2013 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

2013 The Citadel Bulldogs football
2013 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	5–7 (4–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Kevin Higgins (9th season);
Offensive coordinator	Bob Bodine (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Triple option
Defensive coordinator	Denny Doornbos (2nd season)
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium
	Seasons ← 2012 2014 →

The 2013 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by ninth year head coach Kevin Higgins 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, 4–4 in SoCon play to finish in a four way tie for fourth place.

2013 Southern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 22 Furman +^	6	–	2	8	–	6
No. 19 Samford +^	6	–	2	8	–	5
No. 23 Chattanooga +	6	–	2	8	–	4
Georgia Southern *	4	–	4	7	–	4
Wofford	4	–	4	5	–	6
The Citadel	4	–	4	5	–	7
Appalachian State *	4	–	4	4	–	8
Elon	1	–	7	2	–	10
Western Carolina	1	–	7	2	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant * – Appalachian State and Georgia Southern ineligible for conference championship and FCS playoffs as part of FBS transition Rankings from The Sports Network Poll

At the end of the season, head coach Kevin Higgins resigned to become an assistant coach at Wake Forest.

Schedule

For the third 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. The Bulldogs faced in-state FBS rival Clemson and Old Dominion, in its first year of transitioning to FBS. FCS teams were permitted to play twelve games in 2013 due to an extra Saturday falling between Labor Day and Thanksgiving.^[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 pm	Charleston Southern*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	CSN	L 29–32	12,196
September 7	6:00 pm	No. 16 Wofford	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	ESPN3	L 10–21	14,545
September 14	3:30 pm	at Western Carolina	E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	CSN	W 28–21	9,345
September 21	6:00 pm	at Old Dominion*	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	COX	L 58–59	20,118
September 28	6:00 pm	Furman	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	CSN	L 17–24	12,693
October 5	2:00 pm	Appalachian State	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	CSN	W 31–28 ^OT	13,601
October 12	1:00 pm	at No. 22 Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	CSN	L 21–28	16,128
October 26	2:00 pm	at Chattanooga	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN		L 24–28	8,106
November 2	2:00 pm	No. 15 Samford	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	ESPN3	W 28–26	13,828
November 9	1:30 pm	at Elon	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC	CSN	W 35–10	9,256
November 16	1:00 pm	VMI*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (Military Classic of the South)	CSN	W 31–10	12,069
November 23	12:00 pm	at No. 7 (FBS) Clemson*	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ESPN3	L 6–52	81,554
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Charleston Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Buccaneers	0	14	15	3	32
Bulldogs	9	7	6	7	29

Date: August 31
Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
Game start: 6:00 PM EST
Game attendance: 12,196
Game weather: Mostly Sunny, 85
Referee: Ted Pitts

Wofford

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Terriers	0	14	0	7	21
Bulldogs	0	0	10	0	10

Date: September 6
Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
Game start: 6:00 PM EST
Elapsed time: 2:59
Game attendance: 14,545
Game weather: Partly Cloudy, 81
Referee: Thomas Graham

Western Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Bulldogs	14	7	7	0	28
Catamounts	0	0	14	7	21

Date: September 14
Location: E. J. Whitmire Stadium, Cullowhee, NC
Game start: 3:30 PM EST
Elapsed time: 2:30
Game attendance: 9,345
Game weather: Mostly sunny, mid-70s
Referee: Ted Pitts

Old Dominion

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	24	7	20	58
• Monarchs	14	14	23	8	59

Date: September 21
Location: Foreman Field, Norfolk, VA
Game start: 6:00 PM EST
Elapsed time: 3:18
Game attendance: 20,118
Game weather: Cloudy, 77
Referee: Ken Antee

Furman

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Paladins	3	14	0	7	24
Bulldogs	0	7	3	7	17

Date: September 28
Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
Game start: 6:00 PM EST
Elapsed time: 2:44
Game attendance: 12,693
Game weather: Cloudy, 75
Referee: Rodney Burnette

Appalachian State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Mountaineers	7	7	0	14	0	28
• Bulldogs	0	14	7	7	3	31

Date: October 5
Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
Game start: 2:00 PM EST
Elapsed time: 3:03
Game attendance: 13,601
Game weather: Partly Cloudy, 82
Referee: Lee Hendrick

Georgia Southern

Chattanooga

Samford

Elon

VMI

Clemson

References

^ "2013 Football Schedule – The Citadel". The Citadel Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on February 17, 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2013.

[1] "2013 Football Schedule – The Citadel". The Citadel Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on February 17, 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2013.

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