1987 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

1987 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference Southern Conference
1987 record 4–7 (1–5 SoCon)
Head coach Charlie Taaffe (1st season)
Home stadium Johnson Hagood Stadium
(Capacity: 22,500)[1]
1987 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#2 Appalachian State $^  7 –0     11 –3  
#14 Marshall ^  4 –2     10 –5  
Furman  4 –3     7 –4  
Chattanooga  4 –3     6 –5  
VMI  2 –4     4 –7  
Western Carolina  2 –4     4 –7  
East Tennessee State  2 –5     5 –6  
The Citadel  1 –5     4 –7  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant

The 1987 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Charlie Taaffe served as head coach for the first season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.[2][3][4]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 5 Wofford* Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina W 38–0   11,470
September 12 at Georgia Tech* Grant Field • Atlanta L 12–51   31,211
September 19 Presbyterian* Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina W 27–12   10,906
September 26 at Army* Mitchie Stadium • West Point, New York L 6–48   37,548
October 10 VMI Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina (Military Classic of the South) L 3–7   17,847
October 17 at Chattanooga Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, Tennessee L 19–22   8,973
October 24 at East Tennessee State Memorial Center • Johnson City, Tennessee L 21–24   9,682
October 31 Western Carolina Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina W 38–24   10,339
November 7 at Boston University* Nickerson Field • Boston W 34–7   2,103
November 14 Appalachian Statedagger Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina L 17–27   17,349
November 21 Furman Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina (Rivalry) L 13–58   15,579
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming.

NFL Draft selections

Year Round Pick Overall Name Team Position
1987 9 23 246 Greg Davis Tampa Bay Buccaneers K

References

  1. ↑ "How Johnson Hagood Stadium Came To Be". citadelsports.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  2. ↑ 2011 Citadel Football Media Guide. The Citadel. p. 152. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Milestones". The Citadel Football Association. Archived from the original on 2016-01-23. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Citadel Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2015-12-26. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
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