The 2015 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The Bulldogs were led by second-year head coach Mike Houston 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 9–4, 6–1 in SoCon play to finish in a share for the SoCon title with Chattanooga. Due to their head-to-head loss to Chattanooga, they did not receive the SoCon's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs. However, they received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Coastal Carolina in the first round before losing in the second round to Charleston Southern.
On January 18, head coach Mike Houston resigned to become the head coach at James Madison .[1]
Before the season
Returning starters Ten starters returned on offense, with only QB Aaron Miller lost to graduation.
Outlook The Bulldogs were picked to finish 7th in the 8 team Southern Conference. No players were named to national award watch lists or the preseason All-America teams, but OL Sam Frye and DL Mitchell Jeter were named to the preseason All-Conference first team.[2]
Schedule Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 5 6:00 p.m. Davidson * ESPN3 W 69–08,665 September 12 6:00 p.m. Western Carolina Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC ESPN3 W 28–108,048 September 19 6:00 p.m. at Georgia Southern * ESPN3 L 13–4824,872 September 26 6:00 p.m. Charleston Southern * Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC ESPN3 L 20–3311,918 October 10 2:00 p.m. Wofford Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry ) ESPN3 W 39–1210,428 October 17 3:00 p.m. at Samford ESPN3 W 44–254,927 October 24 1:30 p.m. at Furman ESPN3 W 38–1712,124 October 31 2:00 p.m. Mercer Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC ESPN3 W 21–1910,006 November 7 2:00 p.m. VMI No. 25 ESPN3 W 35–1414,925 November 14 2:00 p.m. at No. 8 Chattanooga No. 21 SDN L 23–3111,594 November 21 12:00 p.m. at South Carolina * No. 25 SECN Alt.W 23–2277,241 November 28 2:00 p.m. at No. 10 Coastal Carolina * No. 18 ESPN3 W 41–386,751 December 5 1:00 p.m. at No. 9 Charleston Southern* No. 18 ESPN3 L 6–148,451 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Personnel
Roster
Depth chart FS Malik Diggs Kailik Williams ⋅
DE DT DT DE Mark Thomas Jonathan King Mitchell Jeter Joe Crochet Kevin Graham Ken Allen Austin Harrell Noah Dawkins Travis Johnson ⋅ ⋅ Russell Hubbs
CB Shy Phillips Mariel Cooper ⋅
Offense
WR Alex Glover Rudder Brown ⋅
SB Cam Jackson Grant Drakeford ⋅
LT LG C RG RT Isaiah Pinson Kyle Weaver Ryan Bednar Sam Frye Michael Mabry Sydney Martin Lovequan Scott Tyler Davis Tristan Harkleroad Nick Jeffreys ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
SB Vinny Miller Reggie Williams ⋅
WR Joriah Jordan Brandon Eakins ⋅
QB Dominique Allen Shon Belton Cam Jackson
FB Tyler Renew Isiaha Smith Evan McField
Game summaries
