Garner kickoff for 62 yds
0:501st & 10 at own 25Collin Shannon pass complete to Owen Sweeney for 20 yds to the VMI 45 for a 1ST down
0:501st & 10 at own 45Collin Shannon pass complete to Luke Schalow for 9 yds to the SAM 46
0:282nd & 1 at opp 46Timeout VMI, clock 00:28
0:282nd & 1 at opp 46Collin Shannon pass incomplete to Owen Sweeney
0:283rd & 1 at opp 46Collin Shannon run for 5 yds to the SAM 41 for a 1ST down
0:151st & 10 at opp 41Timeout VMI, clock 00:15
0:151st & 10 at opp 41Collin Shannon pass complete to Owen Sweeney for 23 yds to the SAM 18 for a 1ST down
0:091st & 10 at opp 18Timeout VMI, clock 00:09
0:091st & 10 at opp 18Collin Shannon pass complete to Owen Sweeney for 9 yds to the SAM 9
0:002nd & 1 at opp 9Ben Shrewsbury 27 yd FG MISSED
3rd quarter5 drives, then Samford 21, VMI 13
VMI Touchdown, 7 plays
15:001st & 10 at own 35Jake Garner kickoff for 60 yds , Aslin Shipe return for 17 yds to the VMI 22
15:001st & 10 at own 22Aslin Shipe run for 13 yds to the VMI 35 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at own 35Collin Shannon pass incomplete to Noah Grevious
15:002nd & 10 at own 35Aslin Shipe run for 5 yds to the VMI 40
15:003rd & 5 at own 40Collin Shannon pass complete to Owen Sweeney for 8 yds to the VMI 48 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at own 48Collin Shannon pass incomplete to Cole Varner
15:002nd & 10 at own 48Collin Shannon pass complete to Owen Sweeney for 15 yds to the SAM 37 for a 1ST down
12:201st & 10 at opp 37Leo Boehling run for 37 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)Samford 21, VMI 13
Samford Punt, 3 plays
12:201st & 10 at own 35Jack Joyce kickoff for 64 yds , Calvin Jones return for 26 yds to the SAM 27
12:201st & 10 at own 27Brady Stober pass complete to Cam Bland for 3 yds to the SAM 30
12:202nd & 7 at own 30Brady Stober pass complete to Preston Bird for 3 yds to the SAM 33
12:203rd & 4 at own 33Brady Stober pass complete to Preston Bird for 3 yds to the SAM 36
10:364th & 1 at own 36Noah Jones punt for 59 yds
VMI Punt, 7 plays
10:361st & 10 at own 5Collin Shannon pass complete to Owen Sweeney for 15 yds to the VMI 20 for a 1ST down
10:361st & 10 at own 20Leo Boehling run for 3 yds to the VMI 23
10:362nd & 7 at own 23Collin Shannon sacked for a loss of 4 yards to the VMI 19
10:363rd & 11 at own 19Collin Shannon pass complete to Malik McNeely for 12 yds to the VMI 31 for a 1ST down
10:361st & 10 at own 31No Huddle-Shotgun Shannon,Collin pass incomplete short left to Sweeney,Owen thrown to VMI35 PENALTY SAM Pass Interference (Perkins,Nahil) 4 yards from VMI31 to VMI35, 1ST DOWN. NO PLAY.
10:361st & 10 at own 35Collin Shannon pass incomplete to Noah Grevious
10:362nd & 10 at own 35Collin Shannon sacked by Conroy Cunningham II for a loss of 8 yards to the VMI 27
10:363rd & 18 at own 27Collin Shannon pass complete to Owen Sweeney for a loss of 1 yard to the VMI 26
6:404th & 19 at own 26Ben Shrewsbury punt for 39 yds
Samford Punt, 9 plays
6:401st & 10 at own 35Ken Cherry run for 2 yds to the SAM 37
6:402nd & 8 at own 37Brady Stober pass complete to Calvin Jones for 1 yd to the SAM 38
6:403rd & 7 at own 38PENALTY SAM False Start (May,Kaleb) 5 yards from SAM38 to SAM33. NO PLAY.
