The Citadel·Southern

2021 — The 2021 Season

The Citadel's 2021 season (4-7) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 4-7
Final result No postseason
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -9.2 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Coas Car 14-52 L vs Char Sou 21-38 W vs Nort Gre 45-13 W vs VMI 35-24 L @ East Sta 21-48 L @ Furman 14-24 L vs West Car 31-45 L vs Mercer 7-34 L @ Samford 14-35 W vs Wofford 45-44 W @ Chatta 24-21
Defining moments
The statement

The 2021 season's largest margin: The Citadel 45, North Greenville 13. A 32-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: The Citadel 14, Coastal Carolina 52. A 38-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Bulldogs"
— The Citadel fanbase voice · 2021· synthesized
What it meant

2021 is a middle chapter for The Citadel — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.