Davidson 1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0 • Bulldogs 21 14 20 14 69
Scoring summary 1 6:08 CIT Dominique Allen 4-yard run (Eric Goins kick) CIT 7–0 1 0:10 CIT Isiaha Smith 2-yard run (Goins kick) CIT 14–0 1 0:00 CIT Tevin Floyd 28-yard interception return (Goins kick) CIT 21–0 2 4:11 CIT Jorian Jordan 17-yard pass from Allen (Goins kick) CIT 28–0 2 0:31 CIT Smith 8-yard run (Goins kick) CIT 35–0 3 11:26 CIT Rod Johnson 1-yard run (Goins kick) CIT 42–0 3 6:46 CIT Allen 2-yard run (Goins kick) CIT 48–0 3 1:33 CIT Smith 1-yard run (Pass conversion failed) CIT 55–0 4 12:27 CIT Evan McField 15-yard run (Austin Jordan kick) CIT 62–0 4 8:16 CIT Shon Belton 48-yard run (Jordan kick) CIT 69–0
Western Carolina 1 2 3 4 Total Catamounts 0 3 7 0 10 • Bulldogs 0 7 7 14 28
Scoring summary 2 14:42 CIT Dominique Allen 1-yard run (Eric Goins kick) CIT 7–0 2 5:26 WCU Logan Howard 20-yard field goal CIT 7–3 3 6:48 WCU Detrez Newsome 4-yard run (Howard kick) WCU 10–7 3 0:45 CIT Jorian Jordan fumble recovery in end zone (Goins kick) CIT 14–10 4 12:04 CIT Evan McField 3-yard run (Goins kick) CIT 21–10 4 9:15 CIT Allen 5-yard run (Goins kick) CIT 28–10
Georgia Southern 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 0 7 6 13 • Eagles 10 21 10 7 48
Scoring summary 1 11:46 GSU Allex Hanks 22-yard field goal GSU 3–0 1 1:25 GSU Kevin Ellison 1-yard run (Hanks kick) GSU 10–0 2 12:35 GSU Matt Breida 25-yard run (Hanks kick) GSU 17–0 2 8:43 GSU Breida 87-yard run (Hanks kick) GSU 24–0 2 3:50 GSU Ellison 9-yard run (Hanks kick) GSU 31–0 3 11:47 CIT Evan McField 60-yard run (Eric Goins kick) GSU 31–7 3 6:17 GSU LA Ramsby 7-yard run (Hanks kick) GSU 38–7 3 4:54 GSU Hanks 40-yard field goal GSU 41–7 4 12:50 GSU Wesley Fields 2-yard run (Hanks kick) GSU 48–7 4 4:11 CIT Cam Jackson 6-yard run (Pass conversion failed) GSU 48–13
Charleston Southern 1 2 3 4 Total • Buccaneers 0 6 10 17 33 Bulldogs 7 10 3 0 20
Scoring summary 1 6:48 CIT Dominique Allen 7-yard run (Eric Goins kick) CIT 7–0 2 10:13 CIT Goins 27-yard field goal CIT 10–0 2 2:15 CSU Mike Holloway 31-yard run (Tyler Tekac kick blocked) CIT 10–6 2 0:04 CIT Devonta Delaney 44-yard interception return (Goins kick) CIT 17–6 3 14:01 CSU Holloway 8-yard run (Tekac kick) CIT 17–13 3 7:08 CSU Tekac 37-yard field goal CIT 17–16 3 1:30 CIT Goins 45-yard field goal CIT 20–16 4 11:48 CSU Tekac 32-yard field goal CIT 20–19 4 7:33 CSU Darius Hammond 21-yard run (Pass conversion failed) CSU 25–20 4 3:54 CSU Holloway 73-yard run (Austin Brown pass to Colton Corn) CSU 33–20
Wofford 1 2 3 4 Total Terriers 0 6 6 0 12 • Bulldogs 14 7 15 3 39
Scoring summary 1 6:21 CIT Dominique Allen 1-yard run (Eric Goins kick) CIT 7–0 1 0:07 CIT Allen 24-yard run (Goins kick) CIT 14–0 2 4:28 WOF Lorenzo Long 3-yard run (kick failed) CIT 14–6 2 0:56 CIT Reggie Williams 17-yard run (Goins kick) CIT 21–6 3 8:17 CIT Tyler Renew 3-yard run (Goins kick) CIT 28–6 3 4:34 WOF Ray Smith 8-yard run (Run conversion failed) CIT 28–12 3 2:30 CIT Brandon Eakins 24-yard pass from Allen (Smith pass from Allen conversion) CIT 36–12 4 5:56 CIT Goins 24-yard field goal CIT 39–12
