1990 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

The 1990 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth-year head coach Charlie Taaffe and played their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. They played as members of the Southern Conference, as they have since 1936. In 1990, The Citadel made their second appearance in the I-AA playoffs, and second in three years.

1990 The Citadel Bulldogs football
I-AA First Round, L 0–31 vs. Georgia Southern
Conference	Southern Conference
1990 record	7-5 (4–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Charlie Taaffe (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Option
Defensive coordinator	Don Powers
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium

1990 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 12 Furman $^		6	–	1					9	–	4
Appalachian State		5	–	2					6	–	5
Chattanooga		4	–	2					6	–	5
No. 15 The Citadel ^		4	–	3					7	–	5
Marshall		4	–	3					6	–	5
Western Carolina		2	–	5					3	–	8
VMI		1	–	5					4	–	7
East Tennessee State		1	–	6					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 8	William & Mary*		Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 34–31	18,011
September 15	at Air Force*	No. 15	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	L 7–10	37,412
September 22	No. 16 Marshall	No. 13	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 21–10	17,105
September 29	at Appalachian State	No. 10	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	L 9–27	18,281
October 6	at Western Carolina		E.J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	W 28–10	11,148
October 13	Chattanooga	No. 16	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 6–7	15,522
October 20	at South Carolina*		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	W 38–35	63,000
October 27	East Tennessee State	No. 17	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 35–15	13,217
November 3	VMI	No. 15	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (Military Classic of the South)	W 23–3	19,754
November 10	Wofford	No. 14	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 48–14	14,121
November 17	at No. 11 Furman	No. 13	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC (Rivalry)	L 17–30	18,190
November 24	at No. 3 Georgia Southern	No. 15	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA (I-AA First Round)	L 0–31	11,881
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries

William & Mary

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–17	1978	L 12–8

Air Force

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	1976	W 26–7

Marshall

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–3	1989	L 40–17

Appalachian State

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–11	1989	W 23–13

Western Carolina

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–4–2	1989	T 22–22

Chattanooga

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–15–2	1989	L 17–9

South Carolina

See also: 1990 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1 2 3 4 Total • Bulldogs 14 0 7 17 38 Gamecocks 0 14 7 14 35 Date: October 20, 1990 Location: Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC Game attendance: 63,000

Scoring summary 1 CIT Garrett Sizer 1–yard run (Howard Barnard kick) CIT 7–0 1 CIT Erick Little 1–yard run (Barnard kick) CIT 14–0 2 USC David Pitchko 18–yard reception (Collin Mackie kick) CIT 14–7 2 USC Eddie Miller 75–yard reception (Mackie kick) TIE 14–14 3 CIT Jack Douglas 20–yard run (Barnard kick) CIT 21–14 3 USC Harold Dingle 2–yard run (Mackie kick) TIE 21–21 4 USC Rob DeBoer 3–yard run (Mackie kick) USC 28–21 4 CIT Everette Sands 7–yard run (Barnard kick) TIE 28–28 4 USC DeBoer 44–yard run (Mackie kick) USC 35–28 4 CIT Barnard 37–yard field goal USC 35–31 4 CIT Douglas 1–yard run (Barnard kick) CIT 38–35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–39–3	1985	L 56–17

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East Tennessee State

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–6	1989	W 31–20

VMI

See also: Military Classic of the South

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–26–2	1989	L 20–10

Wofford

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
34–7–1	1989	W 42–21

Furman

See also: The Citadel–Furman football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–43–3	1989	L 44–9

Georgia Southern

See also: 1990 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	1988	L 38–20

Ranking movements

Main article: 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
I-AA Committee	20	20*	20*	11	9	18	12	NR	16	16	12	11	15
Sports Network	NR	NR	15	13	10	NR	16	NR	17	15	14	13	15

References

1. The Citadel Football - 2011 Media Guide. The Citadel. p. 154. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
2. Jeff Hartsell (November 19, 2015). "25 years later, The Citadel's upset of South Carolina still resonates". Post and Courier. Charleston, SC. Retrieved November 20, 2015.