1938 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

The 1938 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1938 college football season. Tatum Gressette served as head coach for the seventh season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.[1][2][3]

1938 The Citadel Bulldogs football
State champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–5 (2–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumJohnson Hagood Stadium
1938 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Duke $ 5 0 09 1 0
Clemson 3 0 17 1 1
VMI 4 0 36 1 4
North Carolina 4 1 06 2 1
Richmond 3 2 16 3 1
Washington and Lee 2 2 04 4 1
NC State 3 3 13 7 1
South Carolina 2 2 06 4 1
Wake Forest 3 4 14 5 1
VPI 2 3 23 5 2
The Citadel 2 3 06 5 0
Maryland 1 2 02 7 0
Davidson 2 6 04 6 0
Furman 0 4 12 7 1
William & Mary 0 4 03 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17DavidsonL 6–12[4]
September 24at Georgia*L 12–20
September 30vs. Wake ForestCharlotte, NCL 0–315,000
October 8at Presbyterian*W 12–0
October 15at FurmanW 9–610,000[5]
October 22at No. 8 Tennessee*L 0–448,000[6]
October 29Wofford*
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC (rivalry)
W 27–0
November 5Richmond
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 6–05,000[7]
November 11Oglethorpe*
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 26–84,000[8]
November 19Erskine*
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 33–13
December 3vs. NC StateWilmington, NCL 6–14
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. 2011 Citadel Football Media Guide. The Citadel. p. 143. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  2. "Milestones". The Citadel Football Association. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  3. "Citadel Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  4. "Davidson wins over Citadel". The Index-Journal. September 18, 1938. Retrieved September 5, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Citadel capitalizes on breaks to trip Furman, 9–6". The Charlotte Observer. October 16, 1938. Retrieved September 11, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Cadets can take it and do, it's Vols 44, The Citadel 0 in easy game". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 23, 1938. Retrieved August 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Citadel's brigade shells Spiders 6–0". The Charlotte Observer. November 6, 1938. Retrieved November 8, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Citadel's light brigade swamps Oglethorpe 26–8". The Times and Democrat. November 12, 1938. Retrieved February 19, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
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