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.

2015 The Citadel Bulldogs football
SoCon co-champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 13
FCS CoachesNo. 15
Record9–4 (6–1 SoCon)
Head coach
  • Mike Houston (2nd season)
Offensive coordinatorBrent Thompson (2nd season)
Offensive schemeTriple option
Defensive coordinatorMaurice Drayton (2nd season)
Home stadiumJohnson Hagood Stadium
2015 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 9 Chattanooga +^  6 1   9 4  
No. 13 The Citadel +^  6 1   9 4  
Western Carolina  5 2   7 4  
Samford  3 4   6 5  
Wofford  3 4   5 6  
Mercer  2 5   5 6  
Furman  2 5   4 7  
VMI  1 6   2 9  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

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.

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