2014 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team
The 2014 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team represented South Dakota State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by 17th-year head coach John Stiegelmeier and played their home games at Coughlin–Alumni Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 9–5, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in fourth place. They were invited to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Montana State in the first round before losing in the second round to fellow MVFC member North Dakota State.
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Football Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 12 |
| FCS Coaches | No. 13 |
| 2014 record | 9–5 (5–3 MVFC) |
| Head coach | John Stiegelmeier (17th season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Eric Eidsness |
| Defensive coordinator | Clint Brown |
| Home stadium | Coughlin–Alumni Stadium (Capacity: 15,000) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 North Dakota State +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 15 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Illinois State +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 13 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Northern Iowa ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 South Dakota St. ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Indiana State ^ | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 Youngstown State | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri State | 1 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| August 30 | 2:30 PM | at No. 24 (FBS) Missouri* | No. 10 | ESPNU | L 18–38 | 60,589 | |
| September 6 | 6:00 PM | Cal Poly* | No. 12 | JE | W 44–18 | 12,219 | |
| September 13 | 7:00 PM | at Southern Utah* | No. 11 | W 26–6 | 5,017 | ||
| September 20 | 6:00 PM | UW–Oshkosh* | No. 10 |
| JE | W 41–3 | 13,731 |
| October 4 | 2:00 PM | at No. 22 Illinois State | No. 9 | L 10–45 | 10,919 | ||
| October 11 | 6:00 PM | Missouri State | No. 19 |
| Midco SN | W 32–28 | 11,348 |
| October 18 | 4:00 PM | at No. 20 Northern Iowa | No. 18 | W 31–28 | 15,049 | ||
| October 25 | 2:00 PM | No. 17 Youngstown State | No. 13 |
| JE | L 27–30 | 14,480 |
| November 1 | 2:30 PM | at No. 1 North Dakota State | No. 18 | Midco SN | L 17–37 | 18,832 | |
| November 8 | 12:00 PM | at No. 17 Indiana State | No. 22 | W 32–17 | 4,905 | ||
| November 15 | 2:00 PM | Western Illinois | No. 19 |
| JE | W 59–24 | 3,204 |
| November 22 | 2:00 PM | South Dakota | No. 16 |
| Midco SN | W 37–14 | 10,631 |
| November 29 | 3:00 PM | at No. 17 Montana State* | No. 14 | ESPN3 | W 47–40 | 7,747 | |
| December 6 | 2:30 PM | No. 2 North Dakota State | No. 14 |
| ESPN3 | L 24–27 | 18,113 |
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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 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 14[2] | 12 | ||||||
| Coaches | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 13[3] | 13 | ||||||
References
- "Schedule". South Dakota State University Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on 2015-09-17. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20141202141947/http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2%2Fmisc%2Fcfoot225poll.aspx
- https://web.archive.org/web/20141202142421/http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fcs
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