1985 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

The 1985 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Tom Moore 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]

1985 The Citadel Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record5–5–1 (3–4–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumJohnson Hagood Stadium
(capacity: 22,500)[1]
1985 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. T–2 Furman $^ 6 0 012 2 0
No. T–12 Appalachian State 6 1 08 3 0
Chattanooga 5 2 06 5 0
Marshall 3 3 17 3 1
The Citadel 2 4 15 5 1
Western Carolina 2 4 14 6 1
VMI 1 4 13 7 1
Davidson 0 6 01 10 0
East Tennessee State 0 7 00 10 1
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 31at No. 17 (I-A) South Carolina*L 17–5673,500
September 7Presbyterian*W 14–718,000
September 21Appalachian State
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
L 3–1416,246[5]
September 28at No. 3 MarshallL 14–1717,527
October 5at VMIT 14–145,500[6]
October 12Davidson
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 31–08,741[7]
October 19at ChattanoogaL 17–347,993
October 26at East Tennessee StateW 28–218,154
November 2Western Carolina
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 10–314,157
November 9Wofford*
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC (rivalry)
W 42–2810,867
November 16No. 2 Furmandagger
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC (rivalry)
L 0–4220,592

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 State downs The Citadel, 14–3". The Greenville News. September 22, 1985. Retrieved November 17, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "The Citadel rallies to salvage tie with winless VMI". The State. October 6, 1983. Retrieved February 4, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Allen's three TD passes help Citadel mug Davidson 31–0". The State. October 13, 1985. Retrieved September 8, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
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