1968 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

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1968 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference Southern Conference
Record5–5 (4–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadium Johnson Hagood Stadium
Seasons
  1967
1969  
1968 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Richmond $ 6 0 08 3 0
The Citadel 4 2 05 5 0
East Carolina 2 2 04 6 0
William & Mary 2 2 03 7 0
Davidson 1 3 03 6 0
VMI 1 3 01 9 0
Furman 0 4 01 9 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1968 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. Red Parker served as head coach for the third season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. [1] [2] [3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 212:00 p.m.at Army *L 14–3423,000 [4]
September 28 Lehigh *W 28–1215,400–15,450 [5] [6]
October 5at Furman W 31–1210,400 [7]
October 12 Richmond
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
L 16–21 [8]
October 19 VMI
W 13–812,300 [9]
October 26at No. 5 Chattanooga *L 9–3111,500 [10] [11]
November 2vs. Davidson W 28–216,626 [12]
November 9 West Virginia *
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
L 0–177,150 [13]
November 16at William & Mary W 24–217,500 [14]
November 24 East Carolina Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
L 14–23 [15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References

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