2015 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

2015 Southern Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; ^ – FCS playoff participant; Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The Citadel Bulldogs football
2015 The Citadel Bulldogs football
SoCon co-champion
FCS Playoffs Second Round, L 6–14 vs. Charleston Southern
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 13
FCS Coaches	No. 15
2015 record	9–4 (6–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Mike Houston (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Brent Thompson (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Triple option
Defensive coordinator	Maurice Drayton (2nd season)
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium; (Capacity: 21,000)

The 2015 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by second-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 9–4, 6–1 in SoCon play to finish in a share for the SoCon title with Chattanooga. Due to their head to head loss to Chattanooga, they did not receive the SoCon's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs. However, they received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Coastal Carolina in the first round before losing in the second round to Charleston Southern.

On January 18, head coach Mike Houston resigned to become the head coach at James Madison.[1] He finished at The Citadel with a two-year record of 14–11.

Before the season

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished 5–7 overall and 3–4 in the conference.

Returning starters

Ten starters returned on offense, with only QB Aaron Miller lost to graduation.

Outlook

The Bulldogs were picked to finish 7th in the 8 team Southern Conference. No players were named to national award watch lists or the preseason All-America teams, but OL Sam Frye and DL Mitchell Jeter were named to the preseason All-Conference first team.[2]

Schedule

The Bulldogs will host Wofford for their traditional Parents' Day game on October 10, and resume the Military Classic of the South against VMI for Homecoming. They will also travel to visit Georgia Southern in their first matchup since the Eagles departed the Southern Conference to upgrade their program to the FBS level.[3]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	6:00 p.m.	Davidson*		Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	ESPN3	W 69–0	8,665
September 12	6:00 p.m.	Western Carolina		Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	ESPN3	W 28–10	8,048
September 19	6:00 p.m.	at Georgia Southern*		Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	ESPN3	L 13–48	24,872
September 26	6:00 p.m.	Charleston Southern*		Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	ESPN3	L 20–33	11,918
October 10	2:00 p.m.	Wofford		Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	ESPN3	W 39–12	10,428
October 17	3:00 p.m.	at Samford		Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	ESPN3	W 44–25	4,927
October 24	1:30 p.m.	at Furman		Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC (Rivalry)	ESPN3	W 38–17	12,124
October 31	2:00 p.m.	Mercer		Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	ESPN3	W 21–19	10,006
November 7	2:00 p.m.	VMI	No. 25	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (Military Classic of the South)	ESPN3	W 35–14	14,925
November 14	2:00 p.m.	at No. 8 Chattanooga	No. 21	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	SDN	L 23–31	11,594
November 21	12:00 p.m.	at South Carolina*	No. 25	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	SECN Alt.	W 23–22	77,241
November 28	2:00 p.m.	at No. 10 Coastal Carolina*	No. 18	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 41–38	6,751
December 5	1:00 p.m.	at No. 9 Charleston Southern*	No. 18	Buccaneer Field North Charleston, SC (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	L 6–14	8,451
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS released prior to game poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

