2014 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

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2014 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
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Conference Big Sky Conference
Record3–9 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Gary Crowton (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Demario Warren (1st season)
Home stadium Eccles Coliseum
Seasons
  2013
2015  
2014 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Eastern Washington $^  7 1   11 3  
No. 13 Montana ^  6 2   9 5  
No. 20 Montana State ^  6 2   8 5  
No. 25 Idaho State  6 2   8 4  
Cal Poly  5 3   7 5  
Northern Arizona  5 3   7 5  
Sacramento State  4 4   7 5  
North Dakota  3 5   5 7  
Southern Utah  3 5   3 9  
Northern Colorado  2 6   3 8  
Portland State  2 6   3 9  
Weber State  2 6   2 10  
UC Davis  1 7   2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2014 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Ed Lamb and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum. This was their third year as a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for eighth place.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 301:00 pmat Nevada * Campus Insiders L 19–2821,021
September 66:00 pmat No. 3 Southeastern Louisiana *L 14–417,105
September 136:05 pmNo. 11 South Dakota State *Dagger-14-plain.png BSTV L 6–265,017
September 208:00 pmat Fresno State * MWN L 16–5632,645
September 276:05 pm Weber State
  • Eccles Coliseum
  • Cedar Park, UT
BSTVW 31–283,238
October 47:00 pmat Cal Poly BSTVL 39–426,086
October 111:05 pmNo. 2 Eastern Washington
  • Eccles Coliseum
  • Cedar City, UT
BSTVL 30–422,450
October 182:00 pmat Idaho State BSTVL 28–566,155
October 251:05 pm North Dakota
  • Eccles Coliseum
  • Cedar City, UT
BSTVW 35–172,521
November 83:00 pmat Sacramento State BSTVL 21–424,833
November 151:05 pmNo. 16 Montana
  • Eccles Coliseum
  • Cedar City, UT
BSTVL 17–353,079
November 222:00 pmat Northern Arizona BSTVW 22–145,657

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