2014 Indiana State Sycamores football team

2014 Indiana State Sycamores football

FCS Playoffs Second Round vs. Chattanooga, L 14–35
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	#19
FCS Coaches	#18
2014 record	8–6 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach	Mike Sanford (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Brian Sheppard (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator	Brian Cabral (2nd year)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 12,764)

2014 MVFC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#1 North Dakota St. +^		7	–	1		15	–	1
#2 Illinois State +^		7	–	1		13	–	2
#10 Northern Iowa ^		6	–	2		9	–	5
#12 South Dakota St. ^		5	–	3		9	–	5
#19 Indiana State ^		4	–	4		8	–	6
#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

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2014 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Mike Sanford and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 8–6, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They were invited to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Eastern Kentucky in the first round before losing in the second round to Chattanooga.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	12:00 PM	at Indiana*		Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	ESPNews	L 10–28	38,006
September 6	3:00 PM	Tennessee Tech*		Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN		W 49–14	5,113
September 13	3:00 PM	at Ball State*		Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN (Blue Key Victory Bell)	ESPN3	W 27–20	15,860
September 27	3:00 PM	#22 Liberty*		Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3	W 38–19	5,633
October 4	3:00 PM	#10 Northern Iowa	#25	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN		W 20–19	4,291
October 11	3:00 PM	#15 Illinois State	#20	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN (Rivalry)	ESPN3	L 18–20	7,534
October 18	3:30 PM	at #1 North Dakota State	#22	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ESPN3	L 17–34	18,477
October 25	7:00 PM	at #20 Southern Illinois	#22	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL (Rivalry)	ESPN3	W 41–26	10,255
November 1	1:00 PM	Missouri State	#19	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN		W 20–18	4,799
November 8	1:00 PM	#22 South Dakota State	#17	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN		L 17–32	4,905
November 15	2:00 PM	at #15 Youngstown State	#23	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	ESPN3	W 27–24 ^OT	9,642
November 22	2:00 PM	at Western Illinois	#18	Hanson Field • Macomb, IL		L 20–34	1,783
November 29	1:00 p.m.	at #16 Eastern Kentucky*	#25	Roy Kidd Stadium • Richmond, KY (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 36–16	1,941
December 6	1:00 p.m.	at #8 Chattanooga*	#25	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	L 14–35	8,419
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source: Schedule

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Sports Network	RV	RV	NR	RV	RV	25	20	22	22	19	17	23	18	25	19
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	22	23	24	21	19	25	18	21	18

References

Indiana State Sycamores football

Venues	Memorial Stadium (1949–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Ball State (Blue Key Victory Bell)

Culture & lore	Sycamore Sam "March On! (You Fighting Sycamores)" Pride of Indiana

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

2014 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Chattanooga Coastal Carolina Eastern Kentucky Eastern Washington Fordham Illinois State Indiana State Jacksonville State James Madison Liberty Montana Montana State Morgan State New Hampshire North Dakota State Northern Iowa Richmond Sacred Heart Sam Houston State San Diego South Dakota State Southeastern Louisiana Stephen F. Austin Villanova

Champion – North Dakota State

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