1985 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

1985 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	5–5–1 (3–4–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Tom Moore (3rd season)
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium [1]
Seasons ←  1984 1986  →

1985 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. T–2 Furman $^	6	–	0	–	0			12	–	2	–	0
No. T–12 Appalachian State	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Chattanooga	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Marshall	3	–	3	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
The Citadel	2	–	4	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Western Carolina	2	–	4	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
VMI	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
East Tennessee State	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	10	–	1
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1985 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Tom Moore 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. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	at No. 17 (I-A) South Carolina *	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	L 17–56	73,500	[5]
September 7	Presbyterian *	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 14–7	18,000
September 21	Appalachian State	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 3–14	16,246	[6]
September 28	at No. 3 Marshall	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 14–17	17,527
October 5	at VMI	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA (Military Classic of the South)	T 14–14	5,500	[7]
October 12	Davidson	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 31–0	8,741	[8]
October 19	at Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 17–34	7,993
October 26	at East Tennessee State	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	W 28–21	8,154
November 2	Western Carolina	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 10–3	14,157
November 9	Wofford *	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	W 42–28	10,867
November 16	No. 2 Furman	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	L 0–42	20,592
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "How Johnson Hagood Stadium Came To Be". citadelsports.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
2. 2011 Citadel Football Media Guide. The Citadel. p. 152. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
3. "Milestones". The Citadel Football Association. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
4. "Citadel Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
5. "Gamecocks pulverize Citadel 56–17". The State. September 1, 1985. Retrieved January 31, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Appalachian State downs The Citadel, 14–3". The Greenville News. September 22, 1985. Retrieved November 17, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
7. "The Citadel rallies to salvage tie with winless VMI". The State. October 6, 1983. Retrieved February 4, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Allen's three TD passes help Citadel mug Davidson 31–0". The State. October 13, 1985. Retrieved September 8, 2022– via Newspapers.com.