2014 McNeese State Cowboys football team

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.

2014 McNeese State Cowboys football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
2014 record6–5 (4–4 Southland)
Head coachMatt Viator (9th season)
Offensive coordinatorTim Leger (8th season)
Defensive coordinatorLance Guidry (2nd season)
Home stadiumCowboy Stadium
(Capacity: 17,610)
2014 Southland Conference football standings
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
  • Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word ineligible for FCS Playoffs due to transition from Division II
As of 19 December 2014; Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 611:00 AMat No. 19 (FBS) Nebraska*No. 7
ESPNUL 24–3191,082
September 136:00 PMPrairie View A&M*No. 6W 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. 5SLCTVL 22–388,418
October 186:00 PMAbilene ChristianNo. 11
  • Cowboy Stadium
  • Lake Charles, LA
ESPN3W 31–2014,464
October 256:00 PMat Incarnate WordNo. 11FCSW 41–214,558
November 16:00 PMat Northwestern StateNo. 9W 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. 13SLCTVL 9–287,012
November 226:00 PMLamarNo. 19
L 24–277,402

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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
gollark: Ah yes, ye olden times.
gollark: Modern CC: Tweaked?
gollark: Same for CC as far as I know. At least modern CC.
gollark: BIOS: CC: Tweaks had a BIOS switcher option but nobody used it.Keyboard: there is no reason you should have to individually craft numpad bits and arrow keys and whatnot."Not garbage": highly subjectiveAlso, CC *does* have "too long without yielding" preventing CPU time eating.
gollark: Persistence encourages people to make their stuff too stateful.

References

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