6:403rd & 12 at own 33Brady Stober run for 14 yds to the SAM 47 for a 1ST down
6:401st & 10 at own 47Ken Cherry run for 4 yds to the VMI 49
6:402nd & 6 at opp 49Brady Stober pass complete to Calvin Jones for 6 yds to the VMI 43 for a 1ST down
6:401st & 10 at opp 43Ken Cherry run for 4 yds to the VMI 39
6:402nd & 6 at opp 39No Huddle-Shotgun Stober,Brady pass incomplete deep left to Bird,Preston thrown to VMI04 PENALTY VMI Pass Interference (Crump,Kouri) 15 yards from VMI39 to VMI24, 1ST DOWN. NO PLAY.
6:401st & 10 at opp 24Brady Stober run for a loss of 1 yard to the VMI 25
6:402nd & 11 at opp 25Brady Stober pass complete to Nicholas Bookman for no gain to the VMI 25
6:403rd & 11 at opp 25Brady Stober sacked for a loss of 9 yards to the VMI 34
6:404th & 20 at opp 34PENALTY SAM Delay Of Game 5 yards from VMI34 to VMI39. NO PLAY.
2:304th & 25 at opp 39Noah Jones punt for 39 yds for a touchback
VMI Field goal, 12 plays
2:301st & 10 at own 20Collin Shannon pass complete to Owen Sweeney for 10 yds to the VMI 30 for a 1ST down
2:301st & 10 at own 30Aslin Shipe run for 1 yd to the VMI 31
2:302nd & 9 at own 31Collin Shannon sacked by Maxton Woodward for a loss of 4 yards to the VMI 27
2:303rd & 13 at own 27Collin Shannon pass complete to Morgan McPhaul for 22 yds to the VMI 49 for a 1ST down
2:301st & 10 at own 49Aslin Shipe run for 21 yds to the SAM 30 for a 1ST down
0:001st & 10 at opp 30Collin Shannon run for 12 yds to the SAM 18 for a 1ST down
Q4 15:001st & 10 at opp 18Collin Shannon pass incomplete to Owen Sweeney
Q4 15:002nd & 10 at opp 18Aslin Shipe run for 11 yds to the SAM 7 for a 1ST down
Q4 15:001st & goal at opp 7Aslin Shipe run for no gain to the SAM 7
Q4 15:002nd & goal at opp 7Collin Shannon pass incomplete to Owen Sweeney
Q4 15:003rd & goal at opp 7Collin Shannon pass incomplete to Leo Boehling
Q4 13:364th & goal at opp 7Ben Shrewsbury 24 yd FG GOODSamford 21, VMI 16
4th quarter7 drives, then Samford 24, VMI 22
Samford Punt, 9 plays
13:361st & 10 at own 35Jack Joyce kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
13:361st & 10 at own 25Brady Stober pass complete to Torrey Ward for 5 yds to the SAM 30
13:362nd & 5 at own 30Cam Bland run for 3 yds to the SAM 33
13:363rd & 2 at own 33Brady Stober pass complete to Cam Bland for 7 yds to the SAM 40 for a 1ST down
13:361st & 10 at own 40Cam Bland run for 2 yds to the SAM 42
13:362nd & 8 at own 42Brady Stober pass complete to Cam Bland for 7 yds to the SAM 49
13:363rd & 1 at own 49Brady Stober run for 3 yds to the VMI 48 for a 1ST down
13:361st & 10 at opp 48Ken Cherry run for 2 yds to the VMI 46
13:362nd & 8 at opp 46Brady Stober pass complete to Sam Pickett III for 7 yds to the VMI 39
13:363rd & 1 at opp 39Brady Stober sacked by Logan Marshall for a loss of 8 yards to the VMI 47
9:394th & 9 at opp 47Noah Jones punt for 35 yds, fair catch by Noah Grevious at the VMI 12
VMI Touchdown, 4 plays
9:391st & 10 at own 12Collin Shannon pass complete to Noah Grevious for 8 yds to the VMI 20
9:392nd & 2 at own 20PENALTY SAM Offside (Crisp,Kelton) 5 yards from VMI20 to VMI25, 1ST DOWN. NO PLAY.
