The 2020 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented
The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina
The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, commonly known simply as The Citadel, is a public senior military college in Charleston, South Carolina. Established in 1842, it is one of six senior military colleges in the United States. ...
in the
2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season
The 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level.
The regular ...
. The Bulldogs were led by fifth-year head coach
Brent Thompson and played their home games at
Johnson Hagood Stadium
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. They competed as members of the
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly k ...
(SoCon).
Previous season
The Bulldogs finished the
2019 season 6–6, 4–4 in SoCon play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.
Schedule
The Citadel had games scheduled against
Elon and
Charleston Southern
Charleston Southern University (CSU) is a private Baptist university in North Charleston, South Carolina. It is affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention ( Southern Baptist Convention).
History
Charleston Southern University was ch ...
, which were canceled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Game summaries
at South Florida
at Clemson
Eastern Kentucky
at Army
References
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Citadel
A citadel is the core fortified area of a town or city. It may be a castle, fortress, or fortified center. The term is a diminutive of "city", meaning "little city", because it is a smaller part of the city of which it is the defensive core.
I ...
The Citadel Bulldogs football seasons
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