1989 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

The 1989 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Charlie Taaffe 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] The 1989 season was affected by Hurricane Hugo, which damaged Johnson Hagood Stadium as the eye of the storm passed over Charleston harbor before making its way inland. As a result, The Citadel played two "home" games at Williams-Brice Stadium, on the campus of the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina. The hurricane struck on September 22, 1989, and the Bulldogs did not play a game again in their home stadium until November 4, 1989.

1989 The Citadel Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record5–5–1 (1–5–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorDon Powers (1st season)
Home stadiumJohnson Hagood Stadium
(capacity: 22,500)[1]
1989 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Furman $^ 7 –0 –012 –2 –0
No. 7 Appalachian State ^ 5 –2 –09 –3 –0
Marshall 4 –3 –06 –5 –0
East Tennessee State 4 –3 –04 –7 –0
Chattanooga 2 –4 –13 –7 –1
Western Carolina 1 –4 –13 –7 –1
VMI 1 –4 –12 –8 –1
The Citadel 1 –5 –15 –5 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9Wofford*
W 42–2117,768
September 16Appalachian State
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 23–1317,118[5]
September 23at Navy*No. T–11
W 14–1020,057
September 30vs. South Carolina State*No. 7
W 31–2021,853
October 7vs. Western CarolinaNo. 7
  • Williams–Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
T 22–2214,777
October 14at No. T–20 MarshallNo. 7
L 17–4013,927
October 21at ChattanoogaNo. T–15
L 9–177,921
October 28at East Tennessee State
L 33–356,784
November 4Samford*
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 35–1615,214
November 11at VMI
L 10–208,125[6]
November 18No. 2 Furmandagger
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC (rivalry)
L 9–4420,357[7]

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. "The Citadel withstands Appalachian St. rally". The Index-Journal. September 17, 1989. Retrieved November 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Citadel stumbles at VMI". The Index-Journal. November 12, 1989. Retrieved February 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Furman romps past The Citadel". The State. November 19, 1989. Retrieved September 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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