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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The 6th-ranked Citadel football team fell to No. 19 Wofford on Saturday night at Johnson Hagood Stadium in the second round of the FCS Playoffs. 

The Citadel (10-2) started the game with the ball and drove 81 yards down the field before Cody Clark made a 24-yard field goal and put the Bulldogs up 3-0. The Citadel had a chance to score a touchdown but a false start penalty on 3rd-and-1 forced them to go to the air on 3rd-and-6 and they were unable to convert.

Wofford (10-3) started the second quarter at their own 49-yard line and drove down to the Bulldogs' 34-yard line but a chop block penalty moved them back to their 49-yard line. Forced to pass, Wofford tried a trick play before airing it out but Dee Delaney was there to pick the pass off and return it 19 yards. On the first play of the drive, Dominique Allen dropped back and threw it down field but Wofford intercepted the pass and returned it 21 yards. On the Terriers' first play of their drive, quarterback Brandon Goodson tried to pass but Delaney was there again to pick the pass off as the two triple-option offenses combined to throw interceptions on three straight plays. Unable to get anything going on the drive, the Bulldogs were forced to settle for a 44-yard field goal attempt but the kick sailed wide left and the score remained 3-0, which was the Bulldogs' lead going into halftime.


Wofford got on the board in the third quarter with a 46-yard field goal to tie the game at 3-3. With 10:28 remaining in the fourth quarter, the Terriers broke free for a 36-yard touchdown to make the score 10-3. 

The Citadel had another chance to score but a delay of game penalty on second down and false start penalty on fourth down pushed the Bulldogs back to the 20-yard line where Clark attempted his fourth field goal of the day. The ball hit the right upright and bounced back and Wofford's lead remained 10-3. 

With 2:12 left in the game Wofford lined up for another field goal but missed it, giving the Bulldogs the ball at their own 29-yard line. On the ensuing drive the Bulldogs were forced to go to the air and on the 10th play of the drive, Wofford picked the ball off and returned it for a touchdown to seal the 17-3 win.

With Delaney's two interceptions, he moved into a tie for second on the Bulldogs' all-time career interceptions list with 13 and into a tie for third on the team's single-season interceptions list with six. Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year Kailik Williams made eight tackles to finish his season with 103, tied for the third-highest single-season total in program history. Tevin Floyd's career-high-tying 12 tackles pushed his career total to 295, moving the senior to third on the Bulldogs' all-time list.

The Citadel concludes one of the best seasons in school history having earned consecutive conference titles and made back-to-back playoff appearances for the first time and becoming only the seventh team to finish a season 8-0 in the Southern Conference. The Bulldogs' 10 wins are the second-most in a season in program history, trailing only the 1992 team's 11 victories.

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