2014 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

2014 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football

FCS Playoffs Second Round vs. North Dakota State, L 24–27
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 12
FCS Coaches	No. 13
2014 record	9–5 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach	John Stiegelmeier (17th season)
Offensive coordinator	Eric Eidsness
Defensive coordinator	Clint Brown
Home stadium	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium (Capacity: 15,000)

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 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team represented South Dakota State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by 17th-year head coach John Stiegelmeier and played their home games at Coughlin–Alumni Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 9–5, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in fourth place. They were invited to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Montana State in the first round before losing in the second round to fellow MVFC member North Dakota State.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	2:30 PM	at No. 24 (FBS) Missouri*	No. 10	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	ESPNU	L 18–38	60,589
September 6	6:00 PM	Cal Poly*	No. 12	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD	JE	W 44–18	12,219
September 13	7:00 PM	at Southern Utah*	No. 11	Eccles Coliseum • Ceder City, UT		W 26–6	5,017
September 20	6:00 PM	UW–Oshkosh*	No. 10	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD	JE	W 41–3	13,731
October 4	2:00 PM	at No. 22 Illinois State	No. 9	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL		L 10–45	10,919
October 11	6:00 PM	Missouri State	No. 19	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD	Midco SN	W 32–28	11,348
October 18	4:00 PM	at No. 20 Northern Iowa	No. 18	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA		W 31–28	15,049
October 25	2:00 PM	No. 17 Youngstown State	No. 13	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD	JE	L 27–30	14,480
November 1	2:30 PM	at No. 1 North Dakota State	No. 18	Fargodome • Fargo, ND (Dakota Marker)	Midco SN	L 17–37	18,832
November 8	12:00 PM	at No. 17 Indiana State	No. 22	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN		W 32–17	4,905
November 15	2:00 PM	Western Illinois	No. 19	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD	JE	W 59–24	3,204
November 22	2:00 PM	South Dakota	No. 16	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD (Rivalry)	Midco SN	W 37–14	10,631
November 29	3:00 PM	at No. 17 Montana State*	No. 14	Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 47–40	7,747
December 6	2:30 PM	No. 2 North Dakota State	No. 14	Fargodome • Fargo, ND (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	L 24–27	18,113
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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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	10	12	11	10	9	9	19	18	13	18	22	19	16	14^[2]	12
Coaches	10	11	10	10	9	9	19	16	15	19	22	19	15	13^[3]	13

References

↑ "Schedule". South Dakota State University Department of Athletics. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20141202141947/http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2%2Fmisc%2Fcfoot225poll.aspx
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20141202142421/http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fcs

South Dakota State Jackrabbits football
Venues	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium (1962–2015) Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium (2016–present)
Bowls & rivalries	South Dakota Dakota Marker (North Dakota State)
Culture & lore	Jack Rabbit "Ring the Bell"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1889 1890–1896 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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