1998 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

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1998 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference Southern Conference
1998 record5–6 (4–4 SoCon)
Head coach Don Powers (3rd season)
Offensive schemeOption
Home stadium Johnson Hagood Stadium
(Capacity: 21,000) [1]
Seasons
  1997
1999  
1998 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#2 Georgia Southern $^ 80    141 
#6 Appalachian State ^ 62    103 
Western Carolina  53    65 
Chattanooga  44    56 
The Citadel  44    56 
East Tennessee State  35    47 
Wofford  35    47 
Furman  35    56 
VMI  08    110 
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

The 1998 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Don Powers 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]

The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina U.S. military college in Charleston, South Carolina

The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, commonly referred to simply as The Citadel, is a state-supported, comprehensive college located in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Established in 1842, it is one of six United States senior military colleges. It has 18 academic departments divided into five schools offering 29 majors and 38 minors. The military program is made up of cadets pursuing bachelor's degrees who live on campus. The non-military programs offer 10 residential undergraduate degrees, 24 residential graduate degrees, as well as online/distance programs with 7 online graduate degrees, 3 online undergraduate degrees and 3 certificate programs.

1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season

The 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I-AA level, began in August 1998, and concluded with the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 19, 1998, at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The UMass Minutemen won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Georgia Southern Eagles by a final score of 55−43.

Don Powers was an American football coach. He was the 20th head football coach at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, serving for five seasons, from 1996 to 2000, and compiling a record of 19–36. He also served as an assistant coach, working principally with Linebackers and Defensive Backs, and as a Defensive Coordinator, at Western Carolina, Western Kentucky, and East Carolina.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 5at No. 3 (Div-IA) Florida *L 10–4985,061
September 12at Wofford W 20–1410,271
September 19 Western Carolina L 8–1411,011
September 26at No. 13 Appalachian State L 11–2610,261
October 3at South Florida *L 6–4532,598
October 10 East Tennessee State
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 31–2015,707
October 17at No. 24 Furman W 25–2413,011
October 24No. 1 Georgia Southern
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
L 34–5114,222
October 31No. 17 Hofstra *
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 32–308,673
November 7 Chattanooga Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
L 10–1316,842
November 14at VMI W 36–108,832

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