Roster

2015 The Citadel Bulldogs football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`2`	DeAndre Schoultz	Jr
WR	`3`	Jorian Jordan	Jr
QB	`6`	Dane Anderson	Jr
QB	`10`	Jordan Black	Fr
QB	`12`	Shon Belton	Fr
RB	`13`	Jalen Lampkin	Fr
RB	`16`	Vinny Miller	Sr
QB	`18`	Cam Jackson	So
QB	`19`	Dominique Allen	So
RB	`25`	Reggie Williams	So
RB	`26`	Jonathan Dorogy	So
RB	`28`	Craig Miller	Jr
RB	`29`	Grant Drakeford	Fr
RB	`30`	Jauveer Hammond	Fr
RB	`31`	Rod Johnson	Fr
FB	`34`	Evan McField	Fr
FB	`36`	Tyler Renew	Jr
FB	`37`	Donovan Ward	Fr
FB	`39`	Isiaha Smith	So
OL	`52`	Ryan Bednar	Jr
OL	`53`	Tyler Davis	Fr
OL	`56`	Michael Mabry	Sr
OL	`57`	Kyle Weaver	Jr
OL	`61`	Sam Frye	Sr
OL	`63`	Emmet Howle	Jr
OL	`64`	Hugh McFaddin	So
OL	`67`	Zack VanAlstine	Fr
OL	`69`	Max Ford	Fr
OL	`70`	Lovequan Scott	Fr
OL	`71`	Nick Jeffreys	Jr
OL	`73`	Isaiah Pinson	So
OL	`74`	Sydney Martin	Fr
OL	`76`	Andrew Laulusa	Fr
OL	`77`	Tristan Harkleroad	Fr
OL	`79`	Greg DiCocco	Sr
WR	`80`	Charles Clark	Jr
WR	`81`	Alex Glover	Sr
WR	`82`	Brandon Eakins	Sr
WR	`83`	Rudder Brown	Jr
WR	`84`	Cameron Scott	Jr
WR	`88`	Jake Riggs	So
WR	`89`	Whit Miller	Fr
OL		Kirk Evans	Fr
RB		David Pascoe	Fr
OL		Mike Rentz	Fr
QB		AJ Vandiver	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`1`	Shy Phillips	So
DB	`4`	Dee Delaney	So
DL	`5`	Joe Crochet	Jr
DL	`7`	Mark Thomas	Sr
LB	`8`	Israel Battle	So
DB	`9`	Khafari Buffalo	Fr
DB	`11`	Ben Roberts	So
LB	`17`	Josh Massey	So
DB	`20`	Mariel Cooper	Sr
DB	`21`	Malik Diggs	Jr
LB	`22`	Dondray Copeland	Jr
DB	`23`	Tyus Carter	So
DB	`24`	Aron Spann III	Fr
DB	`27`	Nick Willis	Sr
LB	`32`	Phil Davis	Fr
LB	`33`	Quinlan Washington	Fr
DB	`38`	J.J. Baldwin	Jr
DB	`40`	Kailik Williams	So
DB	`41`	Seth Greer	So
LB	`42`	Trey Nelson	So
LB	`43`	Tevin Floyd	Jr
LB	`44`	Jordan Thomas	Fr
DB	`45`	Curt Nixon	Fr
DB	`46`	Carl Cunningham Jr.	Fr
LB	`47`	Caleb Bennett	Jr
DL	`48`	Kevin Graham	Fr
LB	`49`	James Riley	Sr
LB	`50`	Myles Pierce	So
LB	`54`	DaSean Daniels	So
LB	`54`	Gregory Pappas	So
LB	`55`	Russell Hubbs	Fr
DL	`58`	Austin Harrell	Jr
DL	`62`	Mitchell Jeter	Sr
DL	`68`	Ken Allen	Fr
DL	`78`	Caleb Hester	Fr
DL	`91`	Tre'Von White	Fr
DL	`92`	Travis Johnson	So
DL	`93`	Adam Wawrzynski	Fr
DL	`94`	Attorney Gallman	Fr
DL	`95`	Noah Dawkins	Fr
DL	`96`	Ja'Lon Williams	Fr
DL	`97`	Jonathan King	So
DL		Bradley Carter	Fr
LB		Tradd Deaver	Fr
LB		Cody Floyd	Fr
DB		Tyler Jackson	Fr
LB		Taylor Jurney	Jr
DB		Nathan Peeples	Fr
DB		Donald Rutledge	Fr
LB		Za'Von Whitaker	Fr
LB		Jordan Williams	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LS	`59`	Lee Riley	Fr
LS	`60`	Hunter Morris	Jr
LS	`85`	Patrick Keefe	Fr
K	`86`	Austin Jordan	Sr
P	`90`	Will Vanvick	Jr
K	`99`	Eric Goins	Jr

Head coach

Mike Houston (2nd season)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Brent Thompson – Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks
Blake Harrell – Special Teams Coordinator / Inside Linebackers
Maurice Drayton – Defensive Coordinator / Cornerbacks
J. P. Gunter - A-Backs / Recruiting Coordinator
Ron Boyd - Offensive Line
Brian Rucker - Wide Receivers
Roy Tesh - Defensive Line
Joel Taylor - Defensive Passing Game Coordinator / Safeties
John Ward - Tackles
Tripp Weaver - Outside Linebackers
P. G. Standard - Offensive Quality Control
Price Blagg - Defensive Quality Control
Jimmy Long - Special Teams Quality Control
Donnell Boucher - Strength and Conditioning
Floris Mendonca - Video Coodinator
Kate Yeager - Director of Personnel

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 1, 2016

Depth chart

Defense

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FS
Malik Diggs
Kailik Williams
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WLB	SLB
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SS
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CB
Dee Delaney
Tyus Carter
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DE	DT	DT	DE
Mark Thomas	Jonathan King	Mitchell Jeter	Joe Crochet
Kevin Graham	Ken Allen	Austin Harrell	Noah Dawkins
Travis Johnson	⋅	⋅	Russell Hubbs

CB
Shy Phillips
Mariel Cooper
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Offense

WR
Alex Glover
Rudder Brown
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SB
Cam Jackson
Grant Drakeford
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LT	LG	C	RG	RT
Isaiah Pinson	Kyle Weaver	Ryan Bednar	Sam Frye	Michael Mabry
Sydney Martin	Lovequan Scott	Tyler Davis	Tristan Harkleroad	Nick Jeffreys
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SB
Vinny Miller
Reggie Williams
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WR
Joriah Jordan
Brandon Eakins
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QB
Dominique Allen
Shon Belton
Cam Jackson

FB
Tyler Renew
Isiaha Smith
Evan McField

Special Teams
PK Eric Goins
PK Austin Jordan
P Will Vanvick
KR Quinlan Washington
PR DeAndre Schoultz
H Dane Anderson

Game summaries

Davidson

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
31–21–4	1985	W 31–0

Western Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Catamounts	0	3	7	0	10
• Bulldogs	0	7	7	14	28

Date: September 12, 2015
Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
Game start: 6:00 PM EST
Game attendance: 8,048

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
22–16–1	2014	L 15–29

Georgia Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	0	7	6	13
• Eagles	10	21	10	7	48

Date: September 19, 2015
Location: Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, GA
Game start: 6:00 PM EST
Game attendance: 24,872

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–18	2013	L 21–28

Charleston Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Buccaneers	0	6	10	17	33
Bulldogs	7	10	3	0	20

Date: September 26, 2015
Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
Game start: 6:00 PM EST
Game attendance: 11,998

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–3	2014	L 18–20

Wofford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terriers	0	6	6	0	12
• Bulldogs	14	7	15	3	39

Date: October 10, 2015
Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
Game start: 2:00 PM EST
Game attendance: 10,428

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–26–1	2014	L 13–17

Samford

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Bulldogs (CIT)	7	28	6	3	44
Bulldogs (SAM)	7	7	3	8	25

Date: October 17, 2015
Location: Seibert Stadium, Homewood, AL
Game start: 3:00 PM EST
Game attendance: 4,927

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–4	2014	L 17–20

Furman

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Bulldogs	7	17	7	7	38
Paladins	7	0	10	0	17

Date: October 24, 2015
Location: Paladin Stadium, Greenville, SC
Game start: 1:30 PM EST
Game attendance: 12,124

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
33–58–3	2014	W 42–35

Mercer

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	10	0	3	6	19
• Bulldogs	0	14	0	7	21

Date: October 31, 2015
Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
Game start: 2:00 PM EST
Game attendance: 10,006

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–4–1	2014	W 28–26

VMI

	1	2	3	4	Total
Keydets	7	0	7	0	14
• #25 Bulldogs	14	6	6	9	35

Date: November 7, 2015
Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
Game start: 2:00 PM EST
Game attendance: 14,925

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
38–30–2	2014	W 45–25

Chattanooga

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Bulldogs	0	0	14	9	23
• #8 Mocs	14	7	3	7	31

Date: November 14, 2015
Game start: 2:00 PM EST
Game attendance: 11,594

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–28–2	2014	L 14–34

South Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #25 Bulldogs	14	0	0	9	23
Gamecocks	3	6	7	6	22

Date: November 21, 2015
Location: Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC
Game start: 12:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 77,241
Television network: SECN Alt.

