Bulldogs come to Raymond James Stadium on Sept. 12
TAMPA, AUG. 20, 2020 – USF has announced the addition of The Citadel to the Bulls’ 2020 football schedule. The teams will meet on Saturday, Sept. 12 at Raymond James Stadium, replacing USF’s previously scheduled contest with Bethune-Cookman on that date.
The Southern Conference program is now the first opponent on USF’s 2020 schedule under first-year head coach Jeff Scott and joins FAU (Sept. 26) to give USF two nonconference opponents before heading into an eight-game American Athletic Conference slate. USF continues to actively seek nonconference opponents to replace the loss of Texas and Nevada from the schedule.
The Bulldogs went 6-6 in 2019 and enter their fifth season under head coach Brent Thompson. The Citadel has ranked in the top 10 in rushing offense each of the last four seasons, including sixth nationally in 2019 at 268.2 yards per game. Among its six victories in 2019 was a 27-24 overtime victory at Georgia Tech.
Scott and USF’s new coaching staff will take the field with 16 returning starters and 49 lettermen from the 2019 team.
The American Athletic Conference announced on Aug. 5 the conference’s plan and timeline for the start of athletics competition for the Fall 2020 season. In football, the plan calls for each of The American’s teams to play eight conference games on their originally scheduled dates. Nonconference games may be played at the discretion of the individual schools, with the understanding that the opponents will strictly adhere to protocols and standards for testing, pregame, in-game and postgame operations set by The American’s Medical Advisory Group.
About USF Football
The USF football program first took the field in 1997 and completed its 23rd season (20th at the FBS level) in 2019. The Bulls have posted 15 winning seasons, earned 14 All-America selections and 29 first-team all-conference selections and has seen 30 players selected in the NFL Draft. USF has made 10 bowl games appearances (going 6-4 in those games) and posted a program record six straight appearances from 2005-2010. The Bulls most recently made four straight bowl appearances from 2015-18 and posted back-to-back 10-win seasons in 2016 and 2017, logging a program-record 11-2 mark in 2016 while finishing both seasons ranked in the Top 25. USF spent a program record 20 straight weeks ranked in the Top 25 during the 2016 and 2017 seasons and reached as high as No. 2 in the national rankings during the 2007 season.
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