2014 Saint Francis Cougars football team

The 2014 Saint Francis Cougars football team represented the University of Saint Francis, located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the 2014 NAIA football season. They were led by head coach Kevin Donley, who served his 17th year as the first and only head coach in the history of Saint Francis football. The Cougars played their home games at Bishop John D'Arcy Stadium and were members of the Mid-States Football Association (MSFA) Mideast League (MEL). The Cougars finished 3rd in the MSFA MEL division and, for only the third time in the team's history, did not participate in the postseason NAIA playoffs.

2014 Saint Francis Cougars football
ConferenceMid-States Football Association
DivisionMideast League
2014 record6–5 (4–2 MSFA (MEL))
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPatrick Donley, Trevor Miller (11th, 9th season)
Defensive coordinatorJoey Didier, Eric Wagoner (5th, 7th season)
Home stadiumBishop John M. D'Arcy Stadium
(Capacity: 3,500 )
2014 Mid-States Football Association standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Mideast League
No. 2 Marian (IN) x^  5 1     11 3  
Siena Heights x  5 1     6 4  
Saint Francis (IN)  4 2     6 5  
No. 20 Robert Morris (IL)  3 3     8 3  
Taylor  3 3     5 6  
St. Francis (IL)  1 5     4 7  
Concordia (MI)  0 6     3 8  
Midwest League
No. 6 Grand View x^  5 0     10 2  
No. 4 Saint Xavier ^  4 1     10 3  
No. 19 William Penn  3 2     7 4  
St. Ambrose  2 3     5 5  
Olivet Nazarene  1 4     2 9  
Trinity International  0 5     3 7  
  • x – League champion/co-champions
    ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

Schedule

(6-5 overall, 4-2 conference)[1]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResult
September 47:00pmMissouri Baptist*No. 6
  • Bishop D'Arcy Stadium
  • Fort Wayne, IN
W 42–10
September 1312:00pmWilliam Penn (IA)*No. 6
  • Bishop D'Arcy Stadium
  • Fort Wayne, IN
L 27–28
September 202:00pmat No. 25 St. Ambrose (IA)*No. 12Davenport, IAW 27–13
September 2712:00pmNo. 8 Grand View (IA)*No. 9
  • Bishop D'Arcy Stadium
  • Fort Wayne, IN
L 9–21
October 47:00pmSiena Heights (MI)No. 15
  • Bishop D'Arcy Stadium
  • Fort Wayne, IN
L 21–27
October 117:00pmat No. 16 Saint Xavier (IL)*No. 24Chicago, ILL 26–53
October 1812:00pmNo. 18 St. Francis (IL)
  • Bishop D'Arcy Stadium
  • Fort Wayne, IN
W 42–20
October 252:00pmat No. 12 Robert Morris (IL)Chicago, ILW 38–20
November 11:00pmat Concordia (MI)Ann Arbor, MIW 30–14
November 812:00pmTaylor (IN)
  • Bishop D'Arcy Stadium
  • Fort Wayne, IN
W 42–0
November 151:00pmat No. 9 Marion (IN)Indianapolis, INL 18–51

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final 
NAIA Coaches' Poll 6 12 9 15 24 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

References

  1. "Football | University of Saint Francis | Fort Wayne - 2014 Football Schedule". Saintfranciscougars.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-20. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.