2014 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
The 2014 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 16th-year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Cowell Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 12–2, 8–0 in CAA play to win the CAA championship. They earned the CAA's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Fordham in the second round and Chattanooga in the quarterfinals before losing to Illinois State in the semifinals.
2014 New Hampshire Wildcats football | |
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CAA champion Lambert Cup | |
FCS Playoffs Semifinals, L 18–21 vs. Illinois State | |
Conference | Colonial Athletic Association |
Ranking | |
Sports Network | No. 3 |
FCS Coaches | No. 3 |
2014 record | 12–2 (8–0 CAA) |
Head coach | Sean McDonnell (16th season) |
Offensive coordinator | Ryan Carty (7th season) |
Defensive coordinator | John Lyons (3rd season) |
Home stadium | Cowell Stadium (Capacity: 6,500) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 New Hampshire $^ | 8 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Villanova ^ | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 James Madison ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Richmond ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William & Mary | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stony Brook | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albany | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Towson | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elon | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 30 | 7:00 PM | at Toledo* | No. 4 | ESPN3 | L 20–54 | 20,184 | |
September 13 | 3:30 PM | Lehigh* | No. 7 |
| ASN | W 45–27 | 9,358 |
September 20 | 4:00 PM | at No. 17 Richmond | No. 7 | CSN | W 29–26 | 8,404 | |
September 27 | 6:00 PM | Dartmouth* | No. 4 |
| UNHTV | W 52–19 | 8,753 |
October 4 | 1:30 PM | at Elon | No. 4 | W 48–14 | 6,141 | ||
October 11 | 3:30 PM | No. 10 William & Mary | No. 4 |
| NBCSN | W 32–3 | 18,774 |
October 25 | 3:00 PM | Stony Brook | No. 3 |
| UNHTV | W 28–20 | 8,811 |
November 1 | 6:00 PM | No. 23 Albany | No. 2 |
| UNHTV | W 49–24 | 3,536 |
November 8 | 12:30 PM | at Rhode Island | No. 2 | W 41–14 | 7,210 | ||
November 15 | 1:00 PM | Delaware | No. 1 |
| W 43–14 | 8,199 | |
November 22 | 3:30 PM | at Maine | No. 1 | NBCSN | W 20–12 | 4,023 | |
December 6 | 1:00 PM | No. 9 Fordham* | No. 1 |
| ESPN3 | W 44–19 | 4,021 |
December 12 | 8:00 PM | No. 8 Chattanooga* | No. 1 |
| ESPN2 | W 35–30 | 6,380 |
December 20 | 2:00 PM | No. 7 Illinois State* | No. 1 |
| ESPNU | L 18–21 | 9,497 |
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Ranking movements
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final | ||||||
Sports Network | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 (70) | 1 (74) | 1 (93) | 3 | ||||||
Coaches | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 (4) | 2 (4) | 1 (20) | 3 |
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