2001 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

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2001 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference Southern Conference
Record3–7 (2–6 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Fela (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorLes Herrin (1st season)
Home stadium Johnson Hagood Stadium [1]
Seasons
←  2000
2002  →
2001 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Furman $^  7 –1   12 –3  
No. 3 Georgia Southern $^  7 –1   12 –2  
No. 6 Appalachian State ^  6 –2   9 –4  
Western Carolina  5 –3   7 –4  
East Tennessee State  4 –4   6 –5  
Wofford  3 –5   4 –7  
The Citadel  2 –6   3 –7  
Chattanooga  1 –7   3 –8  
VMI  1 –7   1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

The 2001 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Ellis Johnson 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

The Bulldogs game against Western Carolina was rescheduled from September 15 to November 17 due to the September 11, 2001 attacks.

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16:00 pmat No. 11 (I-A) Georgia Tech *
L 7–3541,804 [5]
September 224:00 pmNo. 5 Appalachian State
L 6–815,107 [6]
September 294:00 pm South Carolina State *
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 31–815,180 [7]
October 47:00 pmat East Tennessee State
L 21–234,769 [8]
October 132:00 pmNo. 3 Furman
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC (rivalry)
L 7–3116,982 [9]
October 201:00 pmat No. 1 Georgia Southern
L 6–1418,637 [10]
October 272:00 pm Wofford
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC (rivalry)
L 0–1312,127 [11]
November 37:00 pmat Chattanooga
W 20–17 2OT8,945 [12]
November 102:00 pm VMI Dagger-14-plain.png
W 49–718,937 [13]
November 172:00 pmat Western Carolina
L 25–287,496 [14]

References

  1. ↑ "How Johnson Hagood Stadium Came To Be". The Citadel Department of Athletics. 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. ↑ "Godsey targets the other Bulldogs". The Times. September 2, 2001. Retrieved July 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "The Citadel falls to Appalachian State". The Times and Democrat. September 23, 2001. Retrieved December 1, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "The Citadel runs over South Carolina St". The Times and Democrat. September 30, 2001. Retrieved July 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Kick lifts Bucs to SoCon win". Bristol Herald Courier. October 5, 2001. Retrieved July 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Ivory leads Furman over The Citadel, 31–7". The Times and Democrat. October 14, 2001. Retrieved September 24, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "The Citadel battles, falls to Ga. Southern". The Times and Democrat. October 21, 2001. Retrieved July 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Wofford blanks Citadel, keeps Bulldogs winless in SoCon". Anderson Independent-Mail. October 28, 2001. Retrieved July 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "The Citadel scores victory in double OT". Sun-News. November 4, 2001. Retrieved July 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "VMI throttled by Bulldogs". The Roanoke Times. November 11, 2001. Retrieved July 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Boateng, W. Carolina run over The Citadel". The State. November 18, 2001. Retrieved July 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
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