1938 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

1938 The Citadel Bulldogs football
State champion
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	6–5 (2–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Tatum Gressette (7th season)
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium
Seasons ←  1937 1939  →

1938 Southern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Duke $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Clemson	3	–	0	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
VMI	4	–	0	–	3			6	–	1	–	4
North Carolina	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
Richmond	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Washington and Lee	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
NC State	3	–	3	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Wake Forest	3	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
VPI	2	–	3	–	2			3	–	5	–	2
The Citadel	2	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Maryland	1	–	2	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Davidson	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Furman	0	–	4	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
William & Mary	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1938 college football season. Tatum Gressette served as head coach for the seventh 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 17	Davidson	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 6–12		[4]
September 24	at Georgia *	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 12–20
September 30	vs. Wake Forest	Charlotte, NC	L 0–31	5,000
October 8	at Presbyterian *	Old Bailey Stadium Clinton, SC	W 12–0
October 15	at Furman	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC (rivalry)	W 9–6	10,000	[5]
October 22	at No. 8 Tennessee *	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	L 0–44	8,000	[6]
October 29	Wofford *	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 27–0
November 5	Richmond	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 6–0
November 11	Oglethorpe *	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 26–8	4,000	[7]
November 19	Erskine *	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 33–13
December 3	vs. NC State	Wilmington, NC	L 6–14
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. 2011 Citadel Football Media Guide. The Citadel. p. 143. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
2. "Milestones". The Citadel Football Association. Archived from the original on 2016-01-23. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
3. "Citadel Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2015-12-26. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
4. "Davidson wins over Citadel". The Index-Journal. September 18, 1938. Retrieved September 5, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Citadel capitalizes on breaks to trip Furman, 9–6". The Charlotte Observer. October 16, 1938. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Cadets can take it and do, it's Vols 44, The Citadel 0 in easy game". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 23, 1938. Retrieved August 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Citadel's light brigade swamps Oglethorpe 26–8". The Times and Democrat. November 12, 1938. Retrieved February 19, 2022– via Newspapers.com.