The Citadel
1-2Southern · Johnson Hagood Stadium · 11,427 · 9,875 avg in 2026
LastL 20–26 vs Charleston Southern · Sat Sep 12 · D'Angelo Sheppard 2 sacks, 2 TFL, 2 tackles
Nextvs Chattanooga · Sat Sep 26 · 2 pm ET · Johnson Hagood Stadium · series 14-21-1 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 29 | #203 | #196 | +7.5✗ | @Wofford | L 14–42 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 1 | Sep 5 | #203 | #166 | +20.5✓ | @Charlotte | W 43–41 137 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #213 | #220 | -3✗ | Charleston Southern | L 20–26 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| 4 | Sep 26 | #209 | #189 | Chattanooga | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | @South Carolina State | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | East Tennessee State | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | @Texas A&M | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | Tennessee Tech | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @Mercer | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | Furman | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | @VMI | ||||||
| 12 | Nov 21 | @Western Carolina |
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)▼
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | Charleston Southern | L 20–26 | — | — | — | +0.145 | 36.0% | 134.2% | Most explosive |
| Sep 5 | @Charlotte | W 43–41 | 400 | 0 | 29:45 | +0.375 | 48.4% | 133.0% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Aug 29 | @Wofford | L 14–42 | — | — | — | +0.015 | 47.9% | 88.1% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Season average (3 games) | 400 | 0.0 | +0.178 | 44.1% | 118.4% | ||||
The Citadel is the military college where cadets become commissioned officers — football is measured by discipline and honor as much as wins, and the program competes in the Southern Conference as a unique institutional mission, not a professional pipeline.
The Citadel plays in the shadow of Clemson, South Carolina, and other Power programs; regional and national media largely ignore FCS military colleges despite their unique institutional mission and ca…
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What it is like to watch them2025 · 4-8 · last season
✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among Southern teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
The Citadel has won one of its last five.
Cold. 3-7 over the last 10, and lost the last one.
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vs Chattanooga · at home
Outcome band · The Citadel · 2026
Outcome band · The Citadel · 2026The Citadel's most likely season is 7-6 — a bowl game. The floor is 3-9; the ceiling is 10-3.
Floor, base and ceiling come from the season-path projection, which plays out conference title games and the CFP — so a ceiling can run past 12 games.
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The Citadel is a senior military college where football is played by cadets bound for commissioned service. The Bulldogs compete in the Southern Conference as an FCS program built on discipline, honor, and the unique mission of developing officers, not recruits.
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