American college football season
The 2017 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The Bulldogs were led by second-year head coach Brent Thompson and played their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium . They were members of the Southern Conference . They finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for sixth place.
Preseason [ edit ] Preseason media poll [ edit ] The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 18, 2017, with the Bulldogs predicted to finish in second place, with six of 22 voters picking The Citadel first.[1] The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Bulldogs also predicted to finish in second place.[2]
Media poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Wofford 178 (11) 2 The Citadel 166 (6) 3 Samford 156 (3) 4 Chattanooga 152 (2) 5 Mercer 101 6 Furman 87 7 Western Carolina 71 8 ETSU 49 9 VMI 30
Coaches poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Wofford 63 (7) 2 The Citadel 54 (2) 3 Samford 52 4 Chattanooga 41 5 Mercer 32 6 Western Carolina 27 7 Furman 26 8 ETSU 17 9 VMI 12
Preseason All-SoCon Teams [ edit ] The Bulldogs placed five players on the preseason all-SoCon teams, and Kailik Williams was named as preseason Defensive Player of the Year.
Defensive Player of the Year
Kailik Williams – DB
Offense
1st team
Cam Jackson – RB Tyler Davis – OL
Defense
1st team
2nd team
Ken Allen – DL Jonathan King – DL
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 2 6:00 p.m. Newberry * No. 16 7C , ESPN3 W 31–147,467 [3] Noon at Presbyterian * No. 14 BSN W 48–72,586 September 16 1:00 p.m. at East Tennessee State No. 13 ESPN3 W 31–257,544 September 30 3:00 p.m. at No. 25 Samford No. 8 ESPN3 L 14–359,233 October 7 2:00 p.m. Mercer No. 17 Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC ESPN3 L 14–249,969 October 14 6:00 p.m. No. 5 Wofford No. 23 Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry ) ESPN3 L 16–208,543 October 21 2:00 p.m. at Chattanooga ESPN3 W 20–147,521 October 28 2:00 p.m. VMI 7C, ESPN3 W 21–311,609 November 4 2:00 p.m. No. 24 Western Carolina Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC ESPN3 L 19–317,384 November 11 2:00 p.m. at No. 21 Furman 7C L 20–5610,105 November 18 12:20 p.m. at No. 4 (FBS ) Clemson * ACCN L 3–6180,618 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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2017 The Citadel Bulldogs football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 2 Rod Johnson So QB 4 Brian Murdaugh Fr QB 10 Jordan Black So QB 12 Ryan McCarthy Fr WR 13 Jalen Lampkin Jr WR 13 Cole Owens Fr FB 16 Brandon Rainey So WR 17 Logan Bailey Fr RB 18 Cam Jackson Sr QB 19 Dominique Allen Sr WR 21 Curt Nixon So WR 22 Raleigh Webb Fr RB 26 Keyonte Sessions Fr RB 29 Grant Drakeford Jr WR 30 Dante Smith Fr FB 31 Malik Brooks Fr FB 34 Evan McField So RB 36 Matthew Taylor Fr FB 37 Lorenzo Ward So WR 40 Jordan Williams So FB 41 Shy McPhail Fr FB 42 Brandon Berry Fr FB 44 Jordan Thomas So OL 52 Jon Barrett Lewis Fr OL 53 Tyler Davis Jr OL 54 Haden Haas Fr OL 56 Attorney Gallman So OL 57 Blake Harrison Fr OL 61 Mark Weakland Fr OL 62 Jonathan Cole Fr OL 63 Drew McIntyre So OL 64 Harry Easler So OL 67 Prince Howard-Whitaker Fr OL 70 Charley Conley Fr OL 73 Patrick Ivey Fr OL 73 Mike Rentz Jr OL 74 Nick Hudgens Fr OL 77 Tristan Harkleroad Jr WR 80 Josh LeBlanc So WR 81 Dijon Profit Fr WR 82 Rashad Riley Fr WR 83 Cardan Williams Fr WR 84 Liam Reid Fr WR 87 Cameron Roberts Fr WR 88 Peter Kennedy So OL Nick Pappas Fr
Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 1 Shy Phillips Sr DB 3 Wally Wilmore Fr LB 5 Myles Pierce Sr DB 6 Lane Botkin Fr DB 7 Kailik Williams Sr LB 8 Israel Battle Sr DB 9 Khafari Buffalo So DB 11 Ben Roberts Sr DB 20 Jay Howard Fr DB 23 Tyus Carter Sr DB 24 Aron Span III Jr DB 25 Phil Barrett Fr DB 28 Chance Steverson Fr LB 32 Phil Davis So LB 33 Quinlan Washington Jr DB 34 Marvin Marshall Fr LB 38 Noah Dawkins Jr LB 39 Micah Byrd-Brown Fr DB 43 Jalen Barr Fr DB 45 Sean-Thomas Faulkner Fr DB 46 Carl Cunningham Jr. Jr LB 47 Jeremy Samuels Fr LB 48 Cody Floyd Sr DB 49 KD Frederick Fr LB 50 Willie Eubanks III Fr LB 52 K. J. Simpson Fr LB 55 Russell Hubbs Jr LB 58 Denzel Wright Fr LB 59 Adam Baker Fr DL 60 Adam Wawrzynski So LB 65 Colton Feinberg Fr DL 68 Ken Allen Jr LB 70 Collin Flanders Fr DL 71 Dalton Owens Fr DL 72 Sam Parker Sr DL 75 Bradley Carter So DL 76 Jabauri Garner Fr DL 79 Gunner Covey Fr DL 90 John Wesley Whiteside II Fr LB 92 Aaron Brawley Fr DL 94 A. J. Stokes Fr DL 95 Blake Oliveira Fr DL 96 Jalon Williams So DL 97 Jonathan King Sr DL 98 Joseph Randolph II So DL 99 Christian Weyrich Fr
Special teams Pos. # Name Class LS 57 Aaron Blaylock So K 69 Joshua Roides Fr LS 85 Patrick Keefe Jr K 86 Jacob Godek So P 93 Gage Russell Fr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Blake Harrell – Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers Lou Conte - Offensive Coordinator / QBs / B-Backs J.P. Gunter - Special Teams / A-Backs Ron Boyd - Offensive Line Charles Hopkins - Offensive Tackles Orlando Mitjans Jr. - Cornerbacks Brian Rucker - Wide Receivers Joel Taylor - Defensive Passing Game Coordinator / Safeties John Ward - Defensive Line / Academic Coordinator Scott Yielding - Outside Linebackers / Recruiting Coordinator Donnell Boucher - Strength and Conditioning Will Hornsby - Special Teams Quality Control Floris Mendonca - Video Coordinator Kate Yeager - Director of Personnel Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: December 6, 2020
Game summaries [ edit ] Newberry [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Wolves 0 7 0 7 14 • No. 16 Bulldogs 7 7 7 10 31
Date: September 2, 2017Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium , Charleston, SC Game start: 6:00 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:10Game attendance: 7,467Game weather: 85°F • N 10 • Mostly cloudyReferee: Thomas GrahamTV announcers (7C/ESPN3): Kendall Lewis, James Riley, Eric Summers Scoring summary 1 7:14 CIT Grant Drakeford 29-yard run (Jacob Godek kick) CIT 7–0 2 10:30 NEW Darius Clark 3-yard run (Shea Rodgers kick) 7–7 2 1:28 CIT Jordan Black 1-yard run (Godek kick) CIT 14–7 3 0:37 CIT Cam Jackson 74-yard run (Godek kick) CIT 21–7 4 7:22 CIT Josh LeBlanc 6-yard pass from Black (Godek kick) CIT 28–7 4 4:28 NEW Chance Walker 26-yard pass from Nick Jones (Rodgers kick) CIT 28–14 4 0:17 CIT Godek 37-yard field goal CIT 31–14
At Presbyterian [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total • No. 14 Bulldogs 14 21 6 7 48 Blue Hose 7 0 0 0 7
