2001 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

The 2001 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Ellis Johnson served as head coach for the first season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.[2][3][4]

2001 The Citadel Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record3–7 (2–6 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Fela (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorLes Herrin (1st season)
Home stadiumJohnson Hagood Stadium[1]
Seasons
← 2000
2002 →
2001 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Furman $^   7 1     12 3  
No. 3 Georgia Southern $^   7 1     12 2  
No. 6 Appalachian State ^   6 2     9 4  
Western Carolina   5 3     7 4  
East Tennessee State   4 4     6 5  
Wofford   3 5     4 7  
The Citadel   2 6     3 7  
Chattanooga   1 7     3 8  
VMI   1 7     1 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

Schedule edit

The Bulldogs game against Western Carolina was rescheduled from September 15 to November 17 due to the September 11, 2001 attacks.

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16:00 pmat No. 11 (I-A) Georgia Tech*L 7–3541,804
September 224:00 pmNo. 5 Appalachian StateL 6–815,107
September 294:00 pmSouth Carolina State*
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 31–815,180
October 47:00 pmat East Tennessee StateL 21–234,769
October 132:00 pmNo. 3 Furman
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC (rivalry)
L 7–3116,982[5]
October 201:00 pmat No. 1 Georgia SouthernL 6–1418,637
October 272:00 pmWofford
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC (rivalry)
L 0–1312,127
November 37:00 pmat ChattanoogaW 20–17 2OT8,945
November 102:00 pmVMI 
W 49–718,937
November 172:00 pmat Western CarolinaL 25–287,496

References edit

  1. ^ "How Johnson Hagood Stadium Came To Be". The Citadel Department of Athletics. 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. ^ "Ivory leads Furman over The Citadel, 31–7". The Times and Democrat. October 14, 2001. Retrieved September 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.