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American gridiron football player and coach (born 1938) For the South African cyclist, see Samantha Sanders. For the American journalist and podcast host, see Sam Sanders (journalist). For the American jazz saxophonist, see Sam Sanders (disambiguation).

Sam Sanders
Biographical details
Born	(1938-03-19) March 19, 1938 (age 86)
Playing career
1957–1959	Buffalo

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1965–1967	Lehigh (assistant)
?–1972	Northern Illinois (assistant)
1973–1976	Lehigh (assistant)
1977–1984	Alfred
1985–1989	Toronto Argonauts (DL)
1990–1991	Buffalo

Head coaching record
Overall	54–42–2
Tournaments	0–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 ICAC (1981)

Sam Sanders (born March 19, 1938) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Alfred University from 1977 to 1984 and at the University at Buffalo from 1990 to 1991, compiling a career college football record of 54–42–2.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Alfred Saxons (Independent College Athletic Conference) (1977–1984)
1977	Alfred	4–5	1–3	5th
1978	Alfred	5–4	1–2	3rd
1979	Alfred	7–2	2–1	T–2nd
1980	Alfred	7–2–1	2–1	2nd
1981	Alfred	10–1	3–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal
1982	Alfred	6–4	2–1	2nd
1983	Alfred	4–5–1	0–2–1	5th
1984	Alfred	6–4	2–1	2nd
Alfred:		49–27–2	13–11–1
Buffalo Bulls (NCAA Division III independent) (1990–1991)
1990	Buffalo	2–8
1991	Buffalo	3–7
Buffalo:		5–15
Total:		54–42–2
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

v t e Alfred Saxons head football coaches
George Hill (1895) Leonard Whitfield (1896) Walter Greene (1897–1901) Ernest Schaible (1902) Gordon B. Frost (1903–1904) John M. Reed (1905) Reginald G. Cowan (1906) Lewis Sage (1907) J. Edward Teiper (1908) Dalton Sarvey (1909) Arthur Cottrell (1910) Lester Dittemore (1911) Hubert Colton (1912–1913) Richard Farr (1914) Edwin Sweetland (1915–1917) Military officers (1918) Edwin Sweetland (1919) Al Wesbecher (1920–1922) Cy Kasper (1923–1924) Ernest R. Miller (1925) Erwin A. Heers (1926–1929) John Galloway (1930–1934) John Cox (1935–1936) Alex Yunevich (1937–1941) No team (1942–1945) Alex Yunevich (1946–1976) Sam Sanders (1977–1984) Jim Moretti (1985–1997) Dave Murray (1998–2013) Bob Rankl (2014– )

v t e Buffalo Bulls head football coaches
No coach (1894–1896) C. W. Dibble (1897) No coach (1898) Bemus Pierce (1899) No coach (1900–1902) Ray Turnbull (1903) No team (1904–1914) Frank Mount Pleasant (1915) Art Powell (1916–1921) Dim Batterson (1922) James Bond (1923) Russ Carrick (1924–1928) Jay L. Lee (1929–1930) William Pritchard (1931) James B. Wilson (1932–1933) George Van Bibber (1934–1935) Jim Peele (1936–1942) No team (1943–1945) Jim Peele (1946–1947) Frank Clair (1948–1949) James B. Wilson (1950–1951) Fritz Febel (1952–1954) Dick Offenhamer (1955–1965) Doc Urich (1966–1968) Bob Deming (1969–1970) No team (1971–1976) Bill Dando (1977–1989) Sam Sanders (1990–1991) Jim Ward (1992–1994) Craig Cirbus (1995–2000) Jim Hofher (2001–2005) Turner Gill (2006–2009) Jeff Quinn (2010–2014) Alex Wood # (2014) Lance Leipold (2015–2020) Maurice Linguist (2021–2023) Pete Lembo (2024– ) # denotes interim head coach

# denotes interim head coach

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