2014 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats football team

2014 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats football
MEAC Co–Champions
Conference Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Ranking
Sports Network #22
FCS Coaches #20
2014 record 9–3 (6–2 MEAC)
Head coach Brian Jenkins (5th year)
Offensive coordinator Jim Pry (3rd year)
Defensive coordinator Charles Jones (5th year)
Home stadium Municipal Stadium
(Capacity: 9,601)
2014 MEAC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#22 Bethune-Cookman §   6 – 2         9 – 3  
North Carolina A&T §   6 – 2         9 – 3  
South Carolina State §   6 – 2         8 – 4  
North Carolina Central §   6 – 2         7 – 5  
Morgan State §^   6 – 2         7 – 6  
Norfolk State   4 – 4         4 – 8  
Howard   3 – 5         5 – 7  
Florida A&M*   3 – 5         3 – 9  
Hampton   2 – 6         3 – 9  
Delaware State   2 – 6         2 – 10  
Savannah State*   0 – 8         0 – 12  
§ – Conference co-champions
^ – FCS playoff participant

The 2014 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats football team represented Bethune-Cookman University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth year head coach Brian Jenkins and played their home games at Municipal Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 9–3, 6–2 in MEAC play to finish in a five way tie for the MEAC Championship. However, they did not earn the conference's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs and did not receive an at-large bid.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 30 7:00 PM at FIU* #22 FIU Stadium • Miami, FL ASN W 14–12   14,053
September 13 4:00 PM Grambling State* #13 Municipal Stadium • Daytona Beach, FL W 36–23   9,423
September 20 6:00 PM at UCF* #12 Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL ESPN3 L 7–41   44,510
September 27 4:00 PM Florida Tech* #15 Municipal Stadium • Daytona Beach, FL CEN W 34–33   8,431
October 4 4:00 PM Delaware State #17 Municipal Stadium • Daytona Beach, FL CEN W 27–7   6,445
October 11 4:00 PM Howarddagger #18 Municipal Stadium • Daytona Beach, FL CEN W 49–12   10,247
October 18 6:00 PM at Savannah State #16 Ted Wright Stadium • Savannah, GA W 48–20   1,271
October 25 1:30 PM at South Carolina State #14 Oliver C. Dawson Stadium • Orangeburg, SC L 14–20   11,043
November 1 4:00 PM North Carolina Central #21 Municipal Stadium • Daytona Beach, FL CEN W 34–20   3,661
November 6 7:30 PM at Norfolk State #20 William "Dick" Price Stadium • Norfolk, VA ESPNU W 13–7   4,220
November 13 7:30 PM at Hampton #20 Armstrong Stadium • Hampton, VA ESPNU L 35–40   6,000
November 22 2:00 PM vs. Florida A&M #25 Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium • Orlando, FL (Florida Classic) ESPNC W 18–17   41,126
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #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 22 18 13 12 15 17 18 16 14 21 20 20 25 22  
Coaches 23 18 13 12 14 17 17 14 13 20 18 18 24 20

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