American college football season
The 2019 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represents The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs are led by fourth-year head coach Brent Thompson and play their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. They are members of the Southern Conference (SoCon).
Preseason[edit]
Preseason media poll[edit]
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]
Media poll Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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 |
Coaches poll Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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 |
Preseason All-SoCon Teams[edit]
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 |
Schedule[edit]
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 | - Johnson Hagood Stadium
- Charleston, SC
| 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 | | - Johnson Hagood Stadium
- Charleston, SC
| 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 | | - Johnson Hagood Stadium
- Charleston, SC
| 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 | | - Johnson Hagood Stadium
- Charleston, SC (rivalry)
| ESPN+ | L 11–31 | 6,844 |
- *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[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 11 Tigers | 7 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 28 |
Bulldogs | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
At Elon[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
Phoenix | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
At Georgia Tech[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 |
Yellow Jackets | 0 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
Charleston Southern[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Buccaneers | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
No. 25 Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 22 |
At Samford[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | 4OT | Total |
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 |
Keydets | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Western Carolina[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Catamounts | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
Bulldogs | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 35 |
At Furman[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 27 |
No. 8 Paladins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
At East Tennessee State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulldogs | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
Buccaneers | 10 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
At Chattanooga[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulldogs | 2 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 33 |
Mocs | 12 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 34 |
Wofford[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 14 Terriers | 14 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 31 |
Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
- Source: [4]
Ranking movements[edit]
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 25 | | | | | | | | | |
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Coaches | RV | RV | — | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | |
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