2014 American Athletic Conference football season

2014 American Athletic Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport	Football
Duration	August 28, 2014 through January 2015
Number of teams	11
TV partner(s)	ESPN
Regular season
League champions	UCF, Cincinnati, Memphis

2014 American Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#25 Memphis +		7	–	1					10	–	3
Cincinnati +		7	–	1					9	–	4
UCF +		7	–	1					9	–	4
East Carolina		5	–	3					8	–	5
Houston		5	–	3					8	–	5
Temple		4	–	4					6	–	6
South Florida		3	–	5					4	–	8
Tulane		2	–	6					3	–	9
Tulsa		2	–	6					2	–	10
Connecticut		1	–	7					2	–	10
SMU		1	–	7					1	–	11
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 American Athletic Conference football season was the 24th NCAA Division I FBS football season of the American Athletic Conference (The American). The season was the second since the breakup of the former Big East Conference, which lasted in its original form from its creation in 1979 until 2013.

The 2014 season was the first with the new College Football Playoff in place. From 1998 to 2013, FBS postseason football was governed by the Bowl Championship Series. With the move to the new format, The American is no longer an Automatic Qualifying conference (AQ), and is considered a member of the "Group of Five" (G5) with Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, Mountain West Conference, and the Sun Belt Conference. Whereas under the previous system the champion of The American was guaranteed an automatic berth to a BCS bowl game, now only the highest-ranked member of the "Group of Five" is guaranteed to receive a bid to one of the six major bowls.^[1]

The American consisted of 11 members: Cincinnati, Connecticut, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, SMU, South Florida, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa, and UCF. The regular season and conference play began on August 28, when Temple visited Vanderbilt, and Tulane visited Tulsa.^[2]

Previous season

The UCF Knights were the 2013 American Champions, finishing 8–0 in conference and 12–1 overall. The Knights earned the conference's final BCS automatic bid before college football moved to a playoff system. UCF upset No. 6 Baylor 52–42 in the 2014 Fiesta Bowl, and finished the year ranked in the Top–10.

In other bowl games, Cincinnati lost to North Carolina 39–17 in the Belk Bowl. In their final years as members of The American, Louisville defeated Miami 36–9 in the Russell Athletic Bowl, and Rutgers lost to Notre Dame 29–16 in the Pinstripe Bowl.

Preseason

Coaching changes

• Bob Diaco was hired to replace Paul Pasqualoni (and interim coach T. J. Weist) at Connecticut.
• George O'Leary signed a contract extension with UCF.
• September 8 – SMU Head Coach June Jones resigned Citing personal issues, Defensive Coordinator Tom Mason was interim head coach at SMU^[3]
• December 1 – Tulsa fired Head Coach Bill Blankenship

Preseason Poll

The 2013 American Athletic Conference Preseason Poll was announced at the 2014 American Athletic Conference Media Day in Newport, Rhode Island on July 29, 2014.^[4]

1. Cincinnati (17)
2. UCF (7)
3. Houston (6)
4. East Carolina
5. SMU
6. USF
7. Memphis
8. Temple
9. UConn
10. Tulane
11. Tulsa

• (first place votes)

Head coaches

• Tommy Tuberville, Cincinnati
• Bob Diaco, Connecticut
• Ruffin McNeill, East Carolina
• Tony Levine, Houston
• Justin Fuente, Memphis
• June Jones, SMU
• Willie Taggart, South Florida
• Matt Rhule, Temple
• Curtis Johnson, Tulane
• Bill Blankenship, Tulsa
• George O'Leary, UCF

Rankings

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		Selected for College Football Playoff
(Italics)		Number of first place votes
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

		Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
Cincinnati	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV										RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV					RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Connecticut	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
East Carolina	AP				RV	23	22	19	18	18	21
	C				RV	24	21	19	16	17	19	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released									23
Houston	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Memphis	AP															RV		25
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV							RV	RV		25
	CFP	Not released
SMU	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
South Florida	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Temple	AP
	C	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Tulane	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
Tulsa	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
UCF	AP	RV													RV	RV	RV
	C															RV	RV
	CFP	Not released

Schedule

Index to colors and formatting
American member won
American member lost
American teams in bold

Schedule source:^[2]

Week 1

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 28	9:15 PM	Temple	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	SECN	W 37–7	31,731
August 28	8:00 PM	Tulane	Tulsa	H.A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	CBSSN	TULSA 38–31 ^2OT	19,032
August 29	8:00 PM	BYU	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	ESPN	L 35–10	35,130
August 29	9:00 PM	UTSA	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPNU	L 27–7	40,775
August 30	8:30 AM	Penn State	UCF	Croke Park • Dublin, Ireland (Croke Park Classic)	ESPN2	L PSU 26–24	50,304
August 30	8:00 PM	NC Central	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPNews	W 52–7	42,758
August 30	7:00 PM	Austin Peay	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN3	W 63–0	27,361
August 30	7:00 PM	Western Carolina	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN3	W 36–31	31,642
August 31	8:30 PM	SMU	#10 Baylor	McLane Stadium • Waco, TX	FS1	L 45–0	45,733
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Cincinnati

Week 2

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	12:00 PM	Stony Brook	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	SNY	W 19–16	23,543
September 6	7:00 PM	East Carolina	#21 South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	ESPNU	L 33–23	80,899
September 6	8:00 PM	Grambling	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN3	W 47–0	30,081
September 6	10:00 PM	Memphis	#11 UCLA	Rose Bowl (stadium) • Pasadena, CA	Pac-12 Network	L 42–35	72,098
September 6	12:00 PM	SMU	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX	FSN	L 43–6	22,398
September 6	3:30 PM	Maryland	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	CBSSN	L 24–17	28,915
September 6	1:00 PM	Navy	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN3	L 34–21	28,408
September 6	4:00 PM	Georgia Tech	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ESPNews	L 38–21	30,000
September 6	12:00 PM	#4 Oklahoma	Tulsa	H.A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ABC/ESPN2	L 52–7	29,357
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Cincinnati, UCF

Week 3

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 11	9:00 PM	Houston	#25 BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	ESPN	L 35–23	57,630
September 12	7:00 PM	Toledo	Cincinnati	Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPNU	W 58–34	31,912
September 13	12:00 PM	UCF	#20 Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	SECN	L MIZ 38–10	60,348
September 13	12:00 PM	Boise State	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	ABC/ESPN2	L BSU 38–21	30,098
September 13	12:00 PM	East Carolina	#17 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg	ESPN	W ECU 28–21	63,267
September 13	3:30 PM	NC State	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	CBSSN	L USF 49–17	27,269
September 13	8:00 PM	SE Louisiana	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ESPN3	W TUL 35–20	26,358
September 13	7:00 PM	Tulsa	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	FCS	L 50–21	14,112
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Memphis, SMU, Temple

Week 4

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 19	8:00 PM	Connecticut	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN	USF 17–14	28,723
September 20	6:00 PM	Bethune-Cookman	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN3	W UCF 41–7	44,510
September 20	7:00 PM	Miami (OH)	Cincinnati	Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	CBSSN	W 31–24	41,926
September 20	3:30 PM	North Carolina	East Carolina	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPNU	W ECU 70–41	51,082
September 20	8:00 PM	UNLV	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN3	W 47–14	23,408
September 20	7:00 PM	Middle Tennessee	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN3	W 36–17	46,378
September 20	3:30 PM	#6 Texas A&M	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX	ABC/ESPN2	L 58–6	34,820
September 20	1:00 PM	Delaware State	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN3	W 59–0	19,202
September 20	12:30 PM	Tulane	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ACC RSN	L 47–13	20,197
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Tulsa

Week 5

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 27	6:00 PM	Cincinnati	#22 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	BTN	L 58–20	108,362
September 27	4:00 PM	Temple	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	ESPNews	TEMP 36–10	27,755
September 27	6:30 PM	Memphis	#10 Ole Miss	Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	FSN	L 24–3	61,291
September 27	12:00 PM	TCU	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX	CBSSN	L 56–0	23,093
September 27	12:00 PM	South Florida	#19 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	ESPNU	L 27–10	78,111
September 27	12:00 PM	Tulane	Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPNews	L 31–6	48,361
September 27	8:00 PM	Texas State	Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPNEWS	L 37–34 ^3OT	21,353
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: East Carolina, Houston, UCF

Week 6

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 2	7:00 PM	UCF	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN	UCF 17–12	26,685
October 4	7:00 PM	Memphis	Cincinnati	Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	CBSSN	MEM 41–14	25,456
October 4	12:00 PM	SMU	#22 East Carolina	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPNU	ECU 45–24	45,029
October 4	3:00 PM	Tulsa	Colorado State	Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	MWN	L 42–17	25,806
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Connecticut, South Florida, Temple, Tulane

Week 7

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 9	7:30 PM	BYU	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN	W UCF 31–24 ^OT	41,547
October 11	12:00 PM	Cincinnati	Miami (FL)	Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ACCRSN	L 55–24	43,953
October 11	8:00 PM	Connecticut	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ESPNews	TULN 12–3	23,076
October 11	7:00 PM	#19 East Carolina	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPNU	ECU 28–17	31,567
October 11	6:00 PM	Houston	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	CBSSN	HOU 28–24	32,784
October 11	12:00 PM	Tulsa	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPNews	TEMP 35–24	25,340
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: SMU

Week 8

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 17	9:00 PM	Temple	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPNU	HOU 31–10	21,471
October 18	12:00 PM	Tulane	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPNU	UCF 20–13	35,015
October 18	3:30 PM	Cincinnati	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX	CBSSN	CIN 41–3	16,849
October 18	12:00 PM	USF	Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPNews	USF 38–30	18,744
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Connecticut, East Carolina, Memphis

Week 9

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 23	7:00 PM	Connecticut	#18 East Carolina	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPNU	ECU 31–21	40,152
October 24	7:00 PM	South Florida	Cincinnati	Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN2	CIN 34–17	30,024
October 25	5:00 PM	Temple	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL	CBSSN	UCF 34–14	39,554
October 25	12:00 PM	Memphis	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX	ESPNews	MEM 48–10	19,498
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Houston, Tulane, Tulsa

Week 10

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 31	8:00 PM	Cincinnati	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ESPN2	CIN 38–14	21,414
October 31	8:00 PM	Tulsa	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPNU	MEM 40–20	26,846
November 1	12:00 PM	UCF	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	CBSSN	CONN 37–29	28,751
November 1	12:00 PM	#21 East Carolina	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPNews	TEMP 20–10	22,130
November 1	4:00 PM	Houston	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPNews	HOU 27–3	29,782
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: SMU

Week 11

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 7	7:30 PM	Memphis	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPNU	MEM 16–13	23,882
November 8	3:30 PM	Connecticut	Army	Yankee Stadium • Bronx, New York	CBSSN	L 35–21	27,453
November 8	3:30 PM	Tulane	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPNU	TULN 31–24	32,205
November 8	12:00 PM	SMU	Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	CBSSN	TULSA 38–28	14,269
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Cincinnati, East Carolina, South Florida, UCF

Week 12

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 13	7:00 PM	East Carolina	Cincinnati	Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN2	CIN 54–46	19,113
November 14	8:00 PM	Tulsa	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN2	UCF 31–7	35,323
November 15	3:30 PM	Memphis	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ESPNU	MEM 38–7	28,614
November 15	8:00 PM	South Florida	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX	CBSSN	USF 14–13	19,463
November 15	12:00 PM	Temple	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	ESPN2	L PSU 31–13	100,173
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Houston, Connecticut

Week 13

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 22	12:00 PM	SMU	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPNews	UCF 53–7	30,920
November 22	8:00 PM	Cincinnati	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	CBSSN	CIN 41–0	24,012
November 22	3:30 PM	Tulane	East Carolina	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPN3	ECU 34–6	48,433
November 22	12:00 PM	Tulsa	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN3	HOU 38–28	23,572
November 22	4:00 PM	South Florida	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPNews	MEM 31–20	34,635
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Temple

Week 14

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 28	12:00 PM	UCF	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL (Rivalry)	ESPN2	UCF 16–0	36,963
November 28	7:30 PM	East Carolina	Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	ESPNU	ECU 49–32	15,126
November 28	12:00 PM	Houston	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX	CBSSN	HOU 35–9	15,446
November 29	12:00 PM	Cincinnati	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPNews	CIN 14–6	21,255
November 29	4:00 PM	Connecticut	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPNews	MEM 41–10	35,102
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Tulane

Week 15

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 4	7:30 PM	UCF	East Carolina	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC (Rivalry)	ESPN	UCF 32–30	41,259
December 6	12:00 PM	Houston	Cincinnati	Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN	CIN 38–31	24,606
December 6	12:00 PM	SMU	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	CBSSN	SMU 27–20	22,921
December 6	7:30 PM	Temple	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, LA	ESPN2	TEM 10–3	20,612
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Memphis, South Florida, Tulsa

Bowl games

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 22*	2:00 PM	BYU	Memphis	Marlins Park • Miami, FL (2014 Miami Beach Bowl)	ESPN	W 55–48 ^2OT	20,761
December 26*	8:00 PM	NC State	UCF	St. Petersburg, FL (Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl)	ESPN	L 27–34	26,675
December 27*	1:00 PM	Cincinnati	Virginia Tech	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD (Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman)	ESPN	L 17–33	34,277
January 1*	12:00 PM	Houston	Pittsburgh	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX (Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl)	ESPN	W 35-34	37,888
January 3*	1:00 PM	East Carolina	Florida	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Birmingham Bowl)	ESPN2	L 20-28
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bowl eligibility

Bowl eligible

• Memphis (9–3)
• Cincinnati (9–3)
• UCF (9–3)
• East Carolina (8–4)
• Houston (7–5)
• Temple (6–6)

Bowl ineligible

• South Florida (3–8)
• Tulsa (2–10)
• Tulane (3–9)
• SMU (1–11)
• Connecticut (2–10)

Records against other conferences

American vs. power conferences

Legend
	American win
	American loss

Date	Visitor	Home	Winning Team	Opponent Conference
August 28	Temple	Vanderbilt	Temple	SEC
August 30	Penn State	UCF	Penn State	Big Ten
August 31	SMU	Baylor	Baylor	Big 12
September 6	Maryland	South Florida	Maryland	Big Ten
September 6	Memphis	UCLA	UCLA	Pac 12
September 6	East Carolina	South Carolina	South Carolina	SEC
September 6	Georgia Tech	Tulane	Georgia Tech	ACC
September 6	Oklahoma	Tulsa	Oklahoma	Big 12
September 13	UCF	Missouri	Missouri	SEC
September 13	East Carolina	Virginia Tech	East Carolina	ACC
September 13	North Carolina State	South Florida	North Carolina State	ACC
September 20	Texas A&M	SMU	Texas A&M	SEC
September 20	North Carolina	East Carolina	East Carolina	ACC
September 20	Tulane	Duke	Duke	ACC
September 27	Tulane	Rutgers	Rutgers	Big Ten
September 27	Memphis	Ole Miss	Ole Miss	SEC
September 27	TCU	SMU	TCU	Big 12
September 27	South Florida	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Big Ten
September 27	Cincinnati	Ohio State	Ohio State	Big Ten
October 11	Cincinnati	Miami (FL)	Miami (FL)	ACC
November 15	Temple	Penn State	Penn State	Big Ten

American vs. FBS conferences

Conference	Record
ACC	2–4
Big 12	0–3
Big Ten	0–6
C-USA	1–3
Independents	1–4
MAC	2–0
Mountain West	1–2
Pac-12	0–1
SEC	1–4
Sun Belt	0–1
Total	8-28

Players of the week

Week	Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Week 1	Kevin Lucas	WR	Tulsa	Tavon Young	CB	Temple	Marvin Kloss	PK	South Florida
Week 2	Paxton Lynch	QB	Memphis	Nigel Harris	LB	South Florida	Deshon Foxx	PR	Connecticut
Week 3	Gunner Kiel	QB	Cincinnati	Josh Hawkins	LB	East Carolina	Sam Geraci	P	Cincinnati
Week 4	Shane Carden	QB	East Carolina	Tank Jakes	LB	Memphis	Mattias Ciabatti	P	USF
Week 5	Chris Moore	WR	Cincinnati	Praise Martin-Oguike	DE	Temple	Austin Jones	PK	Temple
Week 6	Shane Carden	QB	East Carolina	Tank Jakes	LB	Memphis	Kyle Bullard	PK	Houston
Week 7	Justin Holman	QB	UCF	Terrance Plummer	LB	UCF	J.J. Worton	PR	UCF
Week 8	Andre Davis	WR	South Florida	Steven Taylor	LB	Houston	Andrew Gantz	PK	Cincinnati
Week 9	Shane Carden	QB	East Carolina	Jacoby Glenn	CB	UCF	Andrew Gantz	PK	Cincinnati
Week 10	Brandon Hayes	RB	Memphis	Praise Martin-Oguike	DE	Temple	Jake Elliott	PK	Memphis
Week 11	Dane Evans	QB	Tulsa	Parry Nickerson	CB	Tulane	Jake Elliott	PK	Memphis
Week 12	Gunner Kiel	QB	Cincinnati	Jacoby Glenn	CB	UCF	Andrew Gantz	PK	Cincinnati
Week 13	Kenneth Farrow	RB	Houston	Jeff Luc	LB	Cincinnati	Michael Easton	KR	UCF
Week 14	Paxton Lynch	QB	Memphis	Nick Temple	LB	Cincinnati	Jake Elliott	PK	Memphis
Week 15	Breshad Perriman	WR	UCF	Tyler Matakevich	LB	Temple	Shawn Moffitt	PK	UCF

Position key

Center	C		Cornerback	CB		Defensive back	DB		Defensive end	DE
Defensive lineman	DL		Defensive tackle	DT		Guard	G		Kickoff returner	KR
Offensive tackle	OT		Offensive lineman	OL		Linebacker	LB		Long snapper	LS
Punter	P		Placekicker	PK		Punt returner	PR		Quarterback	QB
Running back	RB		Safety	S		Tight end	TE		Wide receiver	WR

^[5]

Awards and honors

Conference awards

The following individuals received postseason honors^[6] as voted by the American Athletic Conference football coaches at the end of the season

2014 American Athletic Conference Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year	Shane Carden, East Carolina
Defensive Player of the Year	Jacoby Glenn, UCF Tank Jakes, Memphis
Special Teams Player of the Year	Jake Elliott, Memphis
Rookie of the Year	Marlon Mack, USF
Coach of the Year	Justin Fuente, Memphis

