2014 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

2014 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	5–7 (3–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Mike Houston (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Brent Thompson (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Triple option
Defensive coordinator	Maurice Drayton (1st season)
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium
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2014 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 8 Chattanooga $^		7	–	0					10	–	4
Samford		5	–	2					7	–	4
Western Carolina		5	–	2					7	–	5
Wofford		4	–	3					6	–	5
The Citadel		3	–	4					5	–	7
Furman		2	–	5					3	–	9
Mercer		1	–	6					6	–	6
VMI		1	–	6					2	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network Poll

The 2014 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by first-year head coach Mike Houston and played their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. They played as members of the Southern Conference, as they have since 1936. They finished the season 5–7, 3–4 in SoCon play to finish in fifth place.

Schedule

For the fifth year in a row, home games in September were scheduled for a 6:00 p.m. kickoff rather than the traditional 2:00 p.m. kickoff. ^[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 p.m.	No. 7 Coastal Carolina *	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	SDN	L 16–31	10,828
September 6	7:30 p.m.	at No. 1 (FBS) Florida State *	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	RSN	L 12–37	81,294
September 20	6:00 p.m.	at Charleston Southern *	Buccaneer Field North Charleston, SC		L 18–20	7,954
September 27	6:00 p.m.	Gardner–Webb *	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	SDN	W 37–14	8,573
October 4	1:30 p.m.	at Wofford	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC (rivalry)	ESPN3	L 13–17	9,259
October 11	2:00 p.m.	Charlotte *	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC		W 63–56 2OT	10,467
October 18	12:00 p.m.	No. 17 Chattanooga	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	ASN	L 14–34	8,037
October 25	2:00 p.m.	at Western Carolina	E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC		L 15–29	13,323
November 1	4:00 p.m.	at Mercer	Moye Complex Macon, GA	ESPN3	W 28–26	10,271
November 8	2:00 p.m.	Furman	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	SDN	W 42–35 OT	11,488
November 15	1:00 p.m.	Samford	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	SDN	L 17–20	7,638
November 22	1:30 p.m.	at VMI	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA (Military Classic of the South)	ESPN3	W 45–25	7,097
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Coastal Carolina

See also: 2014 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
•#7 Chanticleers	14	0	7	10	31
Bulldogs	0	0	3	13	16

• Date: August 30, 2014
• Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
• Game start: 6:00 PM EST
• Game attendance: 10,828

Florida State

See also: 2014 Florida State Seminoles football team

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	0	6	6	12
•#1 Seminoles	14	14	6	3	37

• Date: September 6, 2014
• Location: Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, FL
• Game start: 7:30 PM EST

Charleston Southern

See also: 2014 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	3	7	8	18
•Buccaneers	0	10	7	3	20

• Date: September 20, 2014
• Location: Buccaneer Field, North Charleston, SC
• Game start: 6:00 PM EST
• Game attendance: 7,954

Gardner–Webb

See also: 2014 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Runnin' Bulldogs	0	7	7	0	14
•Bulldogs	7	6	14	10	37

• Date: September 27, 2014
• Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
• Game start: 6:00 PM EST
• Game attendance: 8,573

Wofford

See also: 2014 Wofford Terriers football team

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	3	3	7	0	13
•Terriers	7	3	7	0	17

• Date: September 6, 2014
• Location: Gibbs Stadium, Spartanburg, SC
• Game start: 1:30 PM EST
• Game attendance: 9,259

Charlotte

See also: 2014 Charlotte 49ers football team

Team	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
49ers	7	17	7	18	7	0	56
•Bulldogs	21	14	0	14	7	7	63

• Date: October 11, 2014
• Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
• Game start: 2:00 PM EST
• Game attendance: 10,467

Chattanooga

See also: 2014 Chattanooga Mocs football team

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
•#17 Mocs	14	17	3	0	34
Bulldogs	0	0	7	7	14

• Date: October 18, 2014
• Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
• Game start: 12:00 PM EST
• Game attendance: 8,037

Western Carolina

See also: 2014 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	8	0	0	7	15
•Catamounts	7	0	14	8	29

• Date: October 25, 2014
• Location: E. J. Whitmire Stadium, Cullowhee, NC
• Game start: 2:00 PM EST
• Game attendance: 13,323

Mercer

See also: 2014 Mercer Bears football team

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
•Bulldogs	14	14	0	0	28
Bears	10	0	10	6	26

• Date: November 1, 2014
• Location: Moye Complex, Macon, GA
• Game start: 4:00 PM EST

Furman

See also: 2014 Furman Paladins football team and The Citadel–Furman football rivalry

Team	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Paladins	21	7	0	7	0	35
•Bulldogs	13	15	0	7	7	42

• Date: November 8, 2014
• Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
• Game start: 2:00 PM EST

Samford

See also: 2014 Samford Bulldogs football team

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Bulldogs (Sam)	0	7	0	13	20
Bulldogs (Cit)	0	0	7	10	17

• Date: November 15, 2014
• Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
• Game start: 1:00 PM EST
• Game attendance: 7,638

VMI

See also: 2014 VMI Keydets football team and Military Classic of the South

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
•Bulldogs	7	17	21	0	45
Keydets	0	13	6	6	25

• Date: November 22, 2014
• Location: Alumni Memorial Field, Lexington, VA
• Game start: 1:30 PM EST
• Game attendance: 7,097
• Television network: ESPN3

References

1. "2014 Bulldog Football Schedule". The Citadel Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2014.