2014 McNeese State Cowboys football team

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2014 McNeese State Cowboys football
McNeese State "M" logo.png
ConferenceSouthland Conference
2014 record6–5 (4–4 Southland)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTim Leger (8th season)
Defensive coordinatorLance Guidry (2nd season)
Home stadiumCowboy Stadium
(Capacity: 17,610)
Seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 Southland Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 6 Sam Houston St +^   7 – 1     11 – 5  
No. 14 SE Louisiana +^   7 – 1     9 – 4  
Lamar   5 – 3     8 – 4  
Stephen F. Austin ^   5 – 3     8 – 5  
Central Arkansas   5 – 3     6 – 6  
McNeese State   4 – 4     6 – 5  
Abilene Christian *   4 – 4     6 – 6  
Northwestern State   4 – 4     6 – 6  
Incarnate Word *   2 – 6     2 – 9  
Houston Baptist   1 – 7     2 – 9  
Nicholls State   0 – 8     0 – 12  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • * – ineligible for FCS playoffs due to transition from NCAA Division II
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2014 McNeese State Cowboys football team represented McNeese State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Cowboys were led by ninth-year head coach Matt Viator and played their home games at Cowboy Stadium. They are a member of the Southland Conference. The Cowboys finished the season 6–5 overall and 4–4 in conference play to finish in a three way tie for sixth place.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 611:00 amat No. 19 (FBS) Nebraska*No. 7
ESPNUL 24–3191,082
September 136:00 pmPrairie View A&M*No. 6
W 48–1617,469
September 276:00 pmArkansas Tech*No. 5
  • Cowboy Stadium
  • Lake Charles, LA
W 61–711,429
October 46:00 pmNicholls StateNo. 5
  • Cowboy Stadium
  • Lake Charles, LA
W 45–311,744
October 113:00 pmat Sam Houston StateNo. 5
SLCTVL 22–388,418
October 186:00 pmAbilene ChristiandaggerNo. 11
  • Cowboy Stadium
  • Lake Charles, LA
ESPN3W 31–2014,464
October 256:00 pmat Incarnate WordNo. 11
FCSW 41–214,558
November 16:00 pmat Northwestern StateNo. 9
W 35–289,178
November 86:00 pmStephen F. AustinNo. 6
  • Cowboy Stadium
  • Lake Charles, LA
L 16–3110,069
November 153:00 pmat No. 10 Southeastern LouisianaNo. 13
SLCTVL 9–287,012
November 226:00 pmLamarNo. 19
L 24–277,402
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Ranking movements[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final 
Sports Network 8 7 6 6 5 5 5 11 11 9 6 13 19 RV RV 
Coaches 9 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 8 6 11 17 RV RV

References[]

  1. ^ "McNeese State announces 2014 football schedule". McNeese State Athletics. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
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