2009 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

2009 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	4–7 (2–6 SoCon)
Head coach	Kevin Higgins (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Dave Cecchini (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Isaac Collins (4th season)
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium

2009 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Appalachian State $^		8	–	0					11	–	3
No. 9 Elon ^		7	–	1					9	–	3
Furman		5	–	3					6	–	5
Chattanooga		4	–	4					6	–	5
Georgia Southern		4	–	4					5	–	6
Samford		3	–	5					5	–	6
Wofford		2	–	6					3	–	8
The Citadel		2	–	6					4	–	7
Western Carolina		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2009 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by fifth year head coach Kevin Higgins and played their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. They played as members of the Southern Conference, as they have since 1936.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	6:00 pm	at No. 20 (FBS) North Carolina*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN360	L 6–40	58,500
September 19	3:00 pm	at Princeton*	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ		W 38–7	7,885
September 26	7:00 pm	Presbyterian*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	BI	W 46–21	13,034
October 3	1:00 pm	No. 10 Appalachian State	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	BI	L 27–30 OT	14,238
October 10	1:30 pm	at No. 10 Elon	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC		L 7–43	7,524
October 17	4:00 pm	at Western Carolina	Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	SCTV	L 10–14	6,821
October 24	2:00 pm	Furman	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	BI	W 38–28	14,403
October 31	1:00 pm	Samford	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	BI	W 28–16	8,317
November 7	3:05 pm	Wofford	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	SSN	L 17–43	15,155
November 14	2:05 pm	at Chattanooga	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN		L 28–31	9,540
November 21	2:00 pm	at Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA		L 6–13	12,611
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time