2014 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

2014 New Hampshire Wildcats football

CAA Champions Lambert Cup
FCS Playoffs Semifinals vs Illinois State, L 18–21
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Ranking
Sports Network	#3
FCS Coaches	#3
2014 record	12–2 (8–0 CAA)
Head coach	Sean McDonnell (16th year)
Offensive coordinator	Ryan Carty (7th year)
Defensive coordinator	John Lyons (3rd year)
Home stadium	Cowell Stadium (Capacity: 6,500)

2014 CAA football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#3 New Hampshire $^		8	–	0		12	–	2
#7 Villanova ^		7	–	1		11	–	3
#18 James Madison ^		6	–	2		9	–	4
#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

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

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. 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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 PM	at Toledo*	#4	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH	ESPN3	L 20–54	20,184
September 13	3:30 PM	Lehigh*	#7	Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH	ASN	W 45–27	9,358
September 20	4:00 PM	at #17 Richmond	#7	Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA	CSN	W 29–26	8,404
September 27	6:00 PM	Dartmouth*	#4	Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH (Rivalry)	UNHTV	W 52–19	8,753
October 4	1:30 PM	at Elon	#4	Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC		W 48–14	6,141
October 11	3:30 PM	#10 William & Mary	#4	Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH	NBCSN	W 32–3	18,774
October 25	3:00 PM	Stony Brook	#3	Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH	UNHTV	W 28–20	8,811
November 1	6:00 PM	#23 Albany	#2	Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH	UNHTV	W 49–24	3,536
November 8	12:30 PM	at Rhode Island	#2	Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI		W 41–14	7,210
November 15	1:00 PM	Delaware	#1	Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH		W 43–14	8,199
November 22	3:30 PM	at Maine	#1	Alfond Stadium • Orono, ME (Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket)	NBCSN	W 20–12	4,023
December 6	1:00 PM	#9 Fordham*	#1	Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	W 44–19	4,021
December 12	8:00 PM	#8 Chattanooga*	#1	Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)	ESPN2	W 35–30	6,380
December 20	2:00 PM	#7 Illinois State*	#1	Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH (FCS Playoffs Semifinals)	ESPNU	L 18–21	9,497
*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	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

References

New Hampshire Wildcats football

Venues	Cowell Stadium (1936–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Dartmouth Colonial Clash (UMass, Bill Knight Trophy) Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket (Maine)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1893 1894 1895 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 2016

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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