Samford 1 2 3 4 Total • Bulldogs (CIT) 7 28 6 3 44 Bulldogs (SAM) 7 7 3 8 25
Scoring summary 1 9:36 CIT Dominique Allen 1-yard run (Eric Goins kick) CIT 7–0 1 1:04 SAM Michael Eubank 32-yard run (Anthony Pistelli kick) TIE 7–7 2 12:14 CIT Vinny Miller 8-yard run (Goins kick) CIT 14–7 2 7:19 CIT Isiaha Smith 31-yard run (Goins kick) CIT 21–7 2 3:39 SAM Michael Pierce 1-yard run (Pistelli kick) CIT 21–14 2 0:56 CIT Smith 1-yard run (Goins kick) CIT 28–14 2 0:37 CIT DeVonta Delaney 25-yard fumble return (Goins kick) CIT 35–14 3 9:30 CIT Smith 9-yard run (run conversion failed) CIT 41–14 3 7:15 SAM Pistelli 25-yard field goal CIT 41–17 4 12:21 SAM Karel Hamilton 83-yard pass from Devlin Hodges (Darius Harvey pass conversion to Devlin Hodges) CIT 41–25 4 9:17 CIT Goins 41-yard field goal CIT 44–25
Furman 1 2 3 4 Total • Bulldogs 7 17 7 7 38 Paladins 7 0 10 0 17
Scoring summary 1 10:27 FUR Chad Scott 20-yard pass from Reese Hannon (Jon Croft Hollingsworth kick) FUR 7–0 1 7:31 CIT Cam Jackson 34-yard run (Eric Goins kick) 7–7 2 11:53 CIT Dominque Allen 1-yard run (Goins kick) CIT 14–7 2 6:10 CIT Brandon Eakins 35-yard run (Goins kick) CIT 21–7 2 0:02 CIT Goins 22-yard field goal CIT 24–7 3 12:32 FUR Duncan Fletcher 19-yard pass from Logan McCarter (Hollingsworth kick) CIT 24–14 3 4:03 FUR Hollingsworth 20-yard field goal CIT 24–17 3 1:39 CIT Allen 1-yard run (Goins kick) CIT 31–17 4 3:57 CIT Jackson 11-yard run (Goins kick) CIT 38–17
Mercer 1 2 3 4 Total Bears 10 0 3 6 19 • Bulldogs 0 14 0 7 21
Scoring summary 1 6:04 MER Jagger Lieb 29-yard field goal MER 3–0 1 1:56 MER Robert Brown 5-yard pass from John Russ (Lieb kick) MER 10–0 2 3:20 CIT Reggie Williams 2-yard run (Eric Goins kick) MER 10–7 2 0:53 CIT Isiaha Smith 83-yard run (Goins kick) CIT 14–10 3 1:41 MER Lieb 22-yard field goal CIT 14–13 2 7:49 CIT Dominque Allen 3-yard run (Goins kick) CIT 21–13 4 3:12 MER Alex Lakes 1-yard run (Pass conversion failed) CIT 21–19
VMI 1 2 3 4 Total Keydets 7 0 7 0 14 • #25 Bulldogs 14 6 6 9 35
Scoring summary 1 12:11 CIT Cam Jackson 68-yard run (Eric Goins kick) CIT 7–0 1 7:30 CIT Quinlan Washington 72-yard interception return (Goins kick) CIT 14–0 1 0:15 VMI Derrick Ziglar 3-yard pass from Hayden Alford (Dillon Christopher kick) CIT 14–7 2 12:16 CIT Goins 33-yard field goal CIT 17–7 2 0:00 CIT Goins 26-yard field goal CIT 20–7 3 11:47 VMI Ziglar 3-yard run (Christopher kick) CIT 20–14 3 5:58 CIT Goins-yard field goal CIT 23–14 3 1:10 CIT Goins-yard field goal CIT 26–14 4 7:51 CIT Goins-yard field goal CIT 29–14 4 0:07 CIT Tevin Floyd 75-yard interception return (kick failed) CIT 35–14
