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2014 Dayton

7–⁠3 (5–⁠2 Pioneer Football League). The season’s Wikipedia article records 8–⁠3, over 11 games to the 10 on file here.

Schedule and results

Dayton in 2014, game by game: won vs. Georgetown 23–14; lost at Duquesne 13–33; won vs. Robert Morris 31–7; won at Davidson 54–48; won vs. Morehead State 41–7; lost at San Diego 29–40; won vs. Valparaiso 42–19; lost vs. Drake 30–34; won at Butler 21–14; won vs. Campbell 19–14+34−20Won 23–14 vs. Georgetown+9GeorgetownLost 13–33 at Duquesne-20DuquesneWon 31–7 vs. Robert Morris+24Robert MorrisWon 54–48 at Davidson+6DavidsonWon 41–7 vs. Morehead State+34Morehead StateLost 29–40 at San Diego-11San DiegoWon 42–19 vs. Valparaiso+23ValparaisoLost 30–34 vs. Drake-4DrakeWon 21–14 at Butler+7ButlerWon 19–14 vs. Campbell+5Campbell
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6vsGeorgetownW 23–⁠1478%
Sep 13atDuquesneL 13–⁠3346%
Sep 20vsRobert MorrisW 31–⁠772%
Oct 4atDavidsonW 54–⁠4879%
Oct 18vsMorehead StateW 41–⁠779%
Oct 25atSan DiegoL 29–⁠4034%
Nov 1vsValparaisoW 42–⁠1988%
Nov 8vsDrakeL 30–⁠3466%
Nov 15atButlerW 21–⁠1452%
Nov 22vsCampbellW 19–⁠1480%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Campbell 19–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Pioneer Football League.

In program history: The tied 23rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 63 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list one game of Dayton’s 2014 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

DateOpponentResultSource
Oct 11atMaristW 31–⁠21Marist’s article, Dayton’s article
Record
7–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 3rd in Pioneer Football League
AP final
Unranked
Points
303–⁠230
Coach
—
Elo
1334 +15 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−39.8 No. 102 of 124 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Eric Evans
Defensive coordinator
Landon Fox

2014 Pioneer Football League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Jacksonville6–⁠18–⁠2
San Diego6–⁠18–⁠3
Dayton5–⁠27–⁠3
Drake5–⁠26–⁠4
Marist4–⁠34–⁠6
Stetson3–⁠45–⁠6
Campbell3–⁠44–⁠7
Morehead State3–⁠44–⁠7
Butler2–⁠54–⁠6
Valparaiso2–⁠63–⁠8
Davidson0–⁠71–⁠10

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