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THE @CITADELSPORTS AUG. 30, 2014 ◆ 6 PM JOHNSON HAGOOD STADIUM @CITADELFOOTBALL CHARLESTON, S.C. /CITADELBULLDOGS CITADEL 2014 BULLDOG FOOTBALL CITADEL_SPORTS VS. 2014 SCHEDULE THE CITADEL #6/7 COASTAL CAROLINA Aug. 30 ◆ 6 pm GAME Record ..........................................0-0 (0-0 SoCon) Record ...................................0-0 (0-0 Big South) COASTAL CAROLINA Johnson Hagood Stadium Head Coach ...................................Mike Houston Head Coach ..........................................Joe Moglia Alma Mater ..................................Mars Hill, 1994 Alma Mater ................................. Fordham, 1971 Sept. 6 7:30 pm ◆ Overall Record ..........................................29-8 (3) Overall Record ..........................................20-8 (3) @ FLORIDA STATE 1 Doak Campbell Stadium Record at The Citadel ............................. 0-0 (1) Record at CCU ..........................................20-8 (3) Record vs. CCU .................................................N/A Record vs. The Citadel ..................................N/A Sept. 20 ◆ 6 pm @ CHARLESTON SOUTHERN GAME DETAILS Buccaneer Field Series ..................................................First Meeting RADIO NETWORK AFFILIATES Sept. 27 ◆ 6 pm Last Meeting .....................................................N/A Charleston: WTMZ (910 AM) Orangeburg: WORG (100.3 FM) GARDNER-WEBB Johnson Hagood Stadium Tickets ...........................................843-953-DOGS Columbia: WQXL (1470 AM) Sumter: WDXY (1240 AM) Promotions .................Fan Appreciation Night Columbia: WQXL (95.9 FM) Sumter: WDXY (105.9 FM) Oct. 4 ◆ 1:30 pm Video .............................www.CitadelSports.com @ WOFFORD* Greenville: WLFJ (660 AM) Florence: WJMX (1400 AM) Radio ................ Sports Radio 1450 AM WQNT Gibbs Stadium Greenville: WLFJ (92.9 FM) Oct. 11 ◆ 2 pm CHARLOTTE THE MATCHUP Johnson Hagood Stadium The Citadel and Coastal Carolina meet on the football field for the first time ever as the Bulldogs Oct. 18 ◆ 12 pm open their season at Johnson Hagood for the fifth consecutive year. CHATTANOOGA* Johnson Hagood Stadium The Citadel is coming off a 5-7 season (4-4 Southern Conference) which ended with a three-game Oct. 25 ◆ 2 pm winning streak against FCS foes. The Bulldogs closed out its 2013 campaign with a 52-6 loss at @ WESTERN CAROLINA* Clemson. E.J. Whitmire Stadium Nov. 1 ◆ 4 pm Coastal Carolina’s 2013 season culminated with a 48-14 loss to eventual FCS champion North Dakota @ MERCER* State in the quarterfinals of the playoffs. The Chanticleers enter 2014 ranked sixth in the Coaches’ Poll and Mercer University Stadium seventh according to The Sports Network Poll and have won two consecutive Big South titles. Nov. 8 ◆ 2 pm FURMAN* Johnson Hagood Stadium ON AIR Nov. 15 ◆ 1 pm Saturday’s game vs. Coastal Carolina can be heard throughout South Carolina on The Citadel Sports SAMFORD* Network beginning with The Citadel Tailgate Show at 4 p.m. Johnson Hagood Stadium Nov. 22 ◆ 1:30 pm New “Voice of the Bulldogs” Mike Legg will be joined in the football booth by former Bulldog @ VMI* standout Lee Glaze (Class of 1986), who spent the past two seasons as the broadcast’s sideline Foster Stadium reporter. Glaze starred in baseball and football at The Citadel, was the 1986 Southern Conference * Southern Conference Game Athlete of the Year and was inducted into the school’s athletic hall of fame in 1996. A NUMBERS GAME Longtime local radio personality Ted Byrne will host the tailgate show two hours before each football game. Jay Harper will produce the broadcasts and report on other college football action from the 3 studio. The number of first-time opponents that The THE CITADEL MEDIA RELATIONS Citadel will take on in 2014. The Citadel’s Football SID .................. Brian Gargone Address .......................... 68 Hagood Ave **MEDIA AVAILABILITY** first three home contests in 2014 are against Email ................................ [email protected] ........................................... Charleston, SC 29409 Following all home games, Mike Houston teams that they have never faced before. Office............................... 843-953-5120 Phone .............................. 843-953-5120 and requested players will attend a post- Cell ................................... 843-302-6773 Fax .................................... 843-953-6727 game press conference in the Altman Center (Coastal Carolina, Gardner-Webb & Charlotte) Press Conference ........ Tuesdays @ Noon Website .......................... www.CitadelSports.com located behind the endzone to the right of the press box. WWW.CITADELSPORTS.COM GAME 1 VS. COASTAL CAROLINA A 2014 BULLDOG FOOTBALL BULLDOG FOOTBALL HOME OPENERS SCHEDULE NOTES The Bulldogs open the season in the comfort of their own home for the fifth consecutive » Three of The Citadel’s first four season and have won three of the previous four openers at Johnson Hagood Stadium. games are against opponents from the Big South Conference. (Coastal After collecting wins over Chowan (2010), Jacksonville (2011) and Charleston Southern (2012), Carolina, at Charleston Southern, the Bulldogs were tripped up by Charleston Southern 32-29 to open the 2013 campaign. Gardner-Webb) The Citadel is 2-0 on August 30th in its history, outscoring opponents 118-17 on this date. » The Bulldogs are likely to take on their first top-ranked FBS opponent (2008, Webber International, 54-7 & 2003, Charleston Southern, 64-10) ever when they head to Tallahassee to take on Florida State on Sept. FRESHMEN ON THE DEPTH CHART 6. It will mark the third straight season that The Citadel takes on an With a change in coaching staffs, there is an inevitable change on the depth chart and that is opponent from the Atlantic Coast reflected in The Citadel’s two-deep entering the 2014 season. Conference. (2012 - NC State, 2013 - Clemson) The Bulldogs feature 15 freshmen (true or redshirt) on the depth chart for Saturday’s game against Coastal Carolina. That includes redshirt freshmen and projected starters Isaiah Pinson » The Citadel opens conference and Kyle Weaver on the offensive line and slot back Jonathan Dorogy. play against Wofford on Oct. 4 in Spartanburg, S.C. The Bulldogs are True freshmen Dominique Allen (quarterback) and Isiaha Smith (B-back) along with redshirt looking to snap a 15-game losing freshman Cam Jackson (slot back) have worked their way into No. 2 spots in the offensive streak against the Terriers which backfield. Linemen and true freshmen Javion Duncan and Derrick Freeland Jr. are also on the dates back to 1998. two-deep. » The Citadel and Mercer will end Freshmen listed with the twos on defense include redshirt cornerbacks DeVonta Delaney, an 82-year hiatus when the two Tyus Carter and Ben Roberts, along with true freshmen linemen Jonathan King and Travis teams meet as conference foes on Johnson. Nov. 1 in Macon, Ga. Bandit Israel Battle and safeties Kailik Williams and Josh Massey are also slotted in at No. 2 in » The Bulldogs take on Charlotte on their respective positions. Oct. 11 for Parents’ Day and 2013 conference champion Furman on NEW LEADERS ROAMING THE SIDELINE Nov. 8 for Homecoming. After being named head coach back in January, Mike Houston immedietely went to work assembling a staff of assistants. » The Citadel will appear on television three times as part of Of the 10 position coaches, six worked under Houston at Lenoir-Rhyne last season. The the Southern Conference’s contract defensive coordinator, Maurice Drayton, received his bachelor’s degree in physical education with ESPN and Sinclair Broadcasting from The Citadel in 1998 and master’s degree in education in 2007. and once on the road against Florida State. The lone home TV He spent a total of 12 seasons at The Citadel as a player, assistant coach and recruiting game will be against Chattanooga coordinator. His first stint on the coaching staff was from 1999 to 2005 when he worked with on Oct. 18 at noon while conference the defensive backs and special teams. road contests against Wofford and VMI will also be televised. Previously he spent two seasons (2010-11) at Coastal Carolina where he served as the assistant head coach, special teams coordinator and wide receivers coach. The only familiar face on the sidelines in 2014 will be wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator J.P. Gunter, who is a 2007 graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne. GAME 1 VS. COASTAL CAROLINA 2 WWW.CITADELSPORTS.COM BULLDOG FOOTBALL BULLDOG FOOTBALL HEAD COACH MIKE HOUSTON ASSISTANT COACHING STAFF Mike Houston, who led Lenoir-Rhyne to the Division II national championship » OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR/QBs/B-Backs game last December, was named the 24th head football coach of The Citadel in January 2014. Brent Thompson (Norwich, 1998) Houston spent the last three seasons as the head coach at Lenoir-Rhyne, » DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR/CBs directing the Bears to three consecutive South Atlantic Conference Maurice Drayton (The Citadel, 1998) championships, including a school-record 13 wins last season to earn his third-straight SAC Coach of the Year honor. Houston also was named the Don » SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR/ILBs Hansen Super Region II Coach of the Year in 2013. Blake Harrell (Western Carolina, 2002) Lenoir-Rhyne won its first three playoff games in 2013 before falling to » OFFENSIVE LINE Northwest Missouri State in the national championship game and was voted Ron Boyd (West Virginia Wesleyan, 1992) the No. 2 team in the nation in the final polls. » WIDE RECEIVERS/RECRUITING COORD. While at the helm at Lenoir-Rhyne,