2014 Georgia State Panthers football team

The 2014 Georgia State Panthers football team represented Georgia State University (GSU) in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Panthers were led by second year head coach Trent Miles and played their home games at the Georgia Dome. The 2014 season was the Panthers' second in the Sun Belt Conference and the first season they were eligible to compete for the Sun Belt title and post season play at the FBS level. They finished the season 1–11, 0–8 in Sun Belt play to finish in last place.

2014 Georgia State Panthers football
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
2014 record	1–11 (0–8 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Trent Miles (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Jagodzinski (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jesse Minter (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Georgia Dome (Capacity: 28,155)

2014 Sun Belt Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Georgia Southern * $		8	–	0					9	–	3
Louisiana–Lafayette ***		5	–	1					7	–	4
Appalachian State *		6	–	2					7	–	5
Texas State		5	–	3					7	–	5
Arkansas State		5	–	3					7	–	6
South Alabama		5	–	3					6	–	7
Louisiana–Monroe		3	–	5					4	–	8
Troy		3	–	5					3	–	9
New Mexico State		1	–	7					2	–	10
Idaho **		1	–	7					1	–	10
Georgia State		0	–	8					1	–	11
$ – Conference champion * – Appalachian State and Georgia Southern ineligible for postseason play due to FCS-to-FBS transition rules ** – Idaho ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties *** – Louisiana–Lafayette vacated 2 wins due to NCAA violations

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Season at Georgia St	Alma Mater
Trent Miles	Head coach	2	Indiana State (1987)
Harold Etheridge	Assistant Head Coach, Offensive Line	2	Western New Mexico (1982)
Jeff Jagodzinski	Offensive Coordinator	2	Wisconsin–Whitewater (1985)
Jesse Minter	Defensive Coordinator	2	Mount St. Joseph (2005)
Luke Huard	Assistant Coach, Quarterbacks	2	North Carolina (2002)
Shannon Jackson	Assistant Coach, Offensive Line	2	Indiana State (2000)
Brock Lough	Graduate Assistant, Running Backs	2	Indiana State (2012)
J. D. Williams	Assistant Coach, Secondary	2	Fresno State (1990)
P. J. Volker	Assistant Coach, Linebackers	2	Mount St. Joseph (2005)
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Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 27	7:00 p.m.	Abilene Christian*	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA	ESPNU	W 38–37	10,140
September 6	2:00 p.m.	New Mexico State	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA	ESPN3	L 31–34	10,126
September 13	2:00 p.m.	Air Force*	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA	ESPN3	L 38–48	16,836
September 20	6:00 p.m.	at Washington*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	P12N	L 14–45	64,608
October 4	7:00 p.m.	at Louisiana–Lafayette	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	ESPN3	L 31–34	24,816
October 11	2:00 p.m.	Arkansas State	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA	ESPN3	L 10–52	10,196
October 18	7:30 p.m.	at South Alabama	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL	ESPN3	L 27–30	13,186
October 25	2:00 p.m.	Georgia Southern	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	ESPN3	L 31–69	28,427
November 1	3:30 p.m.	at Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	ESPN3	L 0–44	22,643
November 8	3:00 p.m.	at Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, AL	ESPN3	L 21–45	16,148
November 22	3:30 p.m.	at Clemson*	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ACCRSN	L 0–28	77,693
November 29	2:00 p.m.	Texas State	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA	ESPN3	L 31–54	14,312
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

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Game Summaries

Abilene Christian

Abilene Christian at Georgia State

1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 3 13 14 7 37 • Panthers 7 14 0 17 38 Date: August 27 Location: Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia Game start: 7:05 PM EST Elapsed time: 3:43 Game attendance: 10,140 Game weather: Dome Referee: Charles Lewis TV announcers (ESPNU): Ryan Ruocco & Charles Arbuckle Sources:[3]

Scoring summary 1 8:58 ACU 25-yard field goal by Nik Grau ACU 3–0 1 2:31 GSU Joel Ruiz 34-yard touchdown reception from Nick Arbuckle, Wil Lutz kick good GSU 7–3 2 12:00 GSU Jonathan Lytle 2-yard touchdown run, Lutz kick good GSU 14–3 2 7:31 ACU 42-yard field goal by Grau GSU 14–6 2 3:52 ACU Cedric Gilbert 60-yard touchdown reception from Parker McKenzie, Grau kick good GSU 14–13 2 1:11 ACU 33-yard field goal by Grau ACU 16–14 2 0:14 GSU Avery Sweeting 41-yard touchdown reception from Arbuckle, Lutz kick good GSU 21–16 3 6:27 ACU Jamie Walker 23-yard touchdown reception from McKenzie, Grau kick good ACU 23–21 3 1:41 ACU Jace Hudson 24-yard touchdown reception from McKenzie, Grau kick good ACU 30–21 4 10:42 GSU Lynquez Blair 27-yard touchdown reception from Arbuckle, Lutz kick good ACU 30–28 4 6:36 ACU Cade Stone 7-yard touchdown reception from McKenzie, Grau kick good ASU 37–28 4 4:31 GSU Ruiz 9-yard touchdown reception from Arbuckle, Lutz kick good ASU 37–35 4 0:04 GSU 26-yard field goal by Lutz GCU 38–37

