CHARLESTON, S.C. - The 5th-ranked Citadel football team continues Southern Conference play this week by traveling to Wofford. The Bulldogs and Terriers are set for a 1:30 p.m. kickoff Saturday from Gibbs Stadium in Spartanburg. The game will also be broadcast on ESPN3.
• The Citadel is one of two remaining undefeated teams in FCS.
• The Citadel has tied the best start to a season in program history, matching the 1992 team's 6-0 start.
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Brent Thompson has broken The Citadel's record for most wins to start a career and tied the program record for most wins by a first-year head coach.
• The Citadel is 4-0 in the Southern Conference in back-to-back seasons for the first time in program history and is 4-0 in the SoCon for the 5th time overall.
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Brent Thompson is the second head coach in The Citadel history to win his first four Southern Conference games and first since Eddie Teague in 1957.
• The Citadel is ranked in the top 5 for the first time since the final regular season poll of 1992.
• The Bulldogs have been ranked for 13 straight weeks, the 2nd-longest streak in program history trailing a 15-week stretch in 1992-93.
• The Citadel is ranked in the top 10 for the fifth straight week, its longest stretch inside the top 10 since 12 weeks, including four at No. 1, in 1992.
• The Bulldogs are 27-17 all-time when ranked, including 24-14 against FCS opponents, and 8-2 when ranked in the top 5.
• The Citadel's win vs. No. 5 Chattanooga was the first in a top-10 matchup in program history.
• The Bulldogs held the Mocs to 86 yards of total offense, including only two yards rushing, in the second half and did not allow any second-half points for the second straight game.
• The Citadel's 381.0 rushing yards per game ranks 1st in all of Division I.
• The Bulldogs rushed for 500 yards in back-to-back games for the first time in school history, totaling 559 yards at North Greenville one week after rushing for 513 yards at Western Carolina.
• The Citadel's 559 rushing yards at North Greenville are the most in a game by an FCS team this season. The Bulldogs have three of the top-10 rushing totals in FCS this season with their 513 yards at Western Carolina ranking 4th and 419 yards at Gardner-Webb ranking 10th.
• In the last four games, the Bulldogs have averaged 458.3 rushing yards.
• The Citadel broke single-game records for total offense plays in regulation (94) and rushing plays (84) in the 37-14 win at Western Carolina.
• The Citadel's 8.0 sacks at Western Carolina are the most by a Southern Conference team this season and tied for the most in FCS.
• The Bulldogs held Western Carolina to 0-for-8 on 3rd-down conversions.
• Since the beginning of the 2015 season, The Citadel has forced 41 turnovers for an average of 2.2 per game.
• The Citadel is the only FCS team that has not allowed a sack this season. The Bulldogs also are ranked 1st in FCS with an average of 2.83 tackles for loss allowed per game.
• The Bulldogs have only allowed 14 points in the 4th quarter this season, the lowest total in the Southern Conference.
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