2015 The Citadel Bulldogs football team


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. He finished at The Citadel with a two-year record of 14–11.

Before the season

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished 5–7 overall and 3–4 in the conference.

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.

Schedule

The Bulldogs will host Wofford for their traditional Parents' Day game on October 10, and resume the Military Classic of the South against VMI for Homecoming. They will also travel to visit Georgia Southern in their first matchup since the Eagles departed the Southern Conference to upgrade their program to the FBS level.

Personnel

Roster

Depth chart

Game summaries

Davidson

Overall recordLast meetingResult
31–21–41985W 31–0

Western Carolina

Overall recordLast meetingResult
22–16–12014L 15–29

Georgia Southern

Overall recordLast meetingResult
5–182013L 21–28

Charleston Southern

Overall recordLast meetingResult
5–32014L 18–20

Wofford

Overall recordLast meetingResult
40–26–12014L 13–17

Samford

Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–42014L 17–20

Furman

Overall recordLast meetingResult
33–58–32014W 42–35

Mercer

Overall recordLast meetingResult
7–4–12014W 28–26

VMI

Overall recordLast meetingResult
38–30–22014W 45–25

Chattanooga

Overall recordLast meetingResult
17–28–22014L 14–34

South Carolina

Overall recordLast meetingResult
7–40–32011L 20–41

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Coastal Carolina

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–12014L 16–31

Second Round–Charleston Southern

Overall recordLast meetingResult
5–4September 26, 2015L 20–33

Ranking movements

Honors and awards

Preseason All-Southern Conference