1990 The Citadel Bulldogs football team
The 1990 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth-year head coach Charlie Taaffe and played their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. They played as members of the Southern Conference, as they have since 1936. In 1990, The Citadel made their second appearance in the I-AA playoffs, and second in three years.
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NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 0–31 vs. Georgia Southern | |
| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Record | 7–5 (4–3 SoCon) |
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| Offensive scheme | Option |
| Defensive coordinator | Don Powers (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Johnson Hagood Stadium |
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| No. 12 Furman $^ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appalachian State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 The Citadel ^ | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Tennessee State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 8 | No. 10 William & Mary* | No. 20 | W 34–31 | 18,011 | ||
| September 15 | at Air Force* | No. 20 | L 7–10 | 37,412 | ||
| September 22 | Marshall | No. 11 |
| W 21–10 | 17,105 | |
| September 29 | at Appalachian State | No. 9 | L 9–27 | 18,281 | [1] | |
| October 6 | at Western Carolina | No. 18 | W 28–10 | 11,148 | ||
| October 13 | Chattanooga | No. 12 |
| L 6–7 | 15,522 | |
| October 20 | at South Carolina* | W 38–35 | 63,000 | |||
| October 27 | East Tennessee State | No. 16 |
| W 35–15 | 13,217 | |
| November 3 | VMI | No. 16 |
| W 23–3 | 19,754 | [2] |
| November 10 | Wofford | No. 12 |
| W 48–14 | 14,121 | |
| November 17 | at No. 13 Furman | No. 11 | L 17–30 | 18,190 | ||
| November 24 | at No. 3 Georgia Southern | No. 15 | L 0–31 | 11,881 | ||
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Game summaries
William & Mary
South Carolina
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VMI
Furman
Georgia Southern
Ranking movements
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| I-AA Committee | 20 | 20* | 20* | 11 | 9 | 18 | 12 | — | 16 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 15 |
| Sports Network | — | — | 15 | 13 | 10 | — | 16 | — | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 |
References
- "Citadel's errors aid Mountaineers". The State. September 30, 1990. Retrieved November 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Citadel rushes past Virginia Military Academy, 23–3". The Times and Democrat. November 4, 1990. Retrieved February 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- The Citadel Football - 2011 Media Guide. The Citadel. p. 154. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
- Jeff Hartsell (November 19, 2015). "25 years later, The Citadel's upset of South Carolina still resonates". Post and Courier. Charleston, SC. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
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