2018 The Citadel Bulldogs football | |
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Conference | Southern Conference |
Record | 5–6 (4–4 SoCon) |
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Offensive coordinator | Lou Conte (3rd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Blake Harrell (3rd season) |
Home stadium | Johnson Hagood Stadium |
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No. 13 Wofford +^ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 22 East Tennessee State +^ | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman + | 6 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samford | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by third-year head coach Brent Thompson and played their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. They were members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in SoCon play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.
The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Bulldogs predicted to finish in seventh place. [1] The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Bulldogs also predicted to finish in seventh place. [2]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Samford | 204 (20) |
2 | Furman | 174 (2) |
3 | Wofford | 163 (1) |
4 | Mercer | 133 |
5 | Western Carolina | 114 |
6 | Chattanooga | 88 |
7 | The Citadel | 83 |
8 | East Tennessee State | 53 |
9 | VMI | 23 |
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Samford | 63 (7) |
2 | Wofford | 53 (1) |
3 | Furman | 52 (1) |
4 | Western Carolina | 39 |
5 | Chattanooga | 34 |
6 | Mercer | 32 |
7 | The Citadel | 28 |
8 | East Tennessee State | 15 |
9 | VMI | 8 |
The Bulldogs placed five players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.
Offense 1st team Tyler Davis – OL 2nd team Drew McEntyre – OL | Defense 1st team Aron Spann III – RB 2nd team Ja'Lon Williams – DL Noah Dawkins – LB |
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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September 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 10 Wofford | ESPN+ | L 21–28 | 8,930 | |||
September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | Chattanooga | ESPN+ | L 28–29 OT | 8,076 | |||
September 22 | 4:00 p.m. | at Mercer | ESPN+ | W 38–31 | 11,772 | |||
September 29 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 25 Towson * | CAA.tv | L 27–44 | 7,323 | |||
October 13 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 23 East Tennessee State |
| ESPN3 | L 23–26 | 11,043 | ||
October 20 | 1:30 p.m. | at VMI | ESPN3 | W 34–32 | 7,002 | |||
October 27 | 2:00 p.m. | Furman |
| ESPN+ | L 17–28 | 8,574 | ||
November 3 | 3:30 p.m. | at Western Carolina | ESPN+ | W 38–24 | 10,499 | |||
November 10 | 2:00 p.m. | Samford |
| ESPN+ | W 42–27 | 11,145 | ||
November 17 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 1 Alabama * | SECN | L 17–50 | 101,681 | |||
November 29 [lower-alpha 1] | 7:00 p.m. | Charleston Southern * |
| ESPN+ | W 43–14 | 7,877 | ||
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Offense
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Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
No. 10 Terriers | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total | |
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Mocs | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 29 |
Bulldogs | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 38 |
Bears | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
No. 25 Tigers | 7 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 44 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 23 Buccaneers | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 26 |
Bulldogs | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 23 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 34 |
Keydets | 7 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 32 |
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Paladins | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
Bulldogs | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
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Bulldogs | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 38 |
Catamounts | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
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SAM Bulldogs | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
CIT Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 42 |
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Bulldogs | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Crimson Tide | 7 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 50 |
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Buccaneers | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Bulldogs | 14 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 43 |
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