# 2014 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

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 StadiumCharleston, SC | SDN | L 16–31 | 10,828 |
| September 6 | 7:30 p.m. | at No. 1 (FBS) Florida State* | Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL | RSN | L 12–37 | 81,294 |
| September 20 | 6:00 p.m. | at Charleston Southern* | Buccaneer FieldNorth Charleston, SC | | L 18–20 | 7,954 |
| September 27 | 6:00 p.m. | Gardner–Webb* | Johnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, SC | SDN | W 37–14 | 8,573 |
| October 4 | 1:30 p.m. | at Wofford | Gibbs StadiumSpartanburg, SC (rivalry) | ESPN3 | L 13–17 | 9,259 |
| October 11 | 2:00 p.m. | Charlotte* | Johnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, SC | | W 63–56 $^{2OT}$ | 10,467 |
| October 18 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 17 Chattanooga | Johnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, SC | ASN | L 14–34 | 8,037 |
| October 25 | 2:00 p.m. | at Western Carolina | E. J. Whitmire StadiumCullowhee, NC | | L 15–29 | 13,323 |
| November 1 | 4:00 p.m. | at Mercer | Moye ComplexMacon, GA | ESPN3 | W 28–26 | 10,271 |
| November 8 | 2:00 p.m. | Furman | Johnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, SC (rivalry) | SDN | W 42–35 $^{OT}$ | 11,488 |
| November 15 | 1:00 p.m. | Samford | Johnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, SC | SDN | L 17–20 | 7,638 |
| November 22 | 1:30 p.m. | at VMI | Alumni Memorial FieldLexington, VA (Military Classic of the South) | ESPN3 | W 45–25 | 7,097 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Coastal Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #7 Chanticleers | 14 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 16 |

### Florida State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| • #1 Seminoles | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 37 |

### Charleston Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
| • Buccaneers | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 20 |

### Gardner–Webb

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Runnin' Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| • Bulldogs | 7 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 37 |

### Wofford

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| • Terriers | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |

### Charlotte

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
| 49ers | 7 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 56 |
| • Bulldogs | 21 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 63 |

### Chattanooga

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #17 Mocs | 14 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 34 |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |

### Western Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| • Catamounts | 7 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 29 |

### Mercer

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Bulldogs | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Bears | 10 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 26 |

### Furman

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Paladins | 21 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
| • Bulldogs | 13 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 42 |

### Samford

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Bulldogs (Sam) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 20 |
| Bulldogs (Cit) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 |

### VMI

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Bulldogs | 7 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 45 |
| Keydets | 0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 25 |