# 2019 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

The 2019 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth-year head coach Brent Thompson and played their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. They were members of the Southern Conference (SoCon).

## Preseason
### Preseason media poll

The SoCon released their preseason media poll and coaches poll on July 22, 2019. The Bulldogs were picked to finish in 7th place in both polls.
Media poll :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Wofford | 253 (21) |
| 2 | Furman | 229 (6) |
| 3 | East Tennessee State | 187 (2) |
| 4 | Mercer | 146 |
| 5 | Chattanooga | 134 |
| 6 | Samford | 125 |
| 7 | The Citadel | 111 |
| 8 | Western Carolina | 88 |
| 9 | VMI | 32 |
Coaches poll :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Wofford | 63 (7) |
| 2 | Furman | 55 (1) |
| 3 | East Tennessee State | 44 (1) |
| 4 | Chattanooga | 40 |
| 5 | Mercer | 34 |
| 6 | Samford | 33 |
| 7 | The Citadel | 22 |
| 8 | Western Carolina | 21 |
| 9 | VMI | 12 |

### Preseason All-SoCon Teams

The Bulldogs placed six players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 11 Towson* | | Johnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, SC | ESPN+ | L 21–28 | 8,008 |
| September 7 | 2:00 p.m. | at Elon* | | Rhodes StadiumElon, NC | FloSports | L 28–35 | 5,071 |
| September 14 | 12:30 p.m. | at Georgia Tech* | | Bobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GA | ACCRSN | W 27–24 $^{OT}$ | 42,871 |
| September 21 | 6:00 p.m. | Charleston Southern* | No. 25 | Johnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, SC | ESPN+ | W 22–13 | 9,626 |
| September 28 | 3:00 p.m. | at Samford | No. 25 | Seibert StadiumBirmingham, AL | ESPN+ | L 55–61 $^{4OT}$ | 3,524 |
| October 5 | 2:00 p.m. | VMI | | Johnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, SC (Military Classic of the South) | ESPN+ | L 21–34 | 12,126 |
| October 12 | 2:00 p.m. | Western Carolina | | Johnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, SC | ESPN3 | W 35–17 | 8,023 |
| October 19 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 8 Furman | | Paladin StadiumGreenville, SC (rivalry) | ESPN3 | W 27–10 | 6,603 |
| October 26 | 2:00 p.m. | Mercer | | Johnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, SC | ESPN+ | W 35–24 | 11,439 |
| November 2 | 3:30 p.m. | at East Tennessee State | | William B. Greene Jr. StadiumJohnson City, TN | ESPN3 | W 31–27 | 8,674 |
| November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | at Chattanooga | | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | ESPN+ | L 33–34 | 7,363 |
| November 23 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 14 Wofford | | Johnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, SC (rivalry) | ESPN+ | L 11–31 | 6,844 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### Towson

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 11 Tigers | 7 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 28 |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |

### At Elon

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Phoenix | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |

### At Georgia Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 |
| Yellow Jackets | 0 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 24 |

### Charleston Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| No. 25 Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 22 |

### At Samford

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | 4OT | Total |
| No. 25 CIT Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 55 |
| SAM Bulldogs | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 61 |

### VMI

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Keydets | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
| Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Western Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Catamounts | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Bulldogs | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 35 |

### At Furman

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 27 |
| No. 8 Paladins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |

### Mercer

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |

### At East Tennessee State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| Buccaneers | 10 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 27 |

### At Chattanooga

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 2 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 33 |
| Mocs | 12 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 34 |

### Wofford

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 14 Terriers | 14 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 31 |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
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## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| STATS FCS | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 25 | | | | | | | | | |
| Coaches | RV | RV | — | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | |