2014 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

The 2014 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Jamey Chadwell and played their home games at Buccaneer Field. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 8–4, 3–2 in Big South play to finish in a tie for third place.

2014 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football
Conference	Big South Conference
2014 record	8–4 (3–2 Big South)
Head coach	Jamey Chadwell (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Gabe Giardina
Defensive coordinator	Chad Staggs
Home stadium	Buccaneer Field (Capacity: 4,000)

2014 Big South Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 5 Coastal Carolina +^		4	–	1					12	–	2
No. 17 Liberty +^		4	–	1					9	–	5
Charleston Southern		3	–	2					8	–	4
Presbyterian		3	–	2					6	–	5
Monmouth		1	–	4					6	–	5
Gardner–Webb		0	–	5					4	–	8
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 28	7:30 pm	Point*		Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	BSN	W 61–9	3,759
September 6	6:00 pm	Newberry*		Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC		W 16–10	3,914
September 11	7:00 pm	Campbell*		Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	BSN	W 34–10	2,636
September 20	6:00 pm	The Citadel*		Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	BSN	W 20–18	7,954
September 27	12:00 pm	at Charlotte*		Jerry Richardson Stadium Charlotte, NC		W 47–41 ^OT	14,498
October 11	7:30 pm	at Vanderbilt*	No. 24	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	SECRN	L 20–21	26,738
October 18	3:00 pm	Presbyterian	No. 23	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	ESPN3	L 3–7	4,083
October 25	3:30 pm	at No. 4 Coastal Carolina		Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	ASN	L 22–43	10,194
November 1	1:00 pm	at Monmouth		Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	ESPN3	W 27–0	450
November 8	11:00 am	Gardner–Webb		Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	ESPN3	W 44–14	3,629
November 15	3:30 pm	at Liberty		Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	BSN	W 38–36	12,362
November 22	12:00 pm	at No. 9 (FBS) Georgia*		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	SECN	L 9–55	92,746
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Sports Network	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	24	23	22	RV	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV

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