1991 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

1991 The Citadel Bulldogs football
1991 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	7–4 (5–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Charlie Taaffe (5th season);
Offensive scheme	Option
Defensive coordinator	Don Powers (3rd season)
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium
	Seasons ← 1990 1992 →

The 1991 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Charlie Taaffe served as head coach for the fifth season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.^[2]^[3]^[4]

1991 Southern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 17 Appalachian State $^	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 8 Marshall ^	5	–	2	–	0	11	–	4	–	0
No. T–20 The Citadel	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
No. T–20 Furman	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Chattanooga	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
VMI	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Western Carolina	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
East Tennessee State	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	Presbyterian*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 33–10	17,660
September 14	Wofford*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	L 12–15	19,311
September 21	at Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 26–33	8,921
October 5	Western Carolina	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 38–13	13,811
October 12	at Army*	Mitchie Stadium West Point, NY	W 20–14	40,459
October 19	at William & Mary*	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	L 17–24	15,621
October 26	vs. VMI	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA (Oyster Bowl, Military Classic of the South)	W 17–14	20,480	^[5]
November 2	No. 9 Appalachian State	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 17–10	20,071	^[6]
November 9	at No. 13 Marshall	Marshall University Stadium Huntington, WA	L 31–37	18,003
November 16	at East Tennessee State	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	W 17–7	3,017
November 23	Furman	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	W 10–6	21,623	^[7]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

^ "How Johnson Hagood Stadium Came To Be". citadelsports.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
^ 2011 Citadel Football Media Guide. The Citadel. p. 152. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
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^ "Citadel Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
^ "Douglas, defense pace Citadel". The State. October 27, 1991. Retrieved February 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Citadel defense repels late bids by Appalachian". The State. November 3, 1991. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Citadel knocks off Furman 10–6". The Herald. November 24, 1991. Retrieved September 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.