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2014 Houston Christian

1–⁠9 (1–⁠7 Southland Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 2–⁠9, over 11 games to the 10 on file here.

Schedule and results

Houston Christian in 2014, game by game: lost vs. McMurry 17–26; lost at Northern Colorado 20–28; lost vs. Abilene Christian 14–59; lost at Incarnate Word 8–31; lost at Central Arkansas 0–70; lost vs. Stephen F. Austin 27–59; won vs. Nicholls 31–21; lost at Lamar 14–72; lost at SE Louisiana 7–76; lost vs. Sam Houston 0–76+10−76Lost 17–26 vs. McMurry-9McMurryLost 20–28 at Northern Colorado-8Northern Colora…Lost 14–59 vs. Abilene Christian-45Abilene Christi…Lost 8–31 at Incarnate Word-23Incarnate WordLost 0–70 at Central Arkansas-70Central ArkansasLost 27–59 vs. Stephen F. Austin-32Stephen F. Aust…Won 31–21 vs. Nicholls+10NichollsLost 14–72 at Lamar-58LamarLost 7–76 at SE Louisiana-69SE LouisianaLost 0–76 vs. Sam Houston-76Sam Houston
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6vsMcMurryL 17–⁠2670%
Sep 13atNorthern ColoradoL 20–⁠2850%
Sep 27vsAbilene ChristianL 14–⁠5942%
Oct 4atIncarnate WordL 8–⁠3141%
Oct 11atCentral ArkansasL 0–⁠7015%
Oct 18vsStephen F. AustinL 27–⁠5933%
Oct 25vsNichollsW 31–⁠2157%
Nov 1atLamarL 14–⁠7222%
Nov 8atSE LouisianaL 7–⁠768%
Nov 15vsSam HoustonL 0–⁠7613%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Sam Houston 76–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southland Conference.

In program history: The 9th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 14 on file).

Record
1–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠7 10th in Southland Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
138–⁠518
Coach
—
Elo
1078 −156 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−46.0 No. 110 of 124 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 213
Offensive coordinator
Scott Smith
Defensive coordinators
Roger Hinshaw and Brent Vieselmeyer
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠3

Top recruits in the 2014 class

Taaron Timmons TE★★No. 1910
Brandon Taylor APB★★No. 3534

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

The 2014 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Running backs12.00.700
Receivers12.00.797
Whole class22.00.748

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 Southland Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Sam Houston7–⁠111–⁠4
SE Louisiana7–⁠19–⁠4
Stephen F. Austin6–⁠37–⁠5
Lamar5–⁠36–⁠4
Central Arkansas5–⁠36–⁠6
McNeese4–⁠46–⁠5
Northwestern State4–⁠46–⁠6
Abilene Christian3–⁠45–⁠6
Incarnate Word2–⁠62–⁠8
Houston Christian1–⁠71–⁠9
Nicholls0–⁠80–⁠11

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