2006 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

The 2006 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Kevin Higgins served as head coach for the second season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.^[2][3][4]

2006 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	5–6 (4–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Kevin Higgins (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Isaac Collins (1st season)
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium[1]
Seasons ← 2005 2007 →

2006 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 Appalachian State $^		7	–	0					14	–	1
No. 12 Furman ^		6	–	1					8	–	4
No. 23 Wofford		5	–	2					7	–	4
The Citadel		4	–	3					5	–	6
Elon		2	–	5					5	–	6
Chattanooga		2	–	5					3	–	8
Georgia Southern		2	–	5					3	–	8
Western Carolina		0	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	7:00 pm	at Texas A&M*	Kyle Field College Station, TX		L 3–35	70,104
September 9	7:00 pm	Charleston Southern*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	BI	L 35–38 2OT	15,121
September 23	1:30 pm	at Pittsburgh*	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN360	L 6–51	30,069
September 30	2:00 pm	Chattanooga	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	BI	W 24–21	12,575
October 7	1:30 pm	at Wofford	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC (rivalry)	SCETV	L 20–28	9,437
October 14	2:00 pm	at No. 11 Furman	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC (rivalry)		L 17–23	13,427	[5]
October 21	2:00 pm	Western Carolina	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	BI	W 30–27 OT	15,495
October 28	2:00 pm	Georgia Southern	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC		W 24–21	12,129
November 4	3:30 pm	at No. 1 Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		L 13–42	17,547
November 11	2:00 pm	VMI*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (Military Classic of the South)		W 48–21	17,494
November 18	5:00 pm	at Elon	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC		W 44–7	3,716
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

References

1. "How Johnson Hagood Stadium Came To Be". The Citadel Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
2. 2011 Citadel Football Media Guide. The Citadel. p. 152. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
3. "Milestones". The Citadel Football Association. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
4. "Citadel Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
5. "Furman defeats Citadel". The Index-Journal. October 15, 2006. Retrieved September 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.