1996 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

1996 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	4–7 (3–5 SoCon)
Head coach	Don Powers (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Mark Tucker (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Option
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium (capacity: 22,500) [1]
Seasons ←  1995 1997  →

1996 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 Marshall $^		8	–	0					15	–	0
No. T–8 East Tennessee State ^		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 13 Furman ^		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 25 Appalachian State		5	–	3					7	–	4
The Citadel		3	–	5					4	–	7
Georgia Southern		2	–	6					4	–	7
VMI		2	–	6					3	–	8
Chattanooga		2	–	6					3	–	8
Western Carolina		1	–	7					4	–	7
$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1996 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Don Powers served as head coach for the first 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
September 7	at No. 11 Miami (FL) *	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	L 6–52	35,747
September 14	Richmond *	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 13–10	13,069	[5]
September 21	Western Carolina	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 28–14	10,362
September 28	at No. 4 Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	L 20–34	13,231	[6]
October 12	No. 16 East Tennessee State	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 20–41	16,212
October 19	at No. 11 Furman	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC (rivalry)	L 25–35	11,975	[7]
October 26	Georgia Southern	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 35–20	9,427
November 2	at No. 1 Marshall	Marshall University Stadium Huntington, WV	L 25–56	22,038
November 9	Chattanooga	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 16–13	17,914
November 16	at VMI	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA (Military Classic of the South)	L 27–34 2OT	7,478	[8]
November 23	Wofford *	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	L 21–26	9,876
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network 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. "Myers' touchdown gives Citadel victory". The Greenville News. September 15, 1996. p. 3C – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Mountaineers storm The Citadel". The State. September 29, 1996. Retrieved November 28, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Furman too much for The Citadel 35–25". The State. October 20, 1996. Retrieved September 22, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
8. "VMI 34, The Citadel 27". The Greenville News. November 17, 1996. Retrieved February 6, 2022– via Newspapers.com.