2014 All-American Athletic Conference Football Teams
First Team		Second Team
Offense	Defense	Offense	Defense
WR - Breshad Perriman, UCF WR - Justin Hardy, East Carolina OT - Eric Lefeld^^, Cincinnati OT - Al Bond, Memphis OG - Parker Ehinger, Cincinnati OG - Rowdy Harper, Houston C - Taylor Hudson, East Carolina TE - Alan Cross, Memphis QB - Shane Carden, East Carolina RB - William Stanback, UCF RB - Marlon Mack, USF K - Jake Elliott, Memphis RS - Deion Sanders Jr., SMU	DL - Terrell Hartsfield, Cincinnati DL - Terry Williams, East Carolina DL - Joey Mbu, Houston DL - Martin Ifedi, Memphis LB - Terrance Plummer, UCF LB - Jeff Luc, Cincinnati LB - Tank Jakes, Memphis LB - Tyler Matakevich, Temple CB - Jacoby Glenn, UCF CB - Bobby McCain, Memphis S - Clayton Geathers, UCF S - Adrian McDonald, Houston P - Mattias Ciabatti, USF	WR - Deontay Greenberry, Houston WR - Keevan Lucas, Tulsa OT - Torrian Wilson, UCF OT - Ike Harris, East Carolina OG - J.T. Boyd, East Carolina C - Kyle Friend, Temple TE - Bryce Williams, East Carolina QB - Paxton Lynch, Memphis RB - Kenneth Farrow, Houston RB - Brandon Hayes, Memphis K - Andrew Gantz, Cincinnati RS - Keiwone Malone, Memphis	DL - Jaryl Mamea, UCF DL - Thomas Niles, UCF DL - Matt Ioaniddis, Temple DL - Praise Martin-Oguike, Temple DL - Derrick Alexander, Tulsa LB - Zeek Bigger, East Carolina LB - Brandon Williams, East Carolina LB - Efrem Oliphant, Houston CB - William Jackson, Houston CB - Lorenzo Doss, Tulane CB - Brandon Alexander, UCF S - Sam Scofield, Tulane P - Spencer Smith, Memphis
^^ - denotes unanimous selection  Additional players added to the All-AAC teams due to ties in the voting

Home game attendance

as of December 6, 2014.

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Gm 1	Gm 2	Gm 3	Gm 4	Gm 5	Gm 6	Gm 7	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Cincinnati	Paul Brown Stadium^*	65,535	31,912	41,926	25,456	30,024	19,113	24,606		173,037	28,839	44.01%
Connecticut	Rentschler Field	40,000	35,130	23,543	30,098	27,755	28,751	24,012		169,309	28,218	70.55%
East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium	50,000	42,758	51,082	45,029	40,152	48,433	41,259		268,713	44,786	89.57%
Houston	TDECU Stadium	40,000	40,775	30,081	23,408	26,685	21,471	32,205	23,572	198,177	28,311	70.78%
Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	61,008	27,361	46,378	32,784	26,846	34,635	35,102		203,106	33,851	57.08%
SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium	32,000	34,820	23,093	16,849	19,498	19,463	15,446		129,169	21,528	67.28%
South Florida	Raymond James Stadium	65,890	31,642	28,915	27,269	28,273	31,567	29,782	36,963	214,861	30,694	46.61%
Temple	Lincoln Financial Field	68,532	28,408	19,202	25,340	22,130	23,882	21,255		140,217	23,370	34.10%
Tulane	Yulman Stadium	30,000	30,000	26,358	23,076	21,414	28,614	20,612		129,462	25,892	86.31%
Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium	30,000	19,032	29,357	21,353	18,744	14,269	15,126		117,881	19,647	65.49%
UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium	45,323	44,510	41,547	35,015	39,554	35,323	30,920		226,869	37,812	83.43%

^* Cincinnati will be playing all its 2014 Paul Brown Stadium due to ongoing renovations to Nippert Stadium, capacity: 65,535.
Games highlighted in green were sell-outs.

References

1. About the College Football Playoff. ESPN.
2. "2014 American Athletic Conference Composite Schedule". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
3. "Jones Steps Down As SMU Head Coach". SMUMustangs.com. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
4. "Cincinnati Tabbed As 2014 Favorite In Preseason Media Poll" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. July 30, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
5. "American Athletic Conference Football Players of the Week". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
6. "American Athletic Conference Announces 2014 Postseason Football Honors". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved 10 December 2014.