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2014 The Citadel

4–⁠7 (2–⁠4 Southern Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 5–⁠7, over 12 games to the 11 on file here.

Schedule and results

The Citadel in 2014, game by game: lost vs. Coastal Carolina 16–31; lost at No. 1 Florida State 12–37; lost at Charleston Southern 18–20; won vs. Gardner-Webb 37–14; lost at Wofford 13–17; won vs. Charlotte 63–56; lost vs. Chattanooga 14–34; lost at Western Carolina 15–29; won vs. Furman 42–35; lost vs. Samford 17–20; won at VMI 45–25+23−25Lost 16–31 vs. Coastal Carolina-15Coastal CarolinaLost 12–37 at No. 1 Florida State-25No. 1 Florida StateLost 18–20 at Charleston Southern-2Charleston Sout…Won 37–14 vs. Gardner-Webb+23Gardner-WebbLost 13–17 at Wofford-4WoffordWon 63–56 vs. Charlotte+7CharlotteLost 14–34 vs. Chattanooga-20ChattanoogaLost 15–29 at Western Carolina-14Western CarolinaWon 42–35 vs. Furman+7FurmanLost 17–20 vs. Samford-3SamfordWon 45–25 at VMI+20VMI
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30vsCoastal CarolinaL 16–⁠3143%
Sep 6at1Florida StateL 12–⁠375%
Sep 20atCharleston SouthernL 18–⁠2036%
Sep 27vsGardner-WebbW 37–⁠1456%
Oct 4atWoffordL 13–⁠1740%
Oct 11vsCharlotteW 63–⁠5660%
Oct 18vsChattanoogaL 14–⁠3445%
Oct 25atWestern CarolinaL 15–⁠2938%
Nov 8vsFurmanW 42–⁠3564%
Nov 15vsSamfordL 17–⁠2042%
Nov 22atVMIW 45–⁠2561%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat VMI 45–⁠25; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 86th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 114 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list one game of The Citadel’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
Nov 1atMercerW 28–⁠26Mercer’s article, The Citadel’s article
Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠4 5th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
292–⁠318
Coach
—
Elo
1290 −23 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−20.0 No. 37 of 124 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 178
Offensive coordinator
Brent Thompson
Defensive coordinator
Maurice Drayton
Offense
Triple option
Defense
4–⁠3

Leaders

Passing yardsAaron Miller RB46 yds
Passing touchdownsAaron Miller RB1 TD
Rushing yardsAaron Miller RB61 yds
Receiving yardsDeAndre Schoultz RB26 yds
Receiving touchdownsDeAndre Schoultz RB1 TD

Top recruits in the 2014 class

Kailik Williams S★★★No. 1506
Josh Massey S★★No. 3147

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

The 2014 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Defensive backs22.50.786

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 Southern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Chattanooga7–⁠010–⁠4
Samford5–⁠26–⁠4
Western Carolina5–⁠27–⁠5
Wofford4–⁠36–⁠5
The Citadel2–⁠44–⁠7
Furman2–⁠53–⁠9
Mercer1–⁠56–⁠5
VMI1–⁠62–⁠10

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