2013 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

The 2013 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by ninth year head coach Kevin Higgins and played their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. They played as members of the Southern Conference, as they have since 1936. They finished the season 5–7, 4–4 in SoCon play to finish in a four way tie for fourth place.

2013 The Citadel Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record5–7 (4–4 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBob Bodine (3rd season)
Offensive schemeTriple option
Defensive coordinatorDenny Doornbos (2nd season)
Home stadiumJohnson Hagood Stadium
Seasons
← 2012
2014 →
2013 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 22 Furman +^   6 2     8 6  
No. 19 Samford +^   6 2     8 5  
No. 23 Chattanooga +   6 2     8 4  
Georgia Southern *   4 4     7 4  
Wofford   4 4     5 6  
The Citadel   4 4     5 7  
Appalachian State *   4 4     4 8  
Elon   1 7     2 10  
Western Carolina   1 7     2 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • * – Appalachian State and Georgia Southern ineligible for conference championship and FCS playoffs as part of FBS transition
Rankings from The Sports Network Poll

At the end of the season, head coach Kevin Higgins resigned to become an assistant coach at Wake Forest.

Schedule

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For the third year in a row, home games in September were scheduled for a 6:00 p.m. kickoff rather than the traditional 2:00 p.m. kickoff. The Bulldogs faced in-state FBS rival Clemson and Old Dominion, in its first year of transitioning to FBS. FCS teams were permitted to play twelve games in 2013 due to an extra Saturday falling between Labor Day and Thanksgiving.[1]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:00 pmCharleston Southern*CSNL 29–3212,196
September 76:00 pmNo. 16 Wofford
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC (rivalry)
ESPN3L 10–2114,545
September 143:30 pmat Western CarolinaCSNW 28–219,345
September 216:00 pmat Old Dominion*COXL 58–5920,118
September 286:00 pmFurman
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC (rivalry)
CSNL 17–2412,693
October 52:00 pmAppalachian State
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
CSNW 31–28 OT13,601
October 121:00 pmat No. 22 Georgia SouthernCSNL 21–2816,128
October 262:00 pmat ChattanoogaL 24–288,106
November 22:00 pmNo. 15 Samford 
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
ESPN3W 28–2613,828
November 91:30 pmat ElonCSNW 35–109,256
November 161:00 pmVMI*
CSNW 31–1012,069
November 2312:00 pmat No. 7 (FBS) Clemson*ESPN3L 6–5281,554

Game summaries

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Charleston Southern

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1 234Total
Buccaneers 0 14153 32
Bulldogs 9 767 29

Wofford

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1 234Total
Terriers 0 1407 21
Bulldogs 0 0100 10
  • Date: September 6
  • Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
  • Game start: 6:00 PM EST
  • Elapsed time: 2:59
  • Game attendance: 14,545
  • Game weather: Partly Cloudy, 81
  • Referee: Thomas Graham

Western Carolina

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1 234Total
Bulldogs 14 770 28
Catamounts 0 0147 21

Old Dominion

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Bulldogs 7 24720 58
Monarchs 14 14238 59
  • Date: September 21
  • Location: Foreman Field, Norfolk, VA
  • Game start: 6:00 PM EST
  • Elapsed time: 3:18
  • Game attendance: 20,118
  • Game weather: Cloudy, 77
  • Referee: Ken Antee

Furman

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1 234Total
Paladins 3 1407 24
Bulldogs 0 737 17
  • Date: September 28
  • Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
  • Game start: 6:00 PM EST
  • Elapsed time: 2:44
  • Game attendance: 12,693
  • Game weather: Cloudy, 75
  • Referee: Rodney Burnette

Appalachian State

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1 234OTTotal
Mountaineers 7 70140 28
Bulldogs 0 14773 31
  • Date: October 5
  • Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
  • Game start: 2:00 PM EST
  • Elapsed time: 3:03
  • Game attendance: 13,601
  • Game weather: Partly Cloudy, 82
  • Referee: Lee Hendrick

Georgia Southern

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Chattanooga

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Samford

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Elon

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Clemson

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References

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  1. ^ "2013 Football Schedule – The Citadel". The Citadel Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on February 17, 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2013.