| Year: | 1990 |
| Team: | The Citadel Bulldogs |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Southern Conference |
| Short Conf: | SoCon |
| Record: | 7–5 |
| Conf Record: | 4–3 |
| Head Coach: | Charlie Taaffe |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Off Scheme: | Option |
| Def Coach: | Don Powers |
| Dc Year: | 2nd |
| Stadium: | Johnson Hagood Stadium |
| Bowl: | NCAA Division I-AA First Round |
| Bowl Result: | L 0–31 vs. Georgia Southern |
The 1990 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth-year head coach Charlie Taaffe and played their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. They played as members of the Southern Conference, as they have since 1936. In 1990, The Citadel made their second appearance in the I-AA playoffs, and second in three years.
See also: 1990 South Carolina Gamecocks football team. [2]
See also: Military Classic of the South.
See also: The Citadel–Furman football rivalry.
See also: 1990 Georgia Southern Eagles football team.
See main article: 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings.