The Citadel Bulldogs
SouthernCharleston, SCJohnson Hagood Stadium
2026: 2–5 (0–3 Southern). Last: lost at Texas A&M 41–0. Next: Tennessee Tech, Saturday, Oct 24, 2 p.m. ET.
- L 14–42at Wofford
- W 43–41at Charlotte
- L 20–26Charleston Southern
- L 8–27Chattanooga
- W 34–31at South Carolina State
- L 16–34East Tennessee State
- L 0–41at Texas A&M
- Oct 24Tennessee Tech
- Oct 31at Mercer
- Nov 7Furman
- Nov 14at VMI
- Nov 21at Western Carolina
The Citadel has played football since 1905 and is officially 532–617–32; 927 of its 1,181 games are in our file. They have won four Southern Conference titles (the last in 2016), counting shared titles. Eddie Teague (1957–1965) won more games here than any other coach: 45. The most-played rival is Furman: 81 meetings, Furman leads 47–32–2. This season, they’re 2–5.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 532–617–32 official; 406–498–23 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 1–0 matches the official bowl record
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1205
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 67 · Composite No. 83 in FCS, Oct 17; up 2 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 4 last in 2016
- Seasons
- 114 since 1909, 927 games
Identity
- Fight song
- The Fighting Light Brigade
- Band
- The Regimental Band and Pipes since 1909, 111 members
2026 season 2–5
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | at Wofford | L 14–42 | 35% |
| Sep 5 | at Charlotte | W 43–41 | 30% |
| Sep 12 | vs Charleston Southern | L 20–26 | 63% |
| Sep 26 | vs Chattanooga | L 8–27 | 45% |
| Oct 3 | at South Carolina State | W 34–31 | 14% |
| Oct 10 | vs East Tennessee State | L 16–34 | 38% |
| Oct 17 | at Texas A&M | L 0–41 | 8% |
| Oct 24 | vs Tennessee Tech | Preview | 27% |
| Oct 31 | at Mercer | Preview | 16% |
| Nov 7 | vs Furman | Preview | 51% |
| Nov 14 | at VMI | Preview | 66% |
| Nov 21 | at Western Carolina | Preview | 23% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Gavin Garcia632 rushing yards, 6 TD (leads The Citadel in rushing yards)
- Zyion Freer-Brown62 tackles, 4 sacks, 1 INT (leads The Citadel in tackles)
- Quentin Hayes381 passing yards, 4 TD (leads The Citadel in passing yards)
- Jalen Wright39 tackles, 1.5 sacks
- J’hari Mosley36 tackles, 1 INT (leads The Citadel in interceptions)
- Nick Billoups282 passing yards
Program strength since 1909
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Art Baker | 1978–1981 | 25–18–1 |
 Bobby Ross | 1973–1977 | 24–31 |
 Red Parker | 1966–1972 | 39–34 |
| Eddie Teague | 1957–1965 | 45–44–2 |
| John Sauer | 1955–1956 | 8–9–1 |
| Johnnie McMillan | 1953–1954 | 4–15 |
| J. Quinn Decker | 1946–1952 | 23–39–1 |
| Bo Rowland | 1940–1942 | 13–10–1 |
| Tatum Gressette | 1932–1939 | 34–41–3 |
| Johnny Floyd | 1930–1931 | 2–5–1 |
| Carl Prause | 1922–1929 | 29–28–2 |
| Harry J. O’Brien | 1916–1921 | 14–15–4 |
| George C. Rogers | 1913–1919 | 14–16–3 |
| Louis LeTellier | 1911–1912 | 7–6–2 |
| Sam Costen | 1909–1910 | 7–7–2 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Furman
32–47–2 in 81
- 2016 W 19–14
- 2017 L 20–56
- 2018 L 17–28
- 2019 W 27–10
- 2020 W 26–7
- 2021 L 14–24
- 2022 L 10–21
- 2023 L 14–28
- 2024 L 16–17
- 2025 L 14–24
Lost the last five.
Next: Nov 7
- VMI
33–26–1 in 60
- 2016 W 30–20
- 2017 W 21–3
- 2018 W 34–32
- 2019 L 21–34
- 2020 L 17–31
- 2021 W 35–24
- 2022 W 26–22
- 2023 L 13–17
- 2024 W 13–10
- 2025 W 35–24
Won the last two; holds the Silver Shako.
