2020 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

2020 The Citadel Bulldogs football
2020 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	2–10 (2–6 SoCon)
Head coach	Brent Thompson (5th season);
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium; (capacity: 11,332)

The 2020 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by fifth-year head coach Brent Thompson and played their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. They competed as members of the Southern Conference (SoCon).

2020 Southern Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
No. 11 VMI $^	6	–	1	6	–	2
No. 22 East Tennessee State	4	–	1	4	–	1
Chattanooga†	3	–	1	3	–	2
Mercer	5	–	3	5	–	6
Samford	4	–	3	4	–	3
Furman	3	–	4	3	–	4
Wofford†	1	–	4	1	–	4
The Citadel	2	–	6	2	–	10
Western Carolina	1	–	5	1	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant † – Chattanooga and Wofford opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 29 and April 5, 2021, respectively. Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

The Citadel had games scheduled against Elon and Charleston Southern, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	7:00 p.m.	at South Florida*	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	ESPNU	L 6–27	0
September 19	4:00 p.m.	at No. 1 (FBS) Clemson*	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ACCN	L 0–49	18,609
September 26	1:00 p.m.	Eastern Kentucky*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	ESPN+	L 14–37	3,081
October 10	1:30 p.m.	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	CBSSN	L 9–14	5,344
February 27	3:30 p.m.	at Mercer	Moye Complex Macon, GA	ESPN+	L 28–42	3372
March 6	1:00 p.m.	No. 18 Chattanooga	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	ESPN+	L 24–25	3108
March 13	1:00 p.m.	at Western Carolina	E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	ESPN+	L 14–21	980
March 20	1:00 p.m.	East Tennessee State	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	ESPN+	L 21–28	2642
March 27	1:00 p.m.	Samford	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	ESPN+	L 7–55	3081
April 3	1:00 p.m.	at Wofford	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 28–24	1109
April 10	1:00 p.m.	Furman	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 26–7	3081
April 17	1:30 p.m.	at No. 15 VMI	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA (Military Classic of the South)	ESPN+	L 17–31	3000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	3	3	0	0	6
Bulls	7	13	0	7	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0
No. 1 (FBS) Tigers	28	21	0	0	49

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonels	13	10	7	7	37
Bulldogs	7	7	0	0	14

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	3	0	0	6	9
Black Knights	0	7	7	0	14

"2020 The Citadel Football Schedule". The Citadel Athletic Department. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

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The Citadel Bulldogs football
Venues	College Park Stadium (c. 1905–1926) Johnson Hagood Stadium (original) (1927–1947) Johnson Hagood Stadium (1948–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1960 Tangerine Bowl Furman VMI: Military Classic of the South Wofford
Culture & lore	The Regimental Band and Pipes
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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