1998 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

1998 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	5–6 (4–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Don Powers (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Option
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium [1]
Seasons ←  1997 1999  →

1998 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 Georgia Southern $^		8	–	0					14	–	1
No. 6 Appalachian State ^		6	–	2					10	–	3
Western Carolina		5	–	3					6	–	5
Chattanooga		4	–	4					5	–	6
The Citadel		4	–	4					5	–	6
East Tennessee State		3	–	5					4	–	7
Wofford		3	–	5					4	–	7
Furman		3	–	5					5	–	6
VMI		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA 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]}

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	at No. 3 (I-A) Florida *	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	L 10–49	85,061	[5]
September 12	at Wofford	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC (rivalry)	W 20–14	10,271	[6]
September 19	Western Carolina	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 8–14	11,011	[7]
September 26	at No. 13 Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	L 11–26	10,261	[8]
October 3	at No. 23 South Florida *	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	L 6–45	32,598	[9]
October 10	East Tennessee State	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 31–20	15,707	[10]
October 17	at No. 24 Furman	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC (rivalry)	W 25–24	13,011	[11]
October 24	No. 1 Georgia Southern	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 34–51	14,222	[12]
October 31	No. 17 Hofstra *	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 32–30	8,673	[13]
November 7	Chattanooga	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 10–13	16,842	[14]
November 14	at VMI	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA (Military Classic of the South)	W 36–10	8,832	[15]
*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. "Florida runs past Citadel". Pensacola News Journal. September 6, 1998. Retrieved October 16, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
6. "For second straight year, Citadel, Myers nip Wofford". The Greenville News. September 13, 1998. Retrieved July 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Catamounts crack down on Citadel". The Beaufort Gazette. September 20, 1998. Retrieved July 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
8. "ASU runs by Citadel". The State. September 27, 1998. Retrieved November 29, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
9. "USF gets its first taste of revenge". St. Petersburg Times. October 4, 1998. Retrieved July 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
10. "Mistake-prone Buccaneers self-destruct". Johnson City Press. October 11, 1998. Retrieved July 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
11. "The Citadel rallies past Furman, 25–24". The Times and Democrat. October 18, 1998. Retrieved September 22, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
12. "GSU charges past Citadel". Sun-News. October 25, 1998. Retrieved July 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
13. "Citadel make late run for win". The State. November 1, 1998. Retrieved July 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
14. "Late field goal defeats The Citadel". The Herald. November 8, 1998. Retrieved July 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
15. "Citadel runs over Keydets in finale". The Daily News Leader. November 15, 1998. Retrieved July 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.