The 1998 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Don Powers served as head coach for the third season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.^[2][3][4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	at No. 3 (I-A) Florida*	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	L 10–49	85,061
September 12	at Wofford	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC (rivalry)	W 20–14	10,271
September 19	Western Carolina	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 8–14	11,011
September 26	at No. 13 Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	L 11–26	10,261	[5]
October 3	at South Florida*	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	L 6–45	32,598
October 10	East Tennessee State	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 31–20	15,707
October 17	at No. 24 Furman	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC (rivalry)	W 25–24	13,011	[6]
October 24	No. 1 Georgia Southern	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 34–51	14,222
October 31	No. 17 Hofstra*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 32–30	8,673
November 7	Chattanooga	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 10–13	16,842
November 14	at VMI	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA (Military Classic of the South)	W 36–10	8,832
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game