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Conference | Southern Conference |
Record | 5–6 (3–5 SoCon) |
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Offensive coordinator | Lou Conte (2nd season) |
Offensive scheme | Triple option |
Defensive coordinator | Blake Harrell (2nd season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Johnson Hagood Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Wofford $^ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Samford ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Furman ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by second-year head coach Brent Thompson and played their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. They were members of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for sixth place.
The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 18, 2017, with the Bulldogs predicted to finish in second place, with six of 22 voters picking The Citadel first. [1] The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Bulldogs also predicted to finish in second place. [2]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Wofford | 178 (11) |
2 | The Citadel | 166 (6) |
3 | Samford | 156 (3) |
4 | Chattanooga | 152 (2) |
5 | Mercer | 101 |
6 | Furman | 87 |
7 | Western Carolina | 71 |
8 | ETSU | 49 |
9 | VMI | 30 |
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Wofford | 63 (7) |
2 | The Citadel | 54 (2) |
3 | Samford | 52 |
4 | Chattanooga | 41 |
5 | Mercer | 32 |
6 | Western Carolina | 27 |
7 | Furman | 26 |
8 | ETSU | 17 |
9 | VMI | 12 |
The Bulldogs placed five players on the preseason all-SoCon teams, and Kailik Williams was named as preseason Defensive Player of the Year.
Defensive Player of the Year
Kailik Williams – DB
Offense 1st team
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2nd team
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Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 6:00 p.m. | Newberry * | No. 16 | 7C, ESPN3 | W 31–14 | 7,467 | |
September 9 [3] | Noon | at Presbyterian * | No. 14 | BSN | W 48–7 | 2,586 | |
September 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at East Tennessee State | No. 13 | ESPN3 | W 31–25 | 7,544 | |
September 30 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 25 Samford | No. 8 | ESPN3 | L 14–35 | 9,233 | |
October 7 | 2:00 p.m. | Mercer | No. 17 |
| ESPN3 | L 14–24 | 9,969 |
October 14 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 5 Wofford | No. 23 |
| ESPN3 | L 16–20 | 8,543 |
October 21 | 2:00 p.m. | at Chattanooga | ESPN3 | W 20–14 | 7,521 | ||
October 28 | 2:00 p.m. | VMI ![]() |
| 7C, ESPN3 | W 21–3 | 11,609 | |
November 4 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 24 Western Carolina |
| ESPN3 | L 19–31 | 7,384 | |
November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 21 Furman | 7C | L 20–56 | 10,105 | ||
November 18 | 12:20 p.m. | at No. 4 (FBS) Clemson * | ACCN | L 3–61 | 80,618 | ||
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Offense
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Wolves | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
•No. 16 Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
1 | 7:14 | CIT | Grant Drakeford 29-yard run (Jacob Godek kick) | CIT 7–0 |
2 | 10:30 | NEW | Darius Clark 3-yard run (Shea Rodgers kick) | 7–7 |
2 | 1:28 | CIT | Jordan Black 1-yard run (Godek kick) | CIT 14–7 |
3 | 0:37 | CIT | Cam Jackson 74-yard run (Godek kick) | CIT 21–7 |
4 | 7:22 | CIT | Josh LeBlanc 6-yard pass from Black (Godek kick) | CIT 28–7 |
4 | 4:28 | NEW | Chance Walker 26-yard pass from Nick Jones (Rodgers kick) | CIT 28–14 |
4 | 0:17 | CIT | Godek 37-yard field goal | CIT 31–14 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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•No. 14 Bulldogs | 14 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 48 |
Blue Hose | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
1 | 6:36 | CIT | Dominique Allen 1-yard run (Jacob Godek kick) | CIT 7–0 |
1 | 6:18 | PRE | Torrance Marable 76-yard run (Brett Norton kick) | 7–7 |
1 | 1:55 | CIT | Lorenzo Ward 5-yard run (Jacob Godek kick) | CIT 14–7 |
2 | 13:21 | CIT | Raleigh Webb 57-yard pass from Jordan Black (Godek kick) | CIT 21–7 |
2 | 8:22 | CIT | Rod Johnson 18-yard pass from Black (Godek kick) | CIT 28–7 |
2 | 1:09 | CIT | Allen 1-yard run (Godek kick) | CIT 35–7 |
3 | 5:41 | CIT | Allen 2-yard run (Godek kick failed) | CIT 41–7 |
4 | 5:27 | CIT | Brandon Rainey 14-yard pass from Black (Godek kick) | CIT 48–7 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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•No. 13 Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
