1970 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

1970 Southern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

1970 The Citadel Bulldogs football
1970 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Conference
1970 record	5–6 (4–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Red Parker (5th season);
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium
	Seasons ← 1969 1971 →

The 1970 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. Red Parker served as head coach for the fifth season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12	at Clemson*	Memorial Stadium Clemson, South Carolina	L 0–24	34,000
September 19	at Vanderbilt*	Dudley Field Nashville, Tennessee	L 0–52
September 26	East Carolina	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, South Carolina	W 31–0	17,420	^[4]
October 3	at Arkansas State*	Jonesboro, Arkansas	L 7–24
October 10	at William & Mary	Cary Field Williamsburg, Virginia	W 16–7
October 17	Bucknell*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, South Carolina	W 42–28
October 24	VMI	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, South Carolina (Rivalry)	W 56–9	17,345	^[5]
October 31	Richmond	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, South Carolina	L 14–31
November 7	at Chattanooga*	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, Tennessee	L 28–29		^[6]
November 14	at Furman	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, South Carolina (Rivalry)	L 21–28
November 21	Davidson	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, South Carolina	W 44–9
*Non-conference game Homecoming

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Name	Team	Position
1970	1	12	12	John Small	Atlanta Falcons	Linebacker

^ 2011 Citadel Football Media Guide. The Citadel. p. 151. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
^ "Milestones". The Citadel Football Association. Archived from the original on 2016-01-23. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
^ "Citadel Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2015-12-26. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
^ "The Citadel ends 2-game drought, defeats ECU". The Times and Democrat. September 27, 1970. Retrieved March 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Citadel buries VMI, 56–9; Duncan sets rush record". The Greenville News. October 25, 1970. Retrieved January 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Moccasins halt Citadel two-point drive, 29–28". The State. November 8, 1970. Retrieved September 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

v t The Citadel Bulldogs football
Venues	College Park Stadium (c. 1905–1926) Johnson Hagood Stadium (original) (1927–1947) Johnson Hagood Stadium (1948–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1960 Tangerine Bowl Furman Military Classic of the South (VMI) Wofford
Culture & lore	The Regimental Band and Pipes
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

1970 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
William & Mary $		3	–	1		5	–	7
The Citadel		4	–	2		5	–	6
Furman		3	–	2		8	–	3
East Carolina		2	–	2		3	–	8
Richmond		3	–	3		4	–	6
Davidson		2	–	4		2	–	8
VMI		1	–	4		1	–	10

$ – Conference champion