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–40–3	2011	L 20–41

[4]

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Coastal Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #18 Bulldogs	14	0	14	13	41
#10 Chanticleers	7	14	7	10	38

Date: November 28, 2015
Location: Brooks Stadium, Conway, SC
Game start: 2:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 6,753
Television network: ESPN3

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2014	L 16–31

Second Round–Charleston Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Bulldogs	3	0	0	3	6
• #9 Buccaneers	0	14	0	0	14

Date: December 5, 2015
Location: Buccaneer Field, North Charleston, SC
Game start: 1:00 PM EST
Game attendance: 8,451

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–4	September 26, 2015	L 20–33

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	25	21	25	18	13
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	22	20	24	18	15

Honors and awards

Preseason All-Southern Conference

Sam Frye (1st team)
Mitchell Jeter (1st team)

References

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20160118/PC20/160119341
"Football Preseason All-Conference Team Announced". Southern Conference. July 22, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
"The Citadel Bulldogs - 2015 Football Schedule". The Citadel Bulldogs. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
Josh Kendall (November 21, 2015). "Gamecocks shocked again by FCS Bulldogs". The State. Columbia, SC. Retrieved November 21, 2015.

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[1] ttp://www.postandcourier.com/article/20160118/PC20/160119341

[2] "Football Preseason All-Conference Team Announced". Southern Conference. July 22, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2016.

[3] "The Citadel Bulldogs - 2015 Football Schedule". The Citadel Bulldogs. Retrieved January 21, 2015.

[4] Josh Kendall (November 21, 2015). "Gamecocks shocked again by FCS Bulldogs". The State. Columbia, SC. Retrieved November 21, 2015.

The Citadel Bulldogs football
Venues	College Park Stadium (c. 1905–1926) Johnson Hagood Stadium (original) (1927–1947) Johnson Hagood Stadium (1948–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1960 Tangerine Bowl Furman Military Classic of the South (VMI) Wofford
Culture & lore	The Regimental Band and Pipes
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Southern Conference football champions
Pre-SEC	Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech & North Carolina (1922) Vanderbilt & Washington and Lee (1923) Alabama (1924) Alabama & Tulane (1925) Alabama (1926) Georgia Tech, Tennessee, & NC State (1927) Georgia Tech (1928) Tulane (1929) Alabama & Tulane (1930) Tulane (1931) Tennessee & Auburn & LSU (1932)
Pre-ACC	Duke (1933) Washington and Lee (1934) Duke (1935) Duke (1936) Maryland (1937) Duke (1938) Duke (1939) Clemson (1940) Duke (1941) William & Mary (1942) Duke (1943) Duke (1944) Duke (1945) North Carolina (1946) William & Mary (1947) Clemson (1948) North Carolina (1949) Washington and Lee (1950) Maryland & VMI (1951) Duke (1952)
Post-ACC	West Virginia (1953) West Virginia (1954) West Virginia (1955) West Virginia (1956) VMI (1957) West Virginia (1958) VMI (1959) VMI (1960) The Citadel (1961) VMI (1962) VPI (1963) West Virginia (1964) West Virginia (1965) East Carolina & William & Mary (1966) West Virginia (1967) Richmond (1968) Davidson & Richmond (1969) William & Mary (1970) Richmond (1971) East Carolina (1972) East Carolina (1973) VMI (1974) Richmond (1975) East Carolina (1976) Chattanooga & VMI (1977) Chattanooga & Furman (1978) Chattanooga (1979) Furman (1980) Furman (1981)
I-AA/FCS	Furman (1982) Furman (1983) Chattanooga (1984) Furman (1985) Appalachian State (1986) Appalachian State (1987) Furman & Marshall (1988) Furman (1989) Furman (1990) Appalachian State (1991) The Citadel (1992) Georgia Southern (1993) Marshall (1994) Appalachian State (1995) Marshall (1996) Georgia Southern (1997) Georgia Southern (1998) Appalachian State, Furman, & Georgia Southern (1999) Georgia Southern (2000) Furman & Georgia Southern (2001) Georgia Southern (2002) Wofford (2003) Furman & Georgia Southern (2004) Appalachian State (2005) Appalachian State (2006) Appalachian State & Wofford (2007) Appalachian State (2008) Appalachian State (2009) Appalachian State & Wofford (2010) Georgia Southern (2011) Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, & Wofford (2012) Chattanooga, Furman, & Samford (2013) Chattanooga (2014) Chattanooga & The Citadel (2015) The Citadel (2016) Wofford (2017) East Tennessee State, Furman, & Wofford (2018) Wofford (2019)
National championships in bold