2009 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

2009 Southern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – FCS playoff participant; Rankings from The Sports Network poll

2009 The Citadel Bulldogs football
2009 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Conference
2009 record	4–7 (2–6 SoCon)
Head coach	Kevin Higgins (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Dave Cecchini (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Isaac Collins (4th season)
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium; (Capacity: 21,000)
	Seasons ← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by fifth year head coach Kevin Higgins and played their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. They played as members of the Southern Conference, as they have since 1936.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	6:00 pm	at No. 20 (FBS) North Carolina*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN360	L 6–40	58,500
September 19	3:00 pm	at Princeton*	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ		W 38–7	7,885
September 26	7:00 pm	Presbyterian*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	BI	W 46–21	13,034
October 3	1:00 pm	No. 10 Appalachian State	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	BI	L 27–30 ^OT	14,238
October 10	1:30 pm	at No. 10 Elon	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC		L 7–43	7,524
October 17	4:00 pm	at Western Carolina	Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	SCTV	L 10–14	6,821
October 24	2:00 pm	Furman	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	BI	W 38–28	14,403
October 31	1:00 pm	Samford	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	BI	W 28–16	8,317
November 7	3:05 pm	Wofford	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	SSN	L 17–43	15,155
November 14	2:05 pm	at Chattanooga	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN		L 28–31	9,540
November 21	2:00 pm	at Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA		L 6–13	12,611
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ "2009 Citadel Football Schedule". The Citadel Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2014.

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

2009 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 3 Appalachian State $^		8	–	0		11	–	3
No. 9 Elon ^		7	–	1		9	–	3
Furman		5	–	3		6	–	5
Chattanooga		4	–	4		6	–	5
Georgia Southern		4	–	4		5	–	6
Samford		3	–	5		5	–	6
Wofford		2	–	6		3	–	8
The Citadel		2	–	6		4	–	7
Western Carolina		1	–	7		2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll