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2014 Sam Houston State Bearkats football
2014 Sam Houston State Bearkats football
Southland co-champion
FCS Playoffs Semifinals, L 3–35 vs. North Dakota State
Conference	Southland Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 6
FCS Coaches	No. 6
Record	11–5 (7–1 Southland)
Head coach	K. C. Keeler (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Phil Longo (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Mike Collins (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Brad Sherrod (1st season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Bowers Stadium
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2014 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

American college football season

The 2014 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represented Sam Houston State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bearkats were led by first-year head coach K. C. Keeler and played their home games at Bowers Stadium. They are a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 11–5, 7–1 in Southland play to finish in a share of the Southland Conference title. They received the Southland's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Southeastern Louisiana, Jacksonville State, and Villanova to advance to the Semifinals where they lost to North Dakota State. But, along the way they lost to eventual D-2 Champion CSU-Pueblo.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 23	2:30 pm	at No. 1 Eastern Washington*	No. 17	Roos Field Cheney, WA (FCS Kickoff)	ESPN	L 35–56	10,310
August 30	6:30 pm	Alabama State*	No. 17	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX		W 51–20	7,595
September 6	6:30 pm	at No. 12 (FBS) LSU*	No. 15	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	SECN	L 0–56	100,338
September 13	6:30 pm	No. 2 (D-II) CSU–Pueblo*	No. 15	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX	BSN	L 21–47	9,678
September 27	7:00 pm	at Lamar		Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX		W 42–10	9,308
October 11	3:00 pm	No. 5 McNeese State		Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX	SLCTV	W 38–22	8,418
October 18	3:00 pm	at Northwestern State	No. 24	Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, LA	SLCTV	L 27–31	7,895
October 25	3:00 pm	Abilene Christian		Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX	BSN	W 38–21	7,073
November 1	3:00 pm	vs. No. 24 Stephen F. Austin		Reliant Stadium Houston, TX (Battle of the Piney Woods)	SLCTV	W 42–28	26,788
November 8	6:00 pm	at Incarnate Word		Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX		W 40–19	3,476
November 15	3:00 pm	at Houston Baptist		Husky Stadium Houston, TX	FSSW	W 76–0	3,124
November 22	12:30 pm	Central Arkansas	No. 23	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX	SLCTV	W 38–31	5,717
November 29	1:00 pm	No. 11 Southeastern Louisiana*	No. 19	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN3	W 21–17	4,758	^[1]
December 6	1:00 pm	at No. 3 Jacksonville State*	No. 19	JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL (NCAA Division I Second Round)	ESPN3	W 37–26	10,832	^[2]
December 13	12:00 pm	at No. 5 Villanova*	No. 19	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)	ESPN3	W 34–31	2,333
December 19	7:00 pm	at No. 2 North Dakota State*	No. 19	Fargodome Fargo, ND (NCAA Division I Semifinal)	ESPN2	L 3–35	18,025
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Sports Network	17	15	15	25	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	19	6
Coaches	14	13	15	25	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	—	RV	RV	RV	19	6

2014_Sam_Houston_State_Bearkats_football_team

2014 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

Schedule

Game summaries

At Eastern Washington

Alabama State

At LSU

CSU-Pueblo

At Lamar

McNeese State

At Northwestern State

Abilene Christian

Stephen F Austin (Reliant Stadium)

At Incarnate Word

At Houston Baptist

Central Arkansas

FCS Playoffs

Southeastern Louisiana (FCS Playoffs First Round)

At Jacksonville State (FCS Playoffs Second Round)

At Villanova (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)

At North Dakota St (FCS Playoffs Semifinal)

Ranking movements

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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 6 Sam Houston St +^	7	–	1	11	–	5
No. 14 SE Louisiana +^	7	–	1	9	–	4
Lamar	5	–	3	8	–	4
Stephen F. Austin ^	5	–	3	8	–	5
Central Arkansas	5	–	3	6	–	6
McNeese State	4	–	4	6	–	5
Abilene Christian *	4	–	4	6	–	6
Northwestern State	4	–	4	6	–	6
Incarnate Word *	2	–	6	2	–	9
Houston Baptist	1	–	7	2	–	9
Nicholls State	0	–	8	0	–	12

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant * – ineligible for FCS playoffs due to transition from NCAA Division II Rankings from The Sports Network poll