Next: Nov 14
- Wofford
30–26 in 56
- 2017 L 16–20
- 2018 L 21–28
- 2019 L 11–31
- 2020 W 28–24
- 2021 W 45–44
- 2022 L 16–31
- 2023 L 3–11
- 2024 W 30–17
- 2025 L 14–16
- 2026 L 14–42
Lost the last two.
| Opponent | Games | CIT record |
|---|---|---|
| Furman | 81 | 32–47–2 |
| VMI | 60 | 33–26–1 |
| Wofford | 56 | 30–26 |
| Davidson | 54 | 29–21–4 |
| Presbyterian | 50 | 39–10–1 |
| South Carolina | 48 | 8–37–3 |
| Clemson | 40 | 5–34–1 |
| Chattanooga | 38 | 14–23–1 |
Rivals the program names: Furman, VMI, Wofford.
The trophy it holds: Silver Shako (VMI, since 2024). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.
Every opponent (99)
Every program The Citadel has played, A to Z, with The Citadel’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Air Force 1–3
- Alabama 0–1
- App State 8–14
- Arizona 0–1
- Arkansas 1–0
- Arkansas State 5–3
- Army 2–8
- Auburn 0–1
- Benedict 1–0
- Boston University 1–0
- Bucknell 2–0
- Camp Davis 1–0
- Campbell 0–2
- Charleston 6–1
- Charleston Navy 5–1–1
- Charleston Southern 7–7
- Charlotte 2–0
- Chattanooga 14–23–1
- Chowan 1–0
- Clemson 5–34–1
- Coastal Carolina 1–2
- Colgate 0–2
- Davidson 29–21–4
- Delaware 2–3
- Duke 0–2
- East Carolina 4–13
- East Tennessee State 5–9
- Eastern Kentucky 0–1
- Elon 8–6
- Erskine 14–1
- Florida 0–14
- Florida State 0–6–1
- Fort Bragg 1–0
- Furman 32–47–2
- Gardner-Webb 2–1
- George Washington 3–11
- Georgia 0–9–1
- Georgia Southern 3–10
- Georgia Tech 1–10
- High Point 1–0
- Illinois State 1–1
- Jacksonville 1–0
- Kentucky 0–1
- Lehigh 2–0
- LSU 0–1
- Maine 2–0
- Marshall 2–0
- Maryland 0–1
- Memphis 1–2
- Mercer 7–8–1
- Miami 0–2
- Navy 2–6
- NC State 0–5
- Newberry 26–4–4
- North Carolina 0–4 †
- North Dakota State 0–1
- North Greenville 3–0
- Oglethorpe 5–3–1
- Old Dominion 0–1
- Ole Miss 0–2
- Parris Island Marines 5–1
- Pittsburgh 0–1
- Porter Military 5–0–1
- Presbyterian 39–10–1
- Princeton 2–0
- Richmond 12–13
- Rollins 1–0
- Samford 8–10
- Sewanee 2–1
- South Carolina 8–37–3
- South Carolina State 1–2
- South Florida 0–1
- Southern College 3–0
- Southern Miss 0–2
- Stetson 2–0
- Tennessee 0–3
- Tennessee Tech 1–0
- Texas A&M 0–2
- Towson 0–2
- Tulane 0–2
- USS Mercy 1–0
- Valdosta State 1–0
- Vanderbilt 2–4
- Villanova 0–1
- Virginia 0–2
- Virginia Lynchburg 1–0
- Virginia Tech 0–2
- VMI 33–26–1
- Wake Forest 1–2
- Washington and Lee 0–2
- Webber International 2–0
- West End Amateurs 1–0
- West Virginia 1–5
- Western Carolina 17–12
- William & Mary 6–17
- Wisconsin 0–1
- Wofford 30–26
- Wyoming 0–1
- Xavier 1–0
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.
Conference titles
4, counting shared titlesAs the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 1905–1907
- SIAA 1908–1935
- Southern Conference since 1982
The Citadel’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).
