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American college football season
The 2018 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The Bulldogs were led by third-year head coach Brent Thompson and played their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium . They were members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in SoCon play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.
The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Bulldogs predicted to finish in seventh place.[ 1] [ 2]
Media poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Samford
204 (20)
2
Furman
174 (2)
3
Wofford
163 (1)
4
Mercer
133
5
Western Carolina
114
6
Chattanooga
88
7
The Citadel 83
8
East Tennessee State
53
9
VMI
23
Coaches poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Samford
63 (7)
2
Wofford
53 (1)
3
Furman
52 (1)
4
Western Carolina
39
5
Chattanooga
34
6
Mercer
32
7
The Citadel 28
8
East Tennessee State
15
9
VMI
8
Preseason All-SoCon Teams [ edit ] The Bulldogs placed five players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.
Offense
1st team
Tyler Davis – OL
2nd team
Drew McEntyre – OL
Defense
1st team
Aron Spann III – RB
2nd team
Ja'Lon Williams – DL
Noah Dawkins – LB
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 6:00 p.m. at No. 10 Wofford ESPN+ L 21–28 8,930
September 8 6:00 p.m. Chattanooga ESPN+ L 28–29 OT 8,076
September 22 4:00 p.m. at Mercer ESPN+ W 38–31 11,772
September 29 4:00 p.m. at No. 25 Towson * CAA.tv L 27–44 7,323
October 13 2:00 p.m. No. 23 East Tennessee State Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC ESPN3 L 23–26 11,043
October 20 1:30 p.m. at VMI ESPN3 W 34–32 7,002
October 27 2:00 p.m. Furman Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry ) ESPN+ L 17–28 8,574
November 3 3:30 p.m. at Western Carolina ESPN+ W 38–24 10,499
November 10 2:00 p.m. Samford Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC ESPN+ W 42–27 11,145
November 17 12:00 p.m. at No. 1 Alabama * SECN L 17–50 101,681
[ a] 7:00 p.m. Charleston Southern * Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC ESPN+ W 43–14 7,877
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
^ This game was originally scheduled for September 15, but it was rescheduled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence .
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
7
14
0
21
No. 10 Terriers
14
7
0
7
28
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Mocs
14
7
0
0 8
29
Bulldogs
0
14
7
0 7
28
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
7
7
3
21
38
Bears
7
10
7
7
31
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
3
7
14
3
27
No. 25 Tigers
7
17
17
3
44
East Tennessee State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 23 Buccaneers
3
6
7
10
26
Bulldogs
6
3
0
14
23
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
7
7
14
6
34
Keydets
7
7
6
12
32
1
2
3
4
Total
Paladins
7
7
0
14
28
Bulldogs
3
7
7
0
17
At Western Carolina [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
7
3
14
14
38
Catamounts
10
14
0
0
24
1
2
3
4
Total
SAM Bulldogs
14
10
3
0
27
CIT Bulldogs
0
7
14
21
42
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
10
0
0
10
Crimson Tide
7
3
27
13
50
Charleston Southern [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Buccaneers
0
14
0
0
14
Bulldogs
14
23
3
3
43
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