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2014 Coastal Carolina

12–⁠2 (4–⁠1 Big South).

Schedule and results

Coastal Carolina in 2014, game by game: won at The Citadel 31–16; won at North Carolina A&T 31–30; won vs. South Carolina State 30–3; won at Florida A&M 48–3; won vs. Elon 31–3; won at Furman 37–31; won at Presbyterian 40–28; won vs. Charleston Southern 43–22; won at Gardner-Webb 38–14; won at Charlotte 59–34; won vs. Monmouth 52–21; lost vs. Liberty 14–15; won vs. Richmond 36–15; lost at North Dakota State 32–39+45−7Won 31–16 at The Citadel+15The CitadelWon 31–30 at North Carolina A&T+1North Carolina …Won 30–3 vs. South Carolina State+27South Carolina …Won 48–3 at Florida A&M+45Florida A&MWon 31–3 vs. Elon+28ElonWon 37–31 at Furman+6FurmanWon 40–28 at Presbyterian+12PresbyterianWon 43–22 vs. Charleston Southern+21Charleston Sout…Won 38–14 at Gardner-Webb+24Gardner-WebbWon 59–34 at Charlotte+25CharlotteWon 52–21 vs. Monmouth+31MonmouthLost 14–15 vs. Liberty-1LibertyWon 36–15 vs. Richmond+21RichmondLost 32–39 at North Dakota State-7North Dakota St…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30atThe CitadelW 31–⁠1657%
Sep 6atNorth Carolina A&TW 31–⁠3054%
Sep 13vsSouth Carolina StateW 30–⁠366%
Sep 20atFlorida A&MW 48–⁠377%
Sep 27vsElonW 31–⁠387%
Oct 4atFurmanW 37–⁠3168%
Oct 11atPresbyterianW 40–⁠2875%
Oct 25vsCharleston SouthernW 43–⁠2280%
Nov 1atGardner-WebbW 38–⁠1476%
Nov 8atCharlotteW 59–⁠3480%
Nov 15vsMonmouthW 52–⁠2185%
Nov 22vsLibertyL 14–⁠1576%
Dec 6vsRichmondW 36–⁠1575%
Dec 13atNorth Dakota StateL 32–⁠3934%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to North Dakota State 39–⁠32; unranked in the final AP poll; Big South champions.

In program history: The 4th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 24 on file).

Big South champions4–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Liberty

Record
12–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠1 shared first in Big South
AP final
Unranked
Points
522–⁠274
Coach
—
Elo
1552 +133 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−7.5 No. 6 of 124 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 168
Offensive coordinator
Dave Patenaude
Defensive coordinator
Clayton Carlin
Offense
Pro spread
Defense
4–⁠2–⁠5

Player leaders are hidden for this season: our source’s player stats for Coastal Carolina are missing players (they add up to less than 85% of the team’s passing or rushing yards).

Top recruits in the 2014 class

Christian Gill SDE★★No. 2624
Omar Black WR★★No. 2648

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2014 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Receivers12.00.767
Defensive line12.00.768
Whole class22.00.768

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

2014 Big South standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Coastal Carolina4–⁠112–⁠2
Liberty4–⁠19–⁠5
Charleston Southern3–⁠28–⁠4
Presbyterian3–⁠26–⁠5
Monmouth1–⁠46–⁠5
Gardner-Webb0–⁠54–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.