2014 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

The 2014 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 17th-year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fifth place.

2014 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2014 record	7–5 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jerome Souers (17th season)
Offensive coordinator	Rich Scangarello (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Andy Thompson (6th season)
Home stadium	Walkup Skydome (Capacity: 10,000)

2014 Big Sky Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Eastern Washington $^		7	–	1					11	–	3
No. 13 Montana ^		6	–	2					9	–	5
No. 20 Montana State ^		6	–	2					8	–	5
No. 25 Idaho State		6	–	2					8	–	4
Cal Poly		5	–	3					7	–	5
Northern Arizona		5	–	3					7	–	5
Sacramento State		4	–	4					7	–	5
North Dakota		3	–	5					5	–	7
Southern Utah		3	–	5					3	–	9
Northern Colorado		2	–	6					3	–	8
Portland State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Weber State		2	–	6					2	–	10
UC Davis		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	4:00 PM	at San Diego State*	No. 23	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	CBSSN	L 7–38	30,761
September 6	4:00 PM	at Abilene Christian*	No. 25	Shotwell Stadium Abilene, TX		W 27–21	10,500
September 13	4:00 PM	New Mexico Highlands*	No. 24	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	BSTV	W 62–23	9,505
September 20	12:00 PM	at South Dakota*	No. 22	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD		L 21–28	8,314
September 27	4:00 PM	Cal Poly		Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	BSTV	W 38–35	11,545
October 4	12:30 PM	at Northern Colorado		Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	BSTV	L 17–24	6,348
October 18	4:00 PM	at Portland State		Providence Park Portland, OR	RTNW	W 21–17	4,083
October 25	12:40 PM	No. 2 Eastern Washington		Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	RTNW	W 28–27	9,699
November 1	12:00 PM	at Weber State		Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	BSTV	W 29–22	6,304
November 8	2:00 PM	UC Davis	No. 25	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	BSTV	W 23–21	4,722
November 15	11:00 AM	at North Dakota	No. 22	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	BSTV	L 28–30	5,916
November 22	2:00 PM	Southern Utah		Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ (HintonBurdick Grand Canyon Trophy Game)	BSTV	L 14–22	5,657
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

• Source: Official Schedule

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	23	25	24	22	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	22	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	25	RV	RV	23	RV	25	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	RV

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