The Citadel - Sphinx Yearbook (Charleston, SC)

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BULLDOGS ROUT P.C; OVER- POWERED BY CLEMSON The Bulldogs opened the 1978 season at home against Presbyterian. Tim Russell got the nod as the head signal-caller and led the Dogs to an impressive 28-17 victo- ry over the Blue Hose. It may have seemed like a replay for coach Baker who opened his first season at Furman in 1973 against Presybterian. The next game found the Bulldogs in Death Valley fac- ing nationally-ranked Clem- son. There, under balmy skies and before a record season- opener crowd of 54.075 roaring fans, the Dogs took a pounding from a much larger and more experienced team. . drive in the early part of the first quar- ter brought the Bulldogs within field goal range where they scored for the only time of the afternoon. Later, in a contro- versial call, a touchdown pass from Tim Russell to split-end- Mark Hunt was called back when the referees ruled that Hunt was out-of-bounds. The Dogs played well but the later- to-be ACC Champion Clcm- son Tigers were too much for the younger Bulldogs. 211

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The 1978 edition of The Citadel Foot- ball team sported a new look with rede- signed uniforms and a new head coach: Art Baker. Coach Baker acce pted the job as head coach of the Bulldogs to replace coach Bobby Ross who became Special Teams coach for the Kansas City Chiefs. Baker, who was the head coach for the Furman Paladins, compiled a 27-24-4 re- cord in five seasons before joining the coaching staff at The Citadel. P Right: Coach Baker contem- Ics call during Clcmson game. ore: Mark Hunt eludes defender ;he end iine. :hl: Referee claimed Hunt was -of-bounds. p. f ' aijc n. Interference was not called in . touchdown play. ihl: A shot from behind, Horn: Bulldog mascot watches -■ Citadel cheerleaders. J r r r BAKER TAKES OVER AS HEAD DOG I

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Right: Kenny Caldwell punts from The Citadel 5-yard line. Below: Three points!! Bottom: Marty Crosby calls out plays. The Military Classic of the South was next for the Dogs as they faced the Keydets of VMI at home. In this game the Bulldogs showed consider- able improvement from the previous week to take a hard-fought 14-3 vic- tory. Commenting on the game Coach Baker said I don ' t think I have ever been as proud of a group of assistant coaches and players than in this past week ' s game. Everyone worked extremely hard for this game and the results were obvious. Mark Slawson made an exceptional 56- yard punt return for a touchdown in the third quarter to break the game open. I] S BULLDOGS OUTLAST VMI IN MILITARY CLASSIC