2014 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

2014 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football
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 FieldColumbia, MO ESPNU L 18–38   60,589
September 6 6:00 PM Cal Poly* No. 12 Coughlin–Alumni StadiumBrookings, SD JE W 44–18   12,219
September 13 7:00 PM at Southern Utah* No. 11 Eccles ColiseumCeder 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 StadiumNormal, IL L 10–45   10,919
October 11 6:00 PM Missouri Statedagger 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-DomeCedar 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 FargodomeFargo, ND (Dakota Marker) Midco SN L 17–37   18,832
November 8 12:00 PM at No. 17 Indiana State No. 22 Memorial StadiumTerre 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 StadiumBozeman, 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. daggerHomecoming. #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

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