CHARLESTON, S.C. - The 5th-ranked Citadel football team travels to VMI for the Military Classic of the South on Saturday. The Bulldogs and Keydets are set for a 1:30 p.m. kickoff from Alumni Memorial Field at Foster Stadium in Lexington, Virginia. The game will also be broadcast on ESPN3.

• The Citadel is one of two remaining undefeated teams in FCS and one of seven unbeatens remaining in Division I.
• The Citadel has clinched its second straight Southern Conference championship and the conference's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs, marking the first time in program history with back-to-back conference titles and the first time the Bulldogs will make consecutive playoff appearances.
• The Citadel has won seven Southern Conference games for the first time in program history.
• The Bulldogs have registered the best start to a season in program history, surpassing the 1992 team's 6-0 start.
• The Citadel has broken the program record for most consecutive wins, bettering the eight-game winning streak from 1991-92.
• Brent Thompson has broken The Citadel's record for most wins to start a career and the program record for most wins by a first-year head coach.
• Brent Thompson is the first head coach in The Citadel history and one of four in Southern Conference history to win seven SoCon games in his first season.
• The Citadel is ranked in the top 5 in four straight weeks for the first time and have been ranked for 16 straight weeks, the longest streak in program history.
• The Citadel is ranked in the top 10 for the eighth straight week, its longest stretch inside the top 10 since 12 weeks, including four at No. 1, in 1992.
• The Bulldogs are 30-17 all-time when ranked, including 28-14 against FCS opponents, and 11-2 when ranked in the top 5.
• The Bulldogs are 1st in Division I in rushing, averaging 374.0 yards per game.
• 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 five of the top-16 rushing totals in FCS this season with their 513 yards at Western Carolina ranking 5th, 463 yards vs. Samford tied for 8th, 427 yards vs. ETSU ranking 14th and 419 yards at Gardner-Webb ranking 16th.
• The Citadel's 8.0 sacks at Western Carolina are the most by a Southern Conference team this season and tied for 2nd-highest in a game in FCS.
• The Bulldogs have held three opponents to under .167 on 3rd-down conversions, including holding Western Carolina to 0-for-8.
• Since the beginning of the 2015 season, The Citadel has forced 46 turnovers for an average of 2.1 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 3.00 tackles for loss allowed per game.
• The Bulldogs have only allowed 36 points in the 4th quarter this season, the lowest total in the Southern Conference.

The complete game notes packet can be found here.

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