2014 The Citadel Bulldogs football

Conference	Southern Conference
Record	5–7 (3–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Mike Houston (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Brent Thompson (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Triple option
Defensive coordinator	Maurice Drayton (1st season)
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium
Seasons ← 2013 2015 →

2014 Southern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 8 Chattanooga $^	7	–	0	10	–	4
Samford	5	–	2	7	–	4
Western Carolina	5	–	2	7	–	5
Wofford	4	–	3	6	–	5
The Citadel	3	–	4	5	–	7
Furman	2	–	5	3	–	9
Mercer	1	–	6	6	–	6
VMI	1	–	6	2	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network Poll

The 2014 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by first-year head coach Mike Houston 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, 3–4 in SoCon play to finish in fifth place.

Schedule

For the fifth 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.^[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 p.m.	No. 7 Coastal Carolina*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	SDN	L 16–31	10,828
September 6	7:30 p.m.	at No. 1 (FBS) Florida State*	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	RSN	L 12–37	81,294
September 20	6:00 p.m.	at Charleston Southern*	Buccaneer Field North Charleston, SC		L 18–20	7,954
September 27	6:00 p.m.	Gardner–Webb*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	SDN	W 37–14	8,573
October 4	1:30 p.m.	at Wofford	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC (rivalry)	ESPN3	L 13–17	9,259
October 11	2:00 p.m.	Charlotte*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC		W 63–56 ^2OT	10,467
October 18	12:00 p.m.	No. 17 Chattanooga	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	ASN	L 14–34	8,037
October 25	2:00 p.m.	at Western Carolina	E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC		L 15–29	13,323
November 1	4:00 p.m.	at Mercer	Moye Complex Macon, GA	ESPN3	W 28–26	10,271
November 8	2:00 p.m.	Furman	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	SDN	W 42–35 ^OT	11,488
November 15	1:00 p.m.	Samford	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	SDN	L 17–20	7,638
November 22	1:30 p.m.	at VMI	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA (Military Classic of the South)	ESPN3	W 45–25	7,097
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #7 Chanticleers	14	0	7	10	31
Bulldogs	0	0	3	13	16

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	0	6	6	12
• #1 Seminoles	14	14	6	3	37

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	3	7	8	18
• Buccaneers	0	10	7	3	20

	1	2	3	4	Total
Runnin' Bulldogs	0	7	7	0	14
• Bulldogs	7	6	14	10	37

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	3	3	7	0	13
• Terriers	7	3	7	0	17

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
49ers	7	17	7	18	7	0	56
• Bulldogs	21	14	0	14	7	7	63

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #17 Mocs	14	17	3	0	34
Bulldogs	0	0	7	7	14

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	8	0	0	7	15
• Catamounts	7	0	14	8	29

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Bulldogs	14	14	0	0	28
Bears	10	0	10	6	26

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Paladins	21	7	0	7	0	35
• Bulldogs	13	15	0	7	7	42

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Bulldogs (Sam)	0	7	0	13	20
Bulldogs (Cit)	0	0	7	10	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Bulldogs	7	17	21	0	45
Keydets	0	13	6	6	25

^ "2014 Bulldog Football Schedule". The Citadel Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2014.

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