2014 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

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2014 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 8 Chattanooga $^		7	–	0					10	–	4
Samford		5	–	2					7	–	4
Western Carolina		5	–	2					7	–	5
Wofford		4	–	3					6	–	5
The Citadel		3	–	4					5	–	7
Furman		2	–	5					3	–	9
Mercer		1	–	6					6	–	6
VMI		1	–	6					2	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network Poll

The 2014 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by first year head coach Mike Houston and played their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. They played as members of the Southern Conference, as they have since 1936. They finished the season 5–7, 3–4 in SoCon play to finish in fifth place.

Schedule

For the fifth year in a row, home games in September were scheduled for a 6:00 p.m. kickoff rather than the traditional 2:00 p.m. kickoff.

August 306:00 p.m.No. 7 Coastal Carolina*

• Johnson Hagood Stadium
• Charleston, SC

SDNL 16–3110,828 September 67:30 p.m.at No. 1 (FBS) Florida State*

• Doak Campbell Stadium
• Tallahassee, FL

RSNL 12–3781,294 September 206:00 p.m.at Charleston Southern*

• Buccaneer Field
• North Charleston, SC

L 18–207,954 September 276:00 p.m.Gardner–Webb*

• Johnson Hagood Stadium
• Charleston, SC

SDNW 37–148,573 October 41:30 p.m.at Wofford

• Gibbs Stadium
• Spartanburg, SC

ESPN3L 13–179,259 October 112:00 p.m.Charlotte*

• Johnson Hagood Stadium
• Charleston, SC

W 63–56 ^2OT10,467 October 1812:00 p.m.No. 17 Chattanooga

• Johnson Hagood Stadium
• Charleston, SC

ASNL 14–348,037 October 252:00 p.m.at Western Carolina

• E. J. Whitmire Stadium
• Cullowhee, NC

L 15–2913,323 November 14:00 p.m.at Mercer

• Moye Complex
• Macon, GA

ESPN3W 28–2610,271 November 82:00 p.m.Furman

• Johnson Hagood Stadium
• Charleston, SC (Rivalry)

SDNW 42–35 ^OT11,488 November 151:00 p.m.Samford

• Johnson Hagood Stadium
• Charleston, SC

SDNL 17–207,638 November 221:30 p.m.at VMI

• Alumni Memorial Field
• Lexington, VA (Military Classic of the South)

ESPN3W 45–257,097

Game notes

Coastal Carolina

See also: 2014 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

1 2 3 4 Total • #7 Chanticleers 14 0 7 10 31 Bulldogs 0 0 3 13 16 Date: August 30, 2014 Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC Game start: 6:00 PM EST Game attendance: 10,828

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Florida State

See also: 2014 Florida State Seminoles football team

1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 0 6 6 12 • #1 Seminoles 14 14 6 3 37 Date: September 6, 2014 Location: Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, FL Game start: 7:30 PM EST

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–5–1	2005	L 10–62

Charleston Southern

See also: 2014 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 3 7 8 18 • Buccaneers 0 10 7 3 20 Date: September 20, 2014 Location: Buccaneer Field, North Charleston, SC Game start: 6:00 PM EST Game attendance: 7,954

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–2	2013	L 29–32

Gardner–Webb

See also: 2014 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team

1 2 3 4 Total Runnin' Bulldogs 0 7 7 0 14 • Bulldogs 7 6 14 10 37 Date: September 27, 2014 Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC Game start: 6:00 PM EST Game attendance: 8,573

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Wofford

See also: 2014 Wofford Terriers football team

1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 3 3 7 0 13 • Terriers 7 3 7 0 17 Date: September 6, 2014 Location: Gibbs Stadium, Spartanburg, SC Game start: 1:30 PM EST Game attendance: 9,259

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–25–1	2013	L 10–21

Charlotte

See also: 2014 Charlotte 49ers football team

1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total 49ers 7 17 7 18 7 0 56 • Bulldogs 21 14 0 14 7 7 63 Date: October 11, 2014 Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC Game start: 2:00 PM EST Game attendance: 10,467

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Chattanooga

See also: 2014 Chattanooga Mocs football team

1 2 3 4 Total • #17 Mocs 14 17 3 0 34 Bulldogs 0 0 7 7 14 Date: October 18, 2014 Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC Game start: 12:00 PM EST Game attendance: 8,037

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–27–2	2013	L 24–28

Western Carolina

See also: 2014 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 8 0 0 7 15 • Catamounts 7 0 14 8 29 Date: October 25, 2014 Location: E. J. Whitmire Stadium, Cullowhee, NC Game start: 2:00 PM EST Game attendance: 13,323

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
22–15–1	2013	W 28–21

Mercer

See also: 2014 Mercer Bears football team

1 2 3 4 Total • Bulldogs 14 14 0 0 28 Bears 10 0 10 6 26 Date: November 1, 2014 Location: Moye Complex, Macon, GA Game start: 4:00 PM EST

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–4–1	1931	L 0–26

Furman

See also: 2014 Furman Paladins football team and The Citadel–Furman football rivalry

1 2 3 4 OT Total Paladins 21 7 0 7 0 35 • Bulldogs 13 15 0 7 7 42 Date: November 8, 2014 Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC Game start: 2:00 PM EST

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
32–58–3	2013	L 17–24

Samford

See also: 2014 Samford Bulldogs football team

1 2 3 4 Total • Bulldogs (Sam) 0 7 0 13 20 Bulldogs (Cit) 0 0 7 10 17 Date: November 15, 2014 Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC Game start: 1:00 PM EST Game attendance: 7,638

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–3	2013	W 28–26

VMI

See also: 2014 VMI Keydets football team and Military Classic of the South

1 2 3 4 Total • Bulldogs 7 17 21 0 45 Keydets 0 13 6 6 25 Date: November 22, 2014 Location: Alumni Memorial Field, Lexington, VA Game start: 1:30 PM EST Game attendance: 7,097 Television network: ESPN3

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
37–30–2	2013	W 31–10