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The 2015 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented
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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
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. They played as members of the
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, 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
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. He finished at The Citadel with a two-year record of 14–11.


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.


Schedule


Personnel


Roster


Depth chart


Game summaries


Davidson


Western Carolina


Georgia Southern


Charleston Southern


Wofford


Samford


Furman


Mercer


VMI


Chattanooga


South Carolina


FCS playoffs


First round – Coastal Carolina


Second round – Charleston Southern


Ranking movements


Honors and awards

Preseason All-Southern Conference *Sam Frye (1st team) *Mitchell Jeter (1st team)


References

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The Citadel Bulldogs football seasons Southern Conference football champion seasons
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