The 2013 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season.

The Bulldogs were led by ninth year head coach Kevin Higgins and played their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.

At the end of the season, head coach Kevin Higgins resigned to become an assistant coach at Wake Forest.

The Bulldogs faced in-state FBS rival Clemson and Old Dominion, in its first year of transitioning to FBS.

FCS teams were permitted to play twelve games in 2013 due to an extra Saturday falling between Labor Day and Thanksgiving.