2020 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

The 2020 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by fifth-year head coach Brent Thompson and played their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. They competed as members of the Southern Conference (SoCon).

2020 The Citadel Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
2020 record2–10 (2–6 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumJohnson Hagood Stadium
(capacity: 11,332)
2020 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 11 VMI $^  6 1   6 2  
No. 22 East Tennessee State  4 1   4 1  
Chattanooga 3 1   3 2  
Mercer  5 3   5 6  
Samford  4 3   4 3  
Furman  3 4   3 4  
Wofford 1 4   1 4  
The Citadel  2 6   2 10  
Western Carolina  1 5   1 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
  • † – Chattanooga and Wofford opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 29 and April 5, 2021, respectively.
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the 2019 season 6–6, 4–4 in SoCon play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.

Schedule

The Citadel had games scheduled against Elon and Charleston Southern, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 12 7:00 p.m. at South Florida* ESPNU L 6–27 0
September 19 4:00 p.m. at No. 1 (FBS) Clemson* ACCN L 0–49 18,609
September 26 1:00 p.m. Eastern Kentucky* ESPN+ L 14–37 3,081
October 10 1:30 p.m. at Army* CBSSN L 9–14 5,344
February 27 3:30 p.m. at Mercer ESPN+ L 28–42
March 6 1:00 p.m. No. 18 Chattanooga ESPN+ L 24–25
March 13 1:00 p.m. at Western Carolina ESPN+ L 14–21
March 20 1:00 p.m. East Tennessee State
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
ESPN+ L 21–28
March 27 1:00 p.m. Samford
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
ESPN+ L 7–55
April 3 1:00 p.m. at Wofford ESPN+ W 28–24
April 10 1:00 p.m. Furman
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC (rivalry)
ESPN+ W 26–7
April 17 1:30 p.m. at No. 15 VMI ESPN+ L 17–31
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

at South Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 3 3 0 0 6
Bulls 7 13 0 7 27

at Clemson

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0
No. 1 (FBS) Tigers 28 21 0 0 49

Eastern Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
Colonels 13 10 7 7 37
Bulldogs 7 7 0 0 14

at Army

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 3 0 0 6 9
Black Knights 0 7 7 0 14

References

  1. "2020 The Citadel Football Schedule". The Citadel Athletic Department. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
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