9:391st & 10 at own 25Collin Shannon pass complete to Traveion Slaughter for 65 yds to the SAM 10 for a 1ST down
9:391st & goal at opp 10Aslin Shipe run for no gain to the SAM 10
7:242nd & goal at opp 10Collin Shannon pass complete to Noah Grevious for 10 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)VMI 22, Samford 21
Samford Interception, 1 play
7:241st & 10 at own 35Jack Joyce kickoff for 64 yds , Calvin Jones return for 27 yds to the SAM 28
7:121st & 10 at own 28Brady Stober pass intercepted Amaje Parker return for no gain to the SAM 38
VMI Interception, 5 plays
7:121st & 10 at opp 38Collin Shannon pass complete to Owen Sweeney for 9 yds to the SAM 29
7:122nd & 1 at opp 29Leo Boehling run for 4 yds to the SAM 25 for a 1ST down
7:121st & 10 at opp 25Collin Shannon pass incomplete to Morgan McPhaul
7:122nd & 10 at opp 25Collin Shannon pass complete to Owen Sweeney for 14 yds to the SAM 11 for a 1ST down
5:111st & 10 at opp 11Collin Shannon pass intercepted Trey Lenhardt return for 8 yds to the SAM 13
Samford Field goal, 14 plays
5:111st & 10 at own 13Brady Stober sacked for a loss of 2 yards to the SAM 11
5:112nd & 12 at own 11Cam Bland run for 15 yds to the SAM 26 for a 1ST down
5:111st & 10 at own 26Brady Stober pass complete to Preston Bird for 14 yds to the SAM 40 for a 1ST down
5:111st & 10 at own 40Brady Stober pass incomplete to Cam Bland
5:112nd & 10 at own 40Cam Bland run for 3 yds to the SAM 43
5:113rd & 7 at own 43Brady Stober pass complete to Preston Bird for 8 yds to the VMI 49 for a 1ST down
5:111st & 10 at opp 49Brady Stober run for no gain to the VMI 49
5:112nd & 10 at opp 49Brady Stober pass complete to Teddy Davenport for 11 yds to the VMI 38 for a 1ST down
5:111st & 10 at opp 38Brady Stober pass incomplete to Sam Pickett III
5:112nd & 10 at opp 38Brady Stober run for 20 yds to the VMI 18 for a 1ST down
5:111st & 10 at opp 18Brady Stober pass complete to Calvin Jones for 4 yds to the VMI 14
5:112nd & 6 at opp 14Brady Stober pass incomplete to Nick Crayton
5:113rd & 6 at opp 14No Huddle-Shotgun Stober,Brady pass incomplete short middle to Cherry,Ken thrown to VMI06 PENALTY SAM Face Mask (Johnson,Duncan) 15 yards from VMI14 to VMI29. NO PLAY.
5:113rd & 21 at opp 29Ken Cherry run for 9 yds to the VMI 20
1:284th & 12 at opp 20Jake Garner 37 yd FG GOODSamford 24, VMI 22
VMI Missed FG, 6 plays
1:281st & 10 at own 35Jake Garner kickoff for 63 yds , Aslin Shipe return for 27 yds to the VMI 29
1:281st & 10 at own 29Collin Shannon pass incomplete to Cade Cox
1:282nd & 10 at own 29Collin Shannon pass complete to Malik McNeely for 51 yds to the SAM 20 for a 1ST down
1:281st & 10 at opp 20Luke Schalow run for 7 yds to the SAM 13
0:412nd & 3 at opp 13Timeout VMI, clock 00:41
0:412nd & 3 at opp 13Luke Schalow run for a loss of 2 yards to the SAM 15
0:373rd & 5 at opp 15Timeout Samford, clock 00:37
0:373rd & 5 at opp 15Luke Schalow run for no gain to the SAM 15
0:354th & 5 at opp 15Timeout Samford, clock 00:35
0:254th & 5 at opp 15Ben Shrewsbury 32 yd FG MISSED
Samford End of game, 1 play
0:202nd & 13 at own 17Timeout VMI, clock 00:20
0:001st & 10 at own 20Kneel down by Samford at SAM17 for loss of 3 yards.

Play-by-play from CollegeFootballData.com, as its scorers wrote it. The clock is the time left in the quarter; the spot is from the side of the team with the ball.

Samford leads 10–⁠3 in 13 meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Samford 45, VMI 7
2025Samford 24, VMI 22
2024Samford 27, VMI 3
2023Samford 27, VMI 14
2022Samford 34, VMI 15
2021VMI 46, Samford 45

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