American college football season
The 2019 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represents The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The Bulldogs are led by fourth-year head coach Brent Thompson and play their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium . They are members of the Southern Conference (SoCon).
Previous season [ ]
The Bulldogs finished the 2018 season 5–6, 4–4 in SoCon play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.
Preseason [ ]
Preseason media poll [ ]
The SoCon released their preseason media poll and coaches poll on July 22, 2019. The Bulldogs were picked to finish in 7th place in both polls.[1] [2]
Media poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Wofford
253 (21)
2
Furman
229 (6)
3
East Tennessee State
187 (2)
4
Mercer
146
5
Chattanooga
134
6
Samford
125
7
The Citadel
111
8
Western Carolina
88
9
VMI
32
Coaches poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Wofford
63 (7)
2
Furman
55 (1)
3
East Tennessee State
44 (1)
4
Chattanooga
40
5
Mercer
34
6
Samford
33
7
The Citadel
22
8
Western Carolina
21
9
VMI
12
Preseason All-SoCon Teams [ ]
The Bulldogs placed six players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.[2]
Offense
2nd team
Haden Haas – OL
Drew McEntyre – OL
Defense
1st team
Joseph Randolph II – DL
Willie Eubanks III – LB
Specialists
1st team
Matthew Campbell – P
2nd team
Jacob Godek – PK
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 3:00 p.m. No. 11 Towson * ESPN+ L 21–28 8,008
September 7 2:00 p.m. at Elon * FloSports L 28–35 5,071
September 14 12:30 p.m. at Georgia Tech * ACCRSN W 27–24 OT 42,871
September 21 6:00 p.m. Charleston Southern * No. 25 Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC ESPN+ W 22–13 9,626
September 28 3:00 p.m. at Samford No. 25 ESPN+ L 55–61 4OT 3,524
October 5 2:00 p.m. VMI ESPN+ L 21–34 12,126
October 12 2:00 p.m. Western Carolina Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC ESPN3 W 35–17 8,023
October 19 1:00 p.m. at No. 8 Furman ESPN3 W 27–10 6,603
October 26 2:00 p.m. Mercer Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC ESPN+ W 35–24 11,439
November 2 3:30 p.m. at East Tennessee State ESPN3 W 31–27 8,674
November 16 2:00 p.m. at Chattanooga ESPN+ L 33–34 7,363
November 23 12:00 p.m. No. 14 Wofford Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry ) ESPN+ L 11–31
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Source: [3]
Roster [ ]
Game summaries [ ]
Towson [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 11 Tigers
7
10
0
11
28
Bulldogs
0
14
0
7
21
at Elon [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
7
7
14
28
Phoenix
7
14
7
7
35
at Georgia Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Bulldogs
7
7
7
3 3
27
Yellow Jackets
0
6
8
10 0
24
Charleston Southern [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Buccaneers
0
3
3
7
13
No. 25 Bulldogs
0
7
13
2
22
at Samford [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT 3OT 4OT
Total
No. 25 CIT Bulldogs
7
7
7
17 7 7 3 0
55
SAM Bulldogs
7
3
14
14 7 7 3 6
61
VMI [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Keydets
7
10
7
10
34
Bulldogs
7
0
7
7
21
Western Carolina [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Catamounts
3
7
7
0
17
Bulldogs
14
14
0
7
35
at Furman [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
7
0
14
6
27
No. 8 Paladins
3
0
0
7
10
Mercer [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
10
14
0
24
Bulldogs
7
7
7
14
35
at East Tennessee State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
7
3
7
14
31
Buccaneers
10
3
7
7
27
at Chattanooga [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
2
7
17
7
33
Mocs
12
0
0
22
34
Wofford [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 14 Terriers
14
0
14
3
31
Bulldogs
0
0
3
8
11
Source: [4]
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
STATS FCS
RV
RV
RV
25
25
Coaches
RV
RV
NR
RV
RV
References [ ]
Venues
College Park Stadium (c. 1905–1926)
Johnson Hagood Stadium (original) (1927–1947)
Johnson Hagood Stadium (1948–present)
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