2014 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

2014 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football
Conference Big South Conference
2014 record 8–4 (3–2 Big South)
Head coach Jamey Chadwell (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator Gabe Giardina
Defensive coordinator Chad Staggs
Home stadium Buccaneer Field
(Capacity: 4,000)
2014 Big South football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#5 Coastal Carolina §^   4 – 1         12 – 2  
#17 Liberty §^   4 – 1         9 – 5  
Charleston Southern   3 – 2         8 – 4  
Presbyterian   3 – 2         6 – 5  
Monmouth   1 – 4         6 – 5  
Gardner–Webb   0 – 5         4 – 8  
§ – Conference co-champions
^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2014 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second year head coach Jamey Chadwell and played their home games at Buccaneer Field. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 8–4, 3–2 in Big South play to finish in a tie for third place.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 28 7:30 PM Point* Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC BSN W 61–9   3,759
September 6 6:00 PM Newberry* Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC W 16–10   3,914
September 11 7:00 PM Campbell* Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC BSN W 34–10   2,636
September 20 6:00 PM The Citadel* Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC BSN W 20–18   7,954
September 27 12:00 PM at Charlotte* Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC W 47–41 OT  14,498
October 11 7:30 PM at Vanderbilt* #24 Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN SECRN L 20–21   26,738
October 18 3:00 PM Presbyteriandagger #23 Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC ESPN3 L 3–7   4,083
October 25 3:30 PM at #4 Coastal Carolina Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC ASN L 22–43   10,194
November 1 1:00 PM at Monmouth Kessler Field • West Long Branch, NJ ESPN3 W 27–0   450
November 8 11:00 AM Gardner–Webb Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC ESPN3 W 44–14   3,629
November 15 3:30 PM at Liberty Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA BSN W 38–36   12,362
November 22 12:00 PM at #9 (FBS) Georgia* Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA SECN L 9–55   92,746
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

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

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