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2005 The Citadel Bulldogs football
2005 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	4–7 (2–5 SoCon)
Head coach	Kevin Higgins (1st season);
Defensive coordinator	Dick Hopkins (2nd season)
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium
	Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

2005 Southern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 Appalachian State $^	6	–	1	12	–	3
No. 3 Furman ^	5	–	2	11	–	3
No. 9 Georgia Southern ^	5	–	2	8	–	4
Western Carolina	4	–	3	5	–	4
Wofford	3	–	4	6	–	5
Chattanooga	3	–	4	6	–	5
The Citadel	2	–	5	4	–	7
Elon	0	–	7	3	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

The 2005 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Kevin Higgins served as head coach for the first season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 pm	Charleston Southern*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	SCETV	W 28–14	10,316
September 10	6:45 pm	at No. 11 (I-A) Florida State*	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ESPNU	L 10–62	79,152
September 24	4:00 pm	No. 22 Appalachian State	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC		L 13–45	11,103
October 1	6:00 pm	at No. 18 Western Carolina	E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC		W 17–7	10,067
October 8	2:00 pm	at Ole Miss*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		L 7–27	50,272
October 15	2:00 pm	No. 5 Furman	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	SCETV	L 31–39 ^3OT	12,880
October 22	3:30 pm	at No. 24 Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	CSS	L 14–49	17,292
October 29	4:00 pm	Wofford	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	SCETV	L 10–28	11,290
November 5	2:00 pm	at Chattanooga	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN		L 21–31	6,005
November 12	2:00 pm	Elon	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC		W 21–0	12,780
November 19	1:00 pm	at VMI*	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA (Military Classic of the South)		W 22–14	8,674
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Name	Team	Position
2005	7	8	222	Nehemiah Broughton	Washington Redskins	RB

^ "How Johnson Hagood Stadium Came To Be". The Citadel Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
^ 2011 Citadel Football Media Guide. The Citadel. p. 152. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
^ "Milestones". The Citadel Football Association. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
^ "Citadel Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2016.