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1938 The Citadel Bulldogs football
State champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–5 (2–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumJohnson Hagood Stadium
Seasons← 19371939 →
1938 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Duke $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Clemson 3 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
VMI 4 – 0 – 3 6 – 1 – 4
North Carolina 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Richmond 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Washington and Lee 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
NC State 3 – 3 – 1 3 – 7 – 1
South Carolina 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 1
Wake Forest 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
VPI 2 – 3 – 2 3 – 5 – 2
The Citadel 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Maryland 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Davidson 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Furman 0 – 4 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
William & Mary 0 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1938 college football season. Tatum Gressette served as head coach for the seventh season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17DavidsonL 6–12
September 24at Georgia*L 12–207,000
September 30vs. Wake ForestL 0–315,000
October 7at Presbyterian*W 12–0
October 15at FurmanW 9–610,000
October 22at No. 8 Tennessee*L 0–448,000
October 29Wofford*
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC (rivalry)
W 27–0
November 5Richmond
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 6–05,000
November 11Oglethorpe*
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 26–84,000
November 18vs. Erskine*Anderson, SCW 33–132,500
December 3vs. NC StateL 6–149,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. 2011 Citadel Football Media Guide. The Citadel. p. 143. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  2. "Milestones". The Citadel Football Association. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  3. "Citadel Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  4. "Davidson wins over Citadel". The Index-Journal. September 18, 1938. Retrieved September 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Citadel gives Georgia scare". The Huntsville Times. September 25, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Wake Forest rolls over The Citadel". The State. October 1, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Light Brigade beats P.C. 12–0". The Times and Democrat. October 8, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Citadel capitalizes on breaks to trip Furman, 9–6". The Charlotte Observer. October 16, 1938. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Cadets can take it and do, it's Vols 44, The Citadel 0 in easy game". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 23, 1938. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Citadel downs Wofford, 27–0". The Sunday Ledger-Enquirer. October 30, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Citadel's brigade shells Spiders 6–0". The Charlotte Observer. November 6, 1938. Retrieved November 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Citadel's light brigade swamps Oglethorpe 26–8". The Times and Democrat. November 12, 1938. Retrieved February 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Citadel rally routs Erskine, 33 to 13". The Greenville News. November 19, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "State defeats Cadets, 14–6". The News and Observer. December 4, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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