1980 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

The 1980 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Art Baker served as head coach for the third season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.^[5][6][7]

1980 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	7–4 (3–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Art Baker (3rd season)
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium[1]
Seasons ← 1979 1981 →

1980 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Furman $	7	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	1
Chattanooga	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Appalachian State	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
The Citadel	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Western Carolina	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
VMI	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
East Tennessee State	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Marshall	0	–	5	–	1			2	–	8	–	1
Davidson	0	–	0	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion This conference was a hybrid of I-A and I-AA programs. Davidson was classified as I-AA.[2][3][4] The rest of the teams were I-A.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	Presbyterian*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 21–14	20,240	[8]
September 13	at Appalachian State	Conrad Stadium Boone, NC	L 14–17	15,250	[9]
September 20	at Wake Forest*	Groves Stadium Winston–Salem, NC	L 7–24	22,500	[10]
September 27	Chattanooga	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 29–13	18,345	[11]
October 4	VMI	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	W 28–0	17,450	[12]
October 11	at Western Carolina	E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	W 28–21	10,640	[13]
October 25	Newberry*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 37–0	18,980	[14]
November 1	Wofford*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	W 35–3	16,250	[15]
November 8	at No. 15 South Carolina*	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	L 24–45	55,937	[16]
November 15	Davidson*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 31–13	14,150	[17]
November 22	at Furman	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC (rivalry)	L 15–28	17,665	[18]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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