The 1960 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented
The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina
The Citadel Military College of South Carolina (simply known as The Citadel) is a public senior military college in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Established in 1842, it is the third oldest of the six senior military colleges ...
in the
1960 college football season
The 1960 college football season was the 92nd season of intercollegiate football in the United States. Five teams have a claim to the 1960 major college national championship:
* Minnesota (8–2) tied for the Big Ten championship and was ranke ...
. The Bulldogs were led by fourth-year head coach
Eddie Teague
Edward Lindell Teague Jr. (December 14, 1921 – November 24, 1987) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina, from 1949 to 1950 and ...
and played their home games at
Johnson Hagood Stadium
Johnson Hagood Stadium is an 11,500-seat football stadium, the home field of The Citadel Bulldogs football team, in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The stadium is named in honor of Brigadier General Johnson Hagood, CSA, class of 18 ...
. They played as members of the
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I. Southern Conference College football, football teams c ...
, as they have since 1936. In 1960, The Citadel won in its first and only bowl appearance in the
Tangerine Bowl Tangerine Bowl may refer to:
* Tangerine Bowl (1947–1982), a college football bowl game now known as the Citrus Bowl
* Tangerine Bowl (2001–2003), three editions of the college football bowl game originally known as the Blockbuster Bowl and now ...
.
Schedule
Game summaries
Newberry
George Washington
Davidson
Florida State
Richmond
Furman
Presbyterian
William & Mary
VMI
Arkansas State
Tennessee Tech
NFL Draft selections
AFL Draft selections
References
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Citadel
A citadel is the most fortified area of a town or city. It may be a castle, fortress, or fortified center. The term is a diminutive of ''city'', meaning "little city", because it is a smaller part of the city of which it is the defensive core.
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The Citadel Bulldogs football seasons
Citrus Bowl champion seasons
Citadel football