Chattanooga 1 2 3 4 Total #21 Bulldogs 0 0 14 9 23 • #8 Mocs 14 7 3 7 31
Date: November 14, 2015Game start: 2:00 PM EST Game attendance: 11,594Scoring summary 1 14:48 UTC Xavier Borishade 75-yard pass from Alejandro Bennifield (Henrique Ribeiro kick) UTC 7–0 1 2:02 UTC Jacob Huesman 1-yard run (Ribeiro kick) UTC 14–0 2 1:06 UTC Huesman 9-yard run (Ribeiro kick) UTC 21–0 3 8:31 CIT Alex Glover-yard pass from Dominique Allen (Eric Goins kick) UTC 21–7 3 2:26 UTC Ribeiro 21-yard field goal UTC 24–7 3 2:02 CIT Tyler Renew 52-yard run (Goins kick) UTC 24–14 4 7:43 UTC Derrick Craine 46-yard run (Ribeiro kick) UTC 31–14 4 3:07 CIT Goins 27-yard field goal UTC 31–17 4 0:00 CIT Brandon Eakins 14-yard pass from Allen UTC 31–23
South Carolina 1 2 3 4 Total • #25 Bulldogs 14 0 0 9 23 Gamecocks 3 6 7 6 22
Scoring summary 1 12:26 CIT Cam Jackson 59-yard run (Eric Goins kick) CIT 7–0 1 9:52 USC Elliot Fry 36-yard field goal CIT 7–3 1 3:31 CIT Tyler Renew 7-yard run (Goins kick) CIT 14–3 2 12:55 USC Fry 25-yard field goal CIT 14–6 2 4:12 USC Fry 40-yard field goal CIT 14–9 3 6:22 USC Brandon Wilds 1-yard run (Fry kick)USC 16–14 4 10:26 CIT Goins 48-yard field goal CIT 17–16 4 8:40 USC Pharoh Cooper 41-yard pass from Perry Orth (run conversion failed) USC 22–17 4 6:07 CIT Renew 56-yard run (run conversion failed) CIT 23–22
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FCS playoffs
First round – Coastal Carolina 1 2 3 4 Total • #18 Bulldogs 14 0 14 13 41 #10 Chanticleers 7 14 7 10 38
Scoring summary 1 12:20 CIT Cam Jackson 68-yard run (Eric Goins kick) CIT 7–0 1 11:53 CCU Bruce Mapp 91-yard pass from Alex Ross (Ryan Granger kick) 7–7 1 5:56 CIT Tyler Renew 3-yard run (Eric Goins kick) CIT 14–7 2 13:20 CCU Craig Weick 26-yard pass from Ross 14–14 2 6:49 CCU De'Angelo Henderson 44-yard run CCU 21–14 3 10:33 CIT Allen 7-yard run (Eric Goins kick) 21–21 3 8:47 CCU Henderson 16-yard pass from Ross CCU 28–21 3 7:01 CIT Allen 1-yard run (Eric Goins kick) 28–28 4 13:54 CIT Goins-yard field goal CIT 31–28 4 13:06 CIT Shy Phillips 32-yard interception return (Eric Goins kick) CIT 38–28 4 10:07 CCU Granger 26-yard field goal CIT 38–31 4 5:38 CCU Osharmar Abercrombie 16-yard run 38–38 4 0:00 CIT Goins 43-yard field goal CIT 41–38
Second round – Charleston Southern 1 2 3 4 Total #18 Bulldogs 3 0 0 3 6 • #9 Buccaneers 0 14 0 0 14
Scoring summary 1 12:11 CIT Eric Goins 43-yard field goal CIT 3–0 2 6:33 CSU Mike Holloway 41-yard run (Tyler Tekac kick) CSU 7–3 2 1:14 CSU Holloway 32-yard run (Tekac kick) CSU 14–3 4 12:14 CIT Goins 39-yard field goal CSU 14–6
Ranking movements Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS — — RV — — — RV RV RV 25 21 25 18 13 Coaches — — — — — — — RV RV 22 20 24 18 15
Honors and awards Preseason All-Southern Conference
Sam Frye (1st team) Mitchell Jeter (1st team)
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