American college football season
The 2018 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The Bulldogs were led by third-year head coach Brent Thompson and played their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium . They were members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in SoCon play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.
The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Bulldogs predicted to finish in seventh place.[ 1] [ 2]
Media poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Samford 204 (20) 2 Furman 174 (2) 3 Wofford 163 (1) 4 Mercer 133 5 Western Carolina 114 6 Chattanooga 88 7 The Citadel 83 8 East Tennessee State 53 9 VMI 23
Coaches poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Samford 63 (7) 2 Wofford 53 (1) 3 Furman 52 (1) 4 Western Carolina 39 5 Chattanooga 34 6 Mercer 32 7 The Citadel 28 8 East Tennessee State 15 9 VMI 8
Preseason All-SoCon Teams [ edit ] The Bulldogs placed five players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.
Offense
1st team
Tyler Davis – OL
2nd team
Drew McEntyre – OL
Defense
1st team
Aron Spann III – RB
2nd team
Ja'Lon Williams – DL
Noah Dawkins – LB
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 6:00 p.m. at No. 10 Wofford ESPN+ L 21–28 8,930 September 8 6:00 p.m. Chattanooga ESPN+ L 28–29 OT 8,076 September 22 4:00 p.m. at Mercer ESPN+ W 38–31 11,772 September 29 4:00 p.m. at No. 25 Towson * CAA.tv L 27–44 7,323 October 13 2:00 p.m. No. 23 East Tennessee State Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC ESPN3 L 23–26 11,043 October 20 1:30 p.m. at VMI ESPN3 W 34–32 7,002 October 27 2:00 p.m. Furman Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry ) ESPN+ L 17–28 8,574 November 3 3:30 p.m. at Western Carolina ESPN+ W 38–24 10,499 November 10 2:00 p.m. Samford Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC ESPN+ W 42–27 11,145 November 17 12:00 p.m. at No. 1 Alabama * SECN L 17–50 101,681 [ a] 7:00 p.m. Charleston Southern * Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC ESPN+ W 43–14 7,877 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
^ This game was originally scheduled for September 15, but it was rescheduled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence .
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 7 14 0 21 No. 10 Terriers 14 7 0 7 28
1 2 3 4 OT Total Mocs 14 7 0 0 8 29 Bulldogs 0 14 7 0 7 28
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 7 7 3 21 38 Bears 7 10 7 7 31
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 3 7 14 3 27 No. 25 Tigers 7 17 17 3 44
East Tennessee State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 23 Buccaneers 3 6 7 10 26 Bulldogs 6 3 0 14 23
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 7 7 14 6 34 Keydets 7 7 6 12 32
1 2 3 4 Total Paladins 7 7 0 14 28 Bulldogs 3 7 7 0 17
At Western Carolina [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 7 3 14 14 38 Catamounts 10 14 0 0 24
1 2 3 4 Total SAM Bulldogs 14 10 3 0 27 CIT Bulldogs 0 7 14 21 42
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 10 0 0 10 Crimson Tide 7 3 27 13 50
Charleston Southern [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Buccaneers 0 14 0 0 14 Bulldogs 14 23 3 3 43
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