1996 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

1996 The Citadel Bulldogs football
1996 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	4–7 (3–5 SoCon)
Head coach	Don Powers (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Mark Tucker (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Option
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium
	Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

The 1996 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Don Powers served as head coach for the first season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.^[2]^[3]^[4]

1996 Southern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 Marshall $^	8	–	0	15	–	0
No. T–8 East Tennessee State ^	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 13 Furman ^	6	–	2	9	–	4
No. 25 Appalachian State	5	–	3	7	–	4
The Citadel	3	–	5	4	–	7
Georgia Southern	2	–	6	4	–	7
VMI	2	–	6	3	–	8
Chattanooga	2	–	6	3	–	8
Western Carolina	1	–	7	4	–	7

$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	at No. 11 Miami (FL)*	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	L 6–52	35,747
September 14	Richmond*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 13–10	13,069	^[5]
September 21	Western Carolina	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 28–14	10,362
September 28	at No. 4 Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	L 20–34	13,231	^[6]
October 12	No. 16 East Tennessee State	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 20–41	16,212
October 19	at No. 11 Furman	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC (rivalry)	L 25–35	11,975	^[7]
October 26	Georgia Southern	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 35–20	9,427
November 2	at No. 1 Marshall	Marshall University Stadium Huntington, WV	L 25–56	22,038
November 9	Chattanooga	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 16–13	17,914
November 16	at VMI	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA (Military Classic of the South)	L 27–34 ^2OT	7,478	^[8]
November 23	Wofford*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	L 21–26	9,876
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network 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.
^ "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.
^ "Myers' touchdown gives Citadel victory". The Greenville News. September 15, 1996. p. 3C – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Mountaineers storm The Citadel". The State. September 29, 1996. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Furman too much for The Citadel 35–25". The State. October 20, 1996. Retrieved September 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "VMI 34, The Citadel 27". The Greenville News. November 17, 1996. Retrieved February 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.