1980 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

The 1980 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Art Baker served as head coach for the third season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.[2][3][4]

1980 The Citadel Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record7–4 (3–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumJohnson Hagood Stadium
(capacity: 22,500)[1]
1980 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Furman $ 7 0 09 1 1
Chattanooga 5 2 08 3 0
Appalachian State 4 2 16 4 1
The Citadel 3 2 07 4 0
Western Carolina 2 4 13 7 1
VMI 1 4 13 7 1
East Tennessee State 1 4 02 9 0
Marshall 0 5 12 8 1
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6Presbyterian*W 21–1420,240
September 13at Appalachian StateL 14–1715,250[5]
September 20at Wake Forest*L 7–2422,500
September 27Chattanooga
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 29–1318,345
October 4VMI
W 28–1317,450[6]
October 11at Western CarolinaW 28–2110,640[7]
October 18Newberry*
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 37–018,980
November 1Wofford*
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC (rivalry)
W 35–316,250
November 8at No. 15 South Carolina*L 24–4555,937
November 15Davidson*dagger
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 31–1314,150[8]
November 22at FurmanL 15–2817,665[9]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "How Johnson Hagood Stadium Came To Be". citadelsports.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  2. 2011 Citadel Football Media Guide. The Citadel. p. 152. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  3. "Milestones". The Citadel Football Association. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  4. "Citadel Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  5. "Appalachian tops Citadel". The Times and Democrat. September 14, 1980. Retrieved December 3, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Bulldogs trounce Keydets". The State. October 5, 1980. Retrieved February 3, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Citadel stings WCU". The News and Observer. October 12, 1980. Retrieved August 11, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "The Citadel trounces Davidson". The Times and Democrat. November 16, 1980. Retrieved September 6, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Furman overcomes The Citadel, 28–15". The Times and Democrat. November 23, 1980. Retrieved November 30, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
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