Date: [3] Location: Bailey Memorial Stadium , Clinton, SC Game start: Noon EST Elapsed time: 2:26Game attendance: 2,586Game weather: 73°F • NNE 12 • SunnyReferee: Greg WaybrightTV announcers (BSN/ESPN3): Kendall Lewis, James Riley, Eric Summers Scoring summary 1 6:36 CIT Dominique Allen 1-yard run (Jacob Godek kick) CIT 7–0 1 6:18 PRE Torrance Marable 76-yard run (Brett Norton kick) 7–7 1 1:55 CIT Lorenzo Ward 5-yard run (Jacob Godek kick) CIT 14–7 2 13:21 CIT Raleigh Webb 57-yard pass from Jordan Black (Godek kick) CIT 21–7 2 8:22 CIT Rod Johnson 18-yard pass from Black (Godek kick) CIT 28–7 2 1:09 CIT Allen 1-yard run (Godek kick) CIT 35–7 3 5:41 CIT Allen 2-yard run (Godek kick failed) CIT 41–7 4 5:27 CIT Brandon Rainey 14-yard pass from Black (Godek kick) CIT 48–7
At East Tennessee State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total • No. 13 Bulldogs 7 0 7 17 31 Buccaneers 7 7 3 8 25
Date: September 16, 2017Location: William B. Greene Jr. Stadium , Johnson City, TN Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:02Game attendance: 7,544Game weather: 80°F • NE 6 • Mostly SunnyReferee: Larry AdcockTV announcers (ESPN3): David Jackson, Mark Hutsell, Kasey Marler Scoring summary 1 12:38 ETSU Vincent Lowe 22-yard pass from Austin Herink (JJ Jerman kick) ETSU 7–0 1 7:10 CIT Brandon Rainey 10-yard run (Jacob Godek kick) 7–7 2 1:05 ETSU Drake Powell 8-yard pass from Austin Herink (JJ Jerman kick) ETSU 14–7 3 11:01 ETSU JJ Jerman 46-yard field goal ETSU 17–7 3 4:17 CIT Dominique Allen 1-yard run (Godek kick) ETSU 17–14 4 11:42 CIT Raleigh Webb 7-yard run (Godek kick) CIT 21–17 4 7:50 CIT Webb 28-yard pass from Allen (Godek kick) CIT 28–17 4 5:15 ETSU Jajuan Stinson 4-yard run (Austin Herink pass to Kobe Kelley for two-point conv.) CIT 28–25 4 2:17 CIT Godek 46-yard field goal CIT 31–25
At Samford [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 8 Bulldogs (CIT) 0 7 7 0 14 • No. 25 Bulldogs (SAM) 28 7 0 0 35
Date: September 30, 2017Location: Seibert Stadium , Homewood, AL Game start: 3:00 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 2:58Game attendance: 9,233Game weather: 79°F • NE 6 • Clear and sunnyReferee: Jerry WelmakerTV announcers (ESPN3): Curt Bloom, Chad Pilcher, Hattie Breece Scoring summary 1 14:00 SAM Kelvin McKnight 8-yard pass from Devlin Hodges (Jordan Weaver kick) SAM 7–0 1 11:56 SAM Yassar El-Amin 70-yard pass from Hodges (Weaver kick) SAM 14–0 1 9:40 SAM Moise Satine 10-yard run (Weaver kick) SAM 21–0 1 4:!9 SAM Devlin Hodges 1-yard run (Weaver kick) SAM 28–0 2 10:39 SAM T.D. Marshall 63-yard pass from Hodges (Weaver kick) SAM 35–0 2 6:55 CIT Jordan Black 1-yard run (Jacob Godek kick) SAM 35–7 3 8:41 CIT Brandon Rainey 8-yard run (Godek kick) SAM 35–14
1 2 3 4 Total • Bears 7 7 7 3 24 No. 17 Bulldogs 0 0 0 14 14
Date: October 7, 2017Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium , Charleston, SC Game start: 2:00 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:21Game attendance: 9,969Game weather: 85°F • Calm • Partly cloudyReferee: Edwin LeeTV announcers (ESPN3): Kevin Fitzgerald, James Riley Scoring summary 1 9:19 MER CJ Leggett 1-yard run (Cole Fisher kick) MER 7–0 2 4:29 MER Tee Mitchell 16-yard run (Fisher kick) MER 14–0 3 2:57 MER Mitchell 2-yard run (Fisher kick) MER 21–0 4 13:17 CIT Dominique Allen 1-yard run (Jacob Godek kick) MER 21–7 4 3:59 MER Cole Fisher 29-yard field goal MER 24–7 4 2:33 CIT Brandon Berry 2-yard run (Godek kick) MER 24–14
Wofford [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total • No. 5 Terriers 0 7 7 6 20 No. 23 Bulldogs 7 7 2 0 16
