2013 The Citadel Bulldogs football team
American college football season
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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.
- Kevin Higgins (9th season)
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| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Record | 5–7 (4–4 SoCon) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Bob Bodine (3rd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Triple option |
| Defensive coordinator | Denny Doornbos (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Johnson Hagood Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At the end of the season, head coach Kevin Higgins resigned to become an assistant coach at Wake Forest.
Schedule
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]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| August 31 | 6:00 pm | Charleston Southern* | CSN | L 29–32 | 12,196 | |
| September 7 | 6:00 pm | No. 16 Wofford |
| ESPN3 | L 10–21 | 14,545 |
| September 14 | 3:30 pm | at Western Carolina | CSN | W 28–21 | 9,345 | |
| September 21 | 6:00 pm | at Old Dominion* | COX | L 58–59 | 20,118 | |
| September 28 | 6:00 pm | Furman |
| CSN | L 17–24 | 12,693 |
| October 5 | 2:00 pm | Appalachian State |
| CSN | W 31–28 OT | 13,601 |
| October 12 | 1:00 pm | at No. 22 Georgia Southern | CSN | L 21–28 | 16,128 | |
| October 26 | 2:00 pm | at Chattanooga | L 24–28 | 8,106 | ||
| November 2 | 2:00 pm | No. 15 Samford |
| ESPN3 | W 28–26 | 13,828 |
| November 9 | 1:30 pm | at Elon | CSN | W 35–10 | 9,256 | |
| November 16 | 1:00 pm | VMI* |
| CSN | W 31–10 | 12,069 |
| November 23 | 12:00 pm | at No. 7 (FBS) Clemson* | ESPN3 | L 6–52 | 81,554 | |
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Game summaries
Charleston Southern
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • Buccaneers | 0 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 32 |
| Bulldogs | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
- Date: August 31
- Location: Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
- Game start: 6:00 PM EST
- Game attendance: 12,196
- Game weather: Mostly Sunny, 85
- Referee: Ted Pitts
Wofford
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • Terriers | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 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
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • Bulldogs | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Catamounts | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
- Date: September 14
- Location: E. J. Whitmire Stadium, Cullowhee, NC
- Game start: 3:30 PM EST
- Elapsed time: 2:30
- Game attendance: 9,345
- Game weather: Mostly sunny, mid-70s
- Referee: Ted Pitts
Old Dominion
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Bulldogs | 7 | 24 | 7 | 20 | 58 |
| • Monarchs | 14 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 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
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • Paladins | 3 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 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
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
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| Mountaineers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| • Bulldogs | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 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