2014 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

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2014 Western Illinois Leathernecks football
Western Illinois Leathernecks wordmark.svg
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record5–7 (3–5 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorA.J. Blazek
Defensive coordinatorBrian Ward
Home stadium Hanson Field
Seasons
  2013
2015  
2014 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State +^  7 1   15 1  
No. 2 Illinois State +^  7 1   13 2  
No. 10 Northern Iowa ^  6 2   9 5  
No. 12 South Dakota St. ^  5 3   9 5  
No. 19 Indiana State ^  4 4   8 6  
No. 22 Youngstown State  4 4   7 5  
Southern Illinois  3 5   6 6  
Western Illinois  3 5   5 7  
Missouri State  1 7   4 8  
South Dakota  0 8   2 10  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2014 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second year head coach Bob Nielson and played their home games at Hanson Field. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for seventh place.

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The team gave up the quickest score in the history of college football. In the opening kickoff against the Wisconsin Badgers, the kick returner stepped out of the end zone before returning and taking a knee the end zone for a safety. One second had elapsed off the clock. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 286:00 pm Valparaiso *WIUtv3W 45–63,584
September 611:00 amat No. 18 (FBS) Wisconsin * BTN L 3–3777,125
September 133:00 pm Drake *
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
WIUtv3W 38–139,445
September 2011:00 amat Northwestern * ESPNews L 7–2432,016
September 276:00 pmat No. 17 Southern Illinois L 17–3413,170
October 43:00 pmNo. 1 North Dakota State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
Mediacom, ESPN3 L 10–175,111
October 116:00 pmat No. 16 Youngstown State ESPN3W 30–2412,771
October 183:00 pmNo. 10 Illinois State
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
WIUtv3L 34–374,641
October 251:00 pmNo. 23 Northern Iowa
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
WIUtv3L 13–272,588
November 84:00 pmat South Dakota W 44–297,145
November 152:00 pmat No. 19 South Dakota State L 24–593,204
November 221:00 pmNo. 18 Indiana State
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
WIUtv3W 34–201,783

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2014 team leaving after Wisconsin loss Western Illinois leaves Camp Randall 2014.jpg
2014 team leaving after Wisconsin loss

Roster

2014 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 1Joey BorsellinoSo
WR 80Nick Schroeder Redshirt.svg  Fr
WR 82 Jaelon Acklin Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 90Jean-Marc CharlesJr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

References

  1. Bumbaca, Chris (September 7, 2014). "Wisconsin Safety Officially the Fastest Score in College Football History". The Badger Herald . University of Wisconsin–Madison. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  2. Schedule