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Conference | Southern Conference |
Record | 6–6 (4–4 SoCon) |
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Offensive coordinator | Lou Conte (4th season) |
Offensive scheme | Triple option |
Defensive coordinator | Tony Grantham (1st season) |
Base defense | 3–4 |
Home stadium | Johnson Hagood Stadium |
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No. 16 Wofford $^ | 7 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 Furman ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samford | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth-year head coach Brent Thompson and played their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. They were members of the Southern Conference (SoCon).
The SoCon released their preseason media poll and coaches poll on July 22, 2019. The Bulldogs were picked to finish in 7th place in both polls. [1] [2]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Wofford | 253 (21) |
2 | Furman | 229 (6) |
3 | East Tennessee State | 187 (2) |
4 | Mercer | 146 |
5 | Chattanooga | 134 |
6 | Samford | 125 |
7 | The Citadel | 111 |
8 | Western Carolina | 88 |
9 | VMI | 32 |
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Wofford | 63 (7) |
2 | Furman | 55 (1) |
3 | East Tennessee State | 44 (1) |
4 | Chattanooga | 40 |
5 | Mercer | 34 |
6 | Samford | 33 |
7 | The Citadel | 22 |
8 | Western Carolina | 21 |
9 | VMI | 12 |
The Bulldogs placed six players on the preseason all-SoCon teams. [2]
Offense 2nd team Haden Haas – OL Drew McEntyre – OL | Defense 1st team Joseph Randolph II – DL Willie Eubanks III – LB | Specialists 1st team Matthew Campbell – P 2nd team Jacob Godek – PK |
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 11 Towson * | ESPN+ | L 21–28 | 8,008 | ||
September 7 | 2:00 p.m. | at Elon * | FloSports | L 28–35 | 5,071 | ||
September 14 | 12:30 p.m. | at Georgia Tech * | ACCRSN | W 27–24 OT | 42,871 | ||
September 21 | 6:00 p.m. | Charleston Southern * | No. 25 |
| ESPN+ | W 22–13 | 9,626 |
September 28 | 3:00 p.m. | at Samford | No. 25 | ESPN+ | L 55–61 4OT | 3,524 | |
October 5 | 2:00 p.m. | VMI |
| ESPN+ | L 21–34 | 12,126 | |
October 12 | 2:00 p.m. | Western Carolina |
| ESPN3 | W 35–17 | 8,023 | |
October 19 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 8 Furman | ESPN3 | W 27–10 | 6,603 | ||
October 26 | 2:00 p.m. | Mercer |
| ESPN+ | W 35–24 | 11,439 | |
November 2 | 3:30 p.m. | at East Tennessee State | ESPN3 | W 31–27 | 8,674 | ||
November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | at Chattanooga | ESPN+ | L 33–34 | 7,363 | ||
November 23 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 14 Wofford |
| ESPN+ | L 11–31 | 6,844 | |
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Offense
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Roster |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 11 Tigers | 7 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 28 |
Bulldogs | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
Phoenix | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 |
Yellow Jackets | 0 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Buccaneers | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
No. 25 Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 22 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | 4OT | Total | |
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No. 25 CIT Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 55 |
SAM Bulldogs | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 61 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Keydets | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Catamounts | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
Bulldogs | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 35 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 27 |
No. 8 Paladins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bears | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
Buccaneers | 10 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 2 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 33 |
Mocs | 12 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 34 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 14 Terriers | 14 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 31 |
Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
STATS FCS | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 25 | |||||||||
Coaches | RV | RV | — | RV | RV |
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