Date: October 14, 2017Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium , Charleston, SC Game start: 6:00 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:03Game attendance: 8,549Game weather: Low 80s • Calm • Mostly clearReferee: Thomas GrahamTV announcers (ESPN3): Kevin Fitzgerald, James Riley Scoring summary 1 7:28 CIT Dominique Allen 7-yard run (Jacob Godek kick) CIT 7–0 2 8:24 WOF Brandon Goodson 1-yard run (Luke Carter kick) 7–7 2 0:11 CIT Rod Johnson 2-yard run (Godek kick) CIT 14–7 3 13:15 WOF Jason Hill 59-yard pass from Brandon Goodson (Luke Carter kick) 14–14 3 8:07 CIT Team 2-yard Safety CIT 16–14 4 1:10 WOF Andre Stoddard 3-yard run (Lennox McAfee rush failed) WOF 20–16
At Chattanooga [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total • Bulldogs 0 7 6 7 20 Mocs 7 7 0 0 14
Date: October 21, 2017Location: Finley Stadium , Chattanooga, TN Game start: 2:00 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 2:44Game attendance: 7,521Game weather: 74°F • SE 3 • Partly cloudyReferee: B. JohnsonTV announcers (ESPN3): Chris Goforth, B.J. Coleman Scoring summary 1 0:17 CHA Darrell Bridges 61-yard run (Victor Ulmo kick) CHA 7–0 2 11:15 CIT Josh LeBlanc 25-yard pass from Dominique Allen (Jacob Godek kick) 7–7 2 4:09 CHA Bridges 1-yard run (Ulmo kick) CHA 14–7 3 10:05 CIT Godek 45-yard field goal CHA 14–10 3 1:51 CIT Rod Johnson 4-yard run (Godek kick) CIT 17–14 4 11:39 CIT Godek 34-yard field goal CIT 20–14
Homecoming 1 2 3 4 Total Keydets 3 0 0 0 3 • Bulldogs 14 0 0 7 21
Date: October 28, 2017Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium , Charleston, SC Game start: 2:00 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:00Game attendance: 11,609Game weather: High 70's • Mostly cloudyReferee: Edwin LeeTV announcers (7C/ESPN3): Kendall Lewis, James Riley Scoring summary 1 10:59 VMI Grant Clemons 37-yard field goal VMI 3–0 1 10:01 CIT Grant Drakeford 71-yard run (Jacob Godek kick) CIT 7–3 1 0:10 CIT Dominique Allen 1-yard run (Godek kick) CIT 14–3 4 2:45 CIT Lorenzo Ward 45-yard run (Godek kick) CIT 21–3
Western Carolina [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total • No. 24 Catamounts 7 10 7 7 31 Bulldogs 0 10 9 0 19
Scoring summary 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 –
At Furman [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 0 14 6 20 • No. 21 Paladins 14 21 14 7 56
Scoring summary 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 –
At Clemson [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 0 0 3 3 • No. 4 (FBS) Tigers 21 17 20 3 61
Scoring summary 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 –
Ranking movements [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS 16 14 13 10 8 17 23 RV RV RV — — — — Coaches 12 13 13 10 11 17 22 RV RV RV — — — —
References [ edit ] ^ "Wofford Picked by Media to Win Football Title" . Southern Conference. July 18, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2020 . ^ "SoCon Coaches Pick Wofford, Select All-Conference Teams" . Southern Conference. July 18, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2020 . ^ a b "CITADEL-PC FOOTBALL GAME MOVED TO CLINTON, SC; KICKOFF AT NOON ON SAT" . The Citadel Bulldogs. September 6, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2017 . ^ "Five In-State Games Highlight 2017 Schedule" . The Citadel Bulldogs. September 12, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016 . ^ "2017 Football Schedule" . The Citadel Bulldogs. December 21, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016 .
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