Buccaneers | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 25 |
1 | 12:38 | ETSU | Vincent Lowe 22-yard pass from Austin Herink (JJ Jerman kick) | ETSU 7–0 |
1 | 7:10 | CIT | Brandon Rainey 10-yard run (Jacob Godek kick) | 7–7 |
2 | 1:05 | ETSU | Drake Powell 8-yard pass from Austin Herink (JJ Jerman kick) | ETSU 14–7 |
3 | 11:01 | ETSU | JJ Jerman 46-yard field goal | ETSU 17–7 |
3 | 4:17 | CIT | Dominique Allen 1-yard run (Godek kick) | ETSU 17–14 |
4 | 11:42 | CIT | Raleigh Webb 7-yard run (Godek kick) | CIT 21–17 |
4 | 7:50 | CIT | Webb 28-yard pass from Allen (Godek kick) | CIT 28–17 |
4 | 5:15 | ETSU | Jajuan Stinson 4-yard run (Austin Herink pass to Kobe Kelley for two-point conv.) | CIT 28–25 |
4 | 2:17 | CIT | Godek 46-yard field goal | CIT 31–25 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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No. 8 Bulldogs (CIT) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
•No. 25 Bulldogs (SAM) | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
1 | 14:00 | SAM | Kelvin McKnight 8-yard pass from Devlin Hodges (Jordan Weaver kick) | SAM 7–0 |
1 | 11:56 | SAM | Yassar El-Amin 70-yard pass from Hodges (Weaver kick) | SAM 14–0 |
1 | 9:40 | SAM | Moise Satine 10-yard run (Weaver kick) | SAM 21–0 |
1 | 4:!9 | SAM | Devlin Hodges 1-yard run (Weaver kick) | SAM 28–0 |
2 | 10:39 | SAM | T.D. Marshall 63-yard pass from Hodges (Weaver kick) | SAM 35–0 |
2 | 6:55 | CIT | Jordan Black 1-yard run (Jacob Godek kick) | SAM 35–7 |
3 | 8:41 | CIT | Brandon Rainey 8-yard run (Godek kick) | SAM 35–14 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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•Bears | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
No. 17 Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
1 | 9:19 | MER | CJ Leggett 1-yard run (Cole Fisher kick) | MER 7–0 |
2 | 4:29 | MER | Tee Mitchell 16-yard run (Fisher kick) | MER 14–0 |
3 | 2:57 | MER | Mitchell 2-yard run (Fisher kick) | MER 21–0 |
4 | 13:17 | CIT | Dominique Allen 1-yard run (Jacob Godek kick) | MER 21–7 |
4 | 3:59 | MER | Cole Fisher 29-yard field goal | MER 24–7 |
4 | 2:33 | CIT | Brandon Berry 2-yard run (Godek kick) | MER 24–14 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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•No. 5 Terriers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
No. 23 Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
1 | 7:28 | CIT | Dominique Allen 7-yard run (Jacob Godek kick) | CIT 7–0 |
2 | 8:24 | WOF | Brandon Goodson 1-yard run (Luke Carter kick) | 7–7 |
2 | 0:11 | CIT | Rod Johnson 2-yard run (Godek kick) | CIT 14–7 |
3 | 13:15 | WOF | Jason Hill 59-yard pass from Brandon Goodson (Luke Carter kick) | 14–14 |
3 | 8:07 | CIT | Team 2-yard Safety | CIT 16–14 |
4 | 1:10 | WOF | Andre Stoddard 3-yard run (Lennox McAfee rush failed) | WOF 20–16 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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•Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
Mocs | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
1 | 0:17 | CHA | Darrell Bridges 61-yard run (Victor Ulmo kick) | CHA 7–0 |
2 | 11:15 | CIT | Josh LeBlanc 25-yard pass from Dominique Allen (Jacob Godek kick) | 7–7 |
2 | 4:09 | CHA | Bridges 1-yard run (Ulmo kick) | CHA 14–7 |
3 | 10:05 | CIT | Godek 45-yard field goal | CHA 14–10 |
3 | 1:51 | CIT | Rod Johnson 4-yard run (Godek kick) | CIT 17–14 |
4 | 11:39 | CIT | Godek 34-yard field goal | CIT 20–14 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Keydets | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
•Bulldogs | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
1 | 10:59 | VMI | Grant Clemons 37-yard field goal | VMI 3–0 |
1 | 10:01 | CIT | Grant Drakeford 71-yard run (Jacob Godek kick) | CIT 7–3 |
1 | 0:10 | CIT | Dominique Allen 1-yard run (Godek kick) | CIT 14–3 |
4 | 2:45 | CIT | Lorenzo Ward 45-yard run (Godek kick) | CIT 21–3 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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•No. 24 Catamounts | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
Bulldogs | 0 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
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Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 20 |
•No. 21 Paladins | 14 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 56 |
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Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
•No. 4 (FBS) Tigers | 21 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 61 |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
STATS | 16 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — |
Coaches | 12 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — |