1993 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

1993 The Citadel Bulldogs football
1993 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	5–6 (4–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Charlie Taaffe (7th season);
Offensive scheme	Option
Defensive coordinator	Don Powers (5th season)
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium
	Seasons ← 1992 1994 →

The 1993 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Charlie Taaffe served as head coach for the seventh season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.^[2]^[3]^[4]

1993 Southern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Georgia Southern $^	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
No. 9 Marshall ^	6	–	2	–	0	11	–	4	–	0
Western Carolina	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Furman	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	1
The Citadel	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Appalachian State	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
East Tennessee State	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Chattanooga	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
VMI	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	Wofford*	No. 13	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	L 6–20	19,722
September 11	at No. 8 Georgia Southern	No. 24	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	L 6–16	12,921
September 18	at Western Carolina		E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	L 18–38	9,286
September 25	Appalachian State		Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 27–14	15,001	^[5]
October 2	Lees–McRae*		Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 62–7	11,577
October 9	at East Tennessee State		Memorial Center Jackson City, TN	L 17–20	5,279
October 16	Furman		Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	W 20–10	17,393	^[6]
October 23	at Air Force*		Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	L 0–35	39,702
October 30	No. 2 Marshall		Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 15–35	7,110
November 6	at Chattanooga		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 41–27	5,206
November 13	VMI		Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (Military Classic of the South)	W 34–33	18,213	^[7]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sports Network	13 (2)	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

^ "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.
^ "Milestones". The Citadel Football Association. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
^ "Citadel Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
^ "The Citadel gets first win". The Times and Democrat. September 26, 1993. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bulldogs rally to defeat Paladins". The Item. October 17, 1993. Retrieved September 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bulldogs can't hold on, then do against VMI". The State. November 14, 1993. Retrieved February 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.