1996 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

1996 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference Southern Conference
1996 record 4–7 (3–5 SoCon)
Head coach Don Powers (1st season)
Offensive scheme Option
Home stadium Johnson Hagood Stadium
(Capacity: 22,500)[1]
1996 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#1 Marshall $^  8 –0     15 –0  
#8t East Tennessee State ^  7 –1     10 –3  
#13 Furman ^  6 –2     9 –4  
#25 Appalachian State  5 –3     7 –4  
The Citadel  3 –5     4 –7  
Georgia Southern  2 –6     4 –7  
VMI  2 –6     3 –8  
Chattanooga  2 –6     3 –8  
Western Carolina  1 –7     4 –7  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

The 1996 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Don Powers 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 7 at No. 11 Miami (FL)* Miami Orange Bowl • Miami L 6–52   35,747
September 14 Richmond* Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina W 13–10   13,069
September 21 Western Carolina Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina W 28–14   10,362
September 28 at No. 4 Appalachian State Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, North Carolina L 20–34   13,231
October 12 East Tennessee State Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina L 20–41   16,212
October 19 at No. 11 Furman Paladin Stadium • Greenville, South Carolina (Rivalry) L 25–35   11,975
October 26 Georgia Southern Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina W 35–20   9,427
November 2 at No. 1 Marshall Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia L 25–56   22,038
November 9 Chattanoogadagger Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina W 16–13   17,914
November 16 at VMI Alumni Memorial Field • Lexington, Virginia (Military Classic of the South) L 27–34 OT  7,478
November 23 Wofford* Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina L 21–26   9,876
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time..

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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