Led the nation 2
| 1971 | Brian Baima receiving yards (1,230 yds) |
| 1959 | Paul Maguire receiving touchdowns (10 TD) |
The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 5 since 1970
- First-round picks
- 1
| 1970 | John Small DT | No. 12, Atlanta Falcons |
The school
Citadel Military College of South Carolina- Enrollment
- 3,793 2,737 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Public or private
- Public
- Founded
- 1842
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $72,085 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2–5 | 0–3 | 1205 | ||||
| 2025 | 4–8 | 3–5 | 1244 | ||||
| 2024 | 5–7 | 3–5 | 1206 | ||||
| 2023 | 0–11 | 0–8 | 1047 | ||||
| 2022 | 4–7 | 3–5 | 1198 | ||||
| 2021 | 4–7 | 3–5 | 1184 | ||||
| 2020 | 2–10 | 1207 | |||||
| 2019 | 6–6 | 4–4 | 1338 | ||||
| 2018 | 5–6 | 4–4 | 1357 | ||||
| 2017 | 5–6 | 3–5 | 1317 | ||||
| 2016 | 10–2 | 8–1 | 1447 | ||||
| 2015 | 9–4 | 6–1 | 1411 | ||||
| 2014 | 4–7 | 2–4 | 1290 | ||||
| 2013 | 5–7 | 4–4 | 1320 | ||||
| 2012 | 7–4 | 5–3 | 1349 | ||||
| 2011 | 4–7 | 2–6 | 1238 | ||||
| 2010 | 3–8 | 1–7 | 1170 | ||||
| 2009 | 4–7 | 2–6 | 1255 | ||||
| 2008 | 4–8 | 2–6 | 1278 | ||||
| 2007 | 7–4 | 4–3 | 1366 | ||||
| 2006 | 5–6 | 4–3 | 1300 | ||||
| 2005 | 4–7 | 2–5 | 1234 | ||||
| 2004 | 3–7 | 2–5 | 1227 | ||||
| 2003 | 6–6 | 4–4 | 1272 | ||||
| 2002 | 0–2 | 1267 |
Every season back to 1909 (89 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0–1 | 1278 | |||||
| 2000 | 0–1 | 1274 | |||||
| 1999 | 0–1 | 1276 | |||||
| 1998 | 0–1 | 1295 | |||||
| 1997 | 0–1 | 1298 | |||||
| 1996 | 0–1 | 1304 | |||||
| 1994 | 0–1 | 1316 | |||||
| 1993 | 0–1 | 1331 | |||||
| 1992 | 2–0 | 1381 | |||||
| 1991 | 1–0 | 1356 | |||||
| 1990 | 1–1 | 1337 | |||||
| 1989 | 1–0 | 1319 | |||||
| 1988 | 1–1 | 1294 | |||||
| 1987 | 0–2 | 1266 | |||||
| 1986 | 0–2 | 1281 | |||||
| 1985 | 0–1 | 1299 | |||||
| 1984 | 0–2 | 1312 | |||||
| 1983 | 0–2 | 1353 | |||||
| 1982 | 0–2 | 1445 | |||||
| 1981 | 7–3–1 | 4–2–1 | Art Baker | 1518 | -2.0 | ||
| 1980 | 7–4 | 4–2 | Art Baker | 1484 | 7.4 | ||
| 1979 | 6–5 | 4–2 | Art Baker | 1418 | -11.7 | ||
| 1978 | 5–6 | 2–3 | Art Baker | 1367 | -11.1 | ||
| 1977 | 5–6 | 3–2 | Bobby Ross | 1375 | -5.7 | ||
| 1976 | 6–5 | 2–4 | Bobby Ross | 1402 | 2.1 | ||
| 1975 | 6–5 | 4–3 | Bobby Ross | 1366 | -14.8 | ||
| 1974 | 4–7 | 3–4 | Bobby Ross | 1321 | -13.3 | ||
| 1973 | 3–8 | 1–6 | Bobby Ross | 1242 | -19.3 | ||
| 1972 | 5–6 | 4–3 | Red Parker | 1363 | -12.5 | ||
| 1971 | 8–3 | 4–2 | Red Parker | 1438 | -8.7 | ||
| 1970 | 5–6 | 4–2 | Red Parker | 1370 | -15.3 | ||
| 1969 | 7–3 | 4–2 | Red Parker | 1388 | |||
| 1968 | 5–5 | 4–2 | Red Parker | 1309 | |||
| 1967 | 5–5 | 2–4 | Red Parker | 1307 | |||
| 1966 | 4–6 | 3–5 | Red Parker | 1299 | |||
| 1965 | 2–8 | 2–6 | Eddie Teague | 1268 | |||
| 1964 | 4–6 | 4–3 | Eddie Teague | 1333 | |||
