2022 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

2022 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	2–6 (2–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Brent Thompson (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Lou Conte (6th season)
Defensive coordinator	Tony Grantham (3rd season)
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium (capacity: 11,332)

2022 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 10 Samford		5	–	0					7	–	1
No. 13 Furman		5	–	1					7	–	2
No. 12 Mercer		5	–	1					7	–	2
No. 11 Chattanooga		4	–	1					6	–	2
Wofford		2	–	3					2	–	6
The Citadel		2	–	4					2	–	6
Western Carolina		1	–	4					3	–	5
East Tennessee State		1	–	6					3	–	6
VMI		0	–	5					1	–	7
As of December 10, 2023 Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2022 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represents The Citadel as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs are led by seventh-year head coach Brent Thompson and play their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium in Charleston, South Carolina.

Previous season

See also: 2021 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

The Bulldogs finished the 2021 season with a record of 4–7, 3–5 SoCon play to finish in a tied for seventh place.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	at Campbell*	Barker–Lane Stadium Buies Creek, NC	ESPN+	L 10–29	4,010
September 10	4:00 p.m.	No. 9 East Tennessee State	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	ESPN+	W 20–17	8,573
September 17	6:00 p.m.	at No. 20 Mercer	Five Star Stadium Macon, GA	ESPN3	L 0–17	11,339
October 1	3:30 p.m.	at Appalachian State*	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	ESPN+	L 0–49	30,789
October 8	2:00 p.m.	Furman	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	ESPN3	L 10–21	12,106
October 15	1:30 p.m.	at Wofford	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 16–31	4,198
October 22	2:00 p.m.	at Western Carolina	Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	ESPN+	W 34–21	7,304
October 29	2:00 p.m.	No. 13 Samford	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	ESPN+	L 3–38	8,603
November 5	2:00 p.m.	No. 11 Chattanooga	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC
November 12	2:00 p.m.	Virginia–Lynchburg*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC
November 19		at VMI	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA (Military Classic of the South)
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

at Campbell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Citadel Bulldogs	3	0	0	7	10
Fighting Camels	7	10	6	6	29

See also: 2022 Campbell Fighting Camels football team

No. 9 East Tennessee State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 9 Buccaneers	0	7	7	3	17
Citadel Bulldogs	3	7	7	3	20

See also: 2022 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

at No. 20 Mercer

	1	2	3	4	Total
Citadel Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0
No. 20 Bears	0	0	14	3	17

See also: 2022 Mercer Bears football team

at Appalachian State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Citadel Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0
Mountaineers	14	21	7	7	49

See also: 2022 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

Furman

	1	2	3	4	Total
Paladins	7	0	14	0	21
Citadel Bulldogs	0	3	7	0	10

See also: 2022 Furman Paladins football team and The Citadel–Furman football rivalry

at Wofford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Citadel Bulldogs	0	7	0	9	16
Terriers	7	17	7	0	31

See also: 2022 Wofford Terriers football team and The Citadel–Wofford football rivalry

at Western Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Citadel Bulldogs	7	17	7	3	34
Catamounts	0	0	7	14	21

See also: 2022 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

No. 13 Samford

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Samford Bulldogs	7	14	10	7	38
Citadel Bulldogs	0	3	0	0	3

See also: 2022 Samford Bulldogs football team

No. 11 Chattanooga

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 11 Mocs					0
Citadel Bulldogs					0

See also: 2022 Chattanooga Mocs football team

Virginia-Lynchburg

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dragons					0
Citadel Bulldogs					0

at VMI

	1	2	3	4	Total
Citadel Bulldogs					0
Keydets					0

See also: 2022 VMI Keydets football team and Military Classic of the South