2014 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

2014 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	5–7 (3–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Mike Houston (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Brent Thompson (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Triple option
Defensive coordinator	Maurice Drayton (1st season)
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium

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.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 p.m.	No. 7 Coastal Carolina*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	SDN	L 16–31	10,828
September 6	7:30 p.m.	at No. 1 (FBS) Florida State*	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	RSN	L 12–37	81,294
September 20	6:00 p.m.	at Charleston Southern*	Buccaneer Field North Charleston, SC		L 18–20	7,954
September 27	6:00 p.m.	Gardner–Webb*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	SDN	W 37–14	8,573
October 4	1:30 p.m.	at Wofford	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC (rivalry)	ESPN3	L 13–17	9,259
October 11	2:00 p.m.	Charlotte*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC		W 63–56 2OT	10,467
October 18	12:00 p.m.	No. 17 Chattanooga	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	ASN	L 14–34	8,037
October 25	2:00 p.m.	at Western Carolina	E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC		L 15–29	13,323
November 1	4:00 p.m.	at Mercer	Moye Complex Macon, GA	ESPN3	W 28–26	10,271
November 8	2:00 p.m.	Furman	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	SDN	W 42–35 OT	11,488
November 15	1:00 p.m.	Samford	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	SDN	L 17–20	7,638
November 22	1:30 p.m.	at VMI	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA (Military Classic of the South)	ESPN3	W 45–25	7,097
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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