2014 Central Arkansas Bears football team

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2014 Central Arkansas Bears football
Central Arkansas Athletics wordmark.svg
Conference Southland Conference
Record6–6 (5–3 Southland)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Nathan Brown (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorGreg Stewart (1st season)
Home stadium Estes Stadium
Seasons
  2013
2015  
2014 Southland Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 6 Sam Houston St +^  7 1   11 5  
No. 14 SE Louisiana +^  7 1   9 4  
Lamar  5 3   8 4  
Stephen F. Austin ^  5 3   8 5  
Central Arkansas  5 3   6 6  
McNeese State  4 4   6 5  
Abilene Christian *  4 4   6 6  
Northwestern State  4 4   6 6  
Incarnate Word *  2 6   2 9  
Houston Baptist  1 7   2 9  
Nicholls State  0 8   0 12  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
  • * – ineligible for FCS playoffs due to transition from NCAA Division II
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2014 Central Arkansas Bears football team represented the University of Central Arkansas in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bears were led by first-year head coach Steve Campbell and played their home games at Estes Stadium. They are a member of the Southland Conference. The Bears finished the season 6–6 overall and 5–3 in conference play to finish in a three way tie for third place.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 306:00 pmat Texas Tech * FSSW+ L 35–4260,778
September 66:00 pm UT Martin *W 26–2410,727
September 132:30 pmat No. 17 Montana State * ESPN3 L 33–4317,777
September 206:00 pm Missouri State *
  • Estes Stadium
  • Conway, AR
L 31–3310,027
September 273:00 pm Nicholls State
  • Estes Stadium
  • Conway, AR
SLCTV W 52–189,748
October 46:00 pmat Stephen F. Austin ESPN3W 49–3910,012
October 116:00 pm Houston Baptist
  • Estes Stadium
  • Conway, AR
W 70–04,726
October 187:00 pmat No. 8 Southeastern Louisiana L 24–418,766
October 256:00 pm Northwestern State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Estes Stadium
  • Conway, AR
W 58–3511,163
November 12:00 pmvs. Abilene Christian FCS L 35–528,435
November 83:00 pm Lamar
  • Estes Stadium
  • Conway, AR
SLCTVW 44–41 OT5,427
November 223:00 pmat No. 23 Sam Houston State SLCTVL 31–385,717

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