| 1963 | 4–6 | 2–4 | Eddie Teague | 1280 | |||
| 1962 | 3–7 | 1–4 | Eddie Teague | 1332 | |||
| 1961 | 7–3 | 5–1 | Eddie Teague | 1481 | |||
| 1960 | 8–2–1 | 4–2 | Eddie Teague | 1493 | |||
| 1959 | 8–2 | 5–1 | Eddie Teague | 1463 | |||
| 1958 | 4–6 | 2–3 | Eddie Teague | 1331 | |||
| 1957 | 5–4–1 | 4–2 | Eddie Teague | 1361 | |||
| 1956 | 3–5–1 | 1–3 | John Sauer | 1282 | |||
| 1955 | 5–4 | 2–2 | John Sauer | 1266 | |||
| 1954 | 2–8 | 0–4 | Johnnie McMillan | 1219 | |||
| 1953 | 2–7 | 1–3 | Johnnie McMillan | 1301 | |||
| 1952 | 3–5–1 | 1–3–1 | J. Quinn Decker | 1361 | |||
| 1951 | 4–6 | 1–3 | J. Quinn Decker | 1355 | |||
| 1950 | 4–6 | 2–3 | J. Quinn Decker | 1350 | |||
| 1949 | 4–5 | 2–2 | J. Quinn Decker | 1298 | |||
| 1948 | 2–7 | 0–5 | J. Quinn Decker | 1270 | |||
| 1947 | 3–5 | 1–4 | J. Quinn Decker | 1308 | |||
| 1946 | 3–5 | 1–5 | J. Quinn Decker | 1311 | |||
| 1942 | 5–2 | 2–2 | Bo Rowland | 1394 | |||
| 1941 | 4–3–1 | 0–2–1 | Bo Rowland | 1335 | |||
| 1940 | 4–5 | 0–4 | Bo Rowland | 1258 | |||
| 1939 | 3–8 | 0–4 | Tatum Gressette | 1315 | |||
| 1938 | 6–5 | 2–3 | Tatum Gressette | 1396 | |||
| 1937 | 7–4 | 2–3 | Tatum Gressette | 1401 | |||
| 1936 | 4–6 | 0–4 | Tatum Gressette | 1318 | |||
| 1935 | 4–3–1 | 2–1 | Tatum Gressette | 1366 | |||
| 1934 | 3–5–1 | 2–1 | Tatum Gressette | 1334 | |||
| 1933 | 3–5–1 | 1–2 | Tatum Gressette | 1352 | |||
| 1932 | 4–5 | 1–2 | Tatum Gressette | 1343 | |||
| 1931 | 1–2–1 | Johnny Floyd | 1425 | ||||
| 1930 | 1–3 | Johnny Floyd | 1413 | ||||
| 1929 | 0–4 | Carl Prause | 1426 | ||||
| 1928 | 2–1–1 | 0–1 | Carl Prause | 1475 | |||
| 1927 | 0–4 | 0–1 | Carl Prause | 1415 | |||
| 1926 | 7–3 | 3–3 | Carl Prause | 1487 | |||
| 1925 | 6–4 | 2–1 | Carl Prause | 1454 | |||
| 1924 | 6–4 | 3–0 | Carl Prause | 1447 | |||
| 1923 | 5–3–1 | 1–1–1 | Carl Prause | 1425 | |||
| 1922 | 3–5 | 0–2 | Carl Prause | 1364 | |||
| 1921 | 3–3–2 | 2–1–1 | Harry J. O’Brien | 1376 | |||
| 1920 | 2–6 | 1–3 | Harry J. O’Brien | 1349 | |||
| 1919 | 4–4–1 | 0–4 | George C. Rogers | 1390 | |||
| 1918few games on file | 0–2–1 | 0–1 | Harry J. O’Brien | 1404 | |||
| 1917 | 3–3 | 0–1 | Harry J. O’Brien | 1436 | |||
| 1916 | 6–1–1 | 2–1 | Harry J. O’Brien | 1518 | |||
| 1915 | 5–3 | 0–2 | George C. Rogers | 1431 | |||
| 1914 | 2–5 | 0–3 | George C. Rogers | 1367 | |||
| 1913 | 3–4–2 | 0–2–1 | George C. Rogers | 1401 | |||
| 1912 | 2–4 | 0–2 | Louis LeTellier | 1383 | |||
| 1911 | 5–2–2 | 1–1 | Louis LeTellier | 1400 | |||
| 1910 | 3–4 | 0–2 | Sam Costen | 1353 | |||
| 1909 | 4–3–2 | 0–1–1 | Sam Costen | 1413 |
Officially 532–617–32 since 1905 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 406–498–23 (927 of its 1,181 games are on file). Our file starts in 1909; the program began in 1905. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1943–45, 1995: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.