New Mexico State

New Mexico State at Georgia State

1 2 3 4 Total • Aggies 0 10 7 17 34 Panthers 10 7 7 7 31 Date: September 6 Location: Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia Game start: 2:05 PM EST Elapsed time: 3:19 Game attendance: 10,126 Game weather: Dome Referee: Tony Backert TV announcers (ESPN3): Charlie Neal & Wayne Gandy Sources:[4]

Scoring summary 1 11:20 GSU Donovan Harden 68-yard touchdown reception from Nick Arbuckle, Wil Lutz kick good GSU 7–0 1 2:01 GSU 38-yard field goal by Lutz GSU 10–0 2 11:40 GSU Krysten Hammon, 8-yard touchdown run, Lutz kick good GSU 17–0 2 4:15 NMSU 41-yard field goal by Johnson GSU 17–3 2 3:15 NMSU Rodney Bulter 50-yard touchdown interception from Nick Arbuckle, Johnson kick good GSU 17–10 3 14:00 GSU 45-yard touchdown run, Lutz kick good GSU 24–10 3 9:21 NMSU Morgan 26-yard touchdown reception from Rogers, Johnson kick good GSU 21 –17 4 14:16 NMSU 30-yard field goal by Johnson GSU 24–20 4 8:04 NMSU Joseph Matthews 5-yard touchdown reception from Rogers, Johnson kick good NMSU 24–27 4 2:30 GSU Nick Arbuckle 1-yard touchdown run, Lutz kick good GSU 31–27 4 0:15 NMSU Morgan 11-yard touchdown reception from Rogers, Johnson kick good NMSU 31–34

Air Force

Air Force at Georgia State

1 2 3 4 Total • Falcons 14 17 7 10 48 Panthers 0 10 14 14 38 Date: September 13 Location: Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia Game start: 2:05 PM EST Elapsed time: 3:16 Game attendance: 16,836 Game weather: Dome Referee: Mike Defee TV announcers (ESPN3): Shawn Kenny & Rocky Boiman Sources:[5]

Scoring summary 1 12:06 AFA Jacobi Ownes 2-yard touchdown run, Conant kick good AFA 7–0 1 5:17 AFA Garrett Brown 37-yard touchdown reception from Kale Pearson, Conant kick good AFA 14–0 2 12:49 GSU Kyler Neal 25-yard touchdown run, Lutz kick good AFA 14–7 2 9:05 AFA Jacobi Ownes 7-yard touchdown run, Conant kick good GSU 21–7 2 4:21 AFA Kale Pearson 1-yard touchdown run, Conant kick good GSU 28–7 2 1:03 GSU 33-yard field goal by Wil Lutz AFA 28–10 2 0:00 AFA 26-yard field goal by Will Conant GSU 31–10 3 8:31 GSU Lynquez Blair 15-yard touchdown reception from Nick Arbuckle, Lutz kick good ACU 31–17 3 6:47 AFA Kale Pearson 1-yard touchdown run, Conant kick good AFA 38–17 3 1:50 GSU Nick Arbuckle 1-yard touchdown run, Lutz kick good AFA 38–24 4 12:38 AFA Garrett Brown 37-yard touchdown reception from Kale Pearson, Conant kick good AFA 45–24 4 10:34 GSU Lynquez Blair 13-yard touchdown reception from Nick Arbuckle, Lutz kick good AFA 45–31 4 5:31 AFA 41-yard field goal by Will Conant GCU 38–37 4 4:57 GSU Duvall Smith 2-yard touchdown run, Lutz kick good AFA 48–38

Washington

Georgia State at Washington

1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 0 14 0 0 14 • Huskies 0 0 21 24 45 Date: September 20 Location: Husky Stadium Seattle, Washington Game start: 3:07 PM PDT Elapsed time: 3:13 Game attendance: 64,608 Game weather: Clear Referee: Michael Batlan TV announcers (P12N): Anthony Long & JB Herron Sources:[6]

Scoring summary 2 13:47 GSU Keith Rucker 2-yard touchdown reception from Nick Arbuckle, Lutz kick good GSU 7–0 2 0:47 GSU Robert Davis 9-yard touchdown reception from Nick Arbuckle, Lutz kick good GSU 14–0 3 11:35 WASH Jeff Lindquist 9-yard touchdown run, Van Winkle kick good GSU 14–7 3 3:52 WASH Kendyl Taylor 10-yard touchdown reception from Cyler Miles, Van Winkle kick good 14–14 3 2:25 WASH Kasen Williams 3-yard touchdown reception from Cyler Miles, Van Winkle kick good WASH 21–14 4 12:10 WASH Jaydon Mickens 9-yard touchdown reception from Cyler Miles, Van Winkle kick good WASH 28–14 4 9:03 WASH Jeff Lindquist 14-yard touchdown run, Van Winkle kick good WASH 35–14 4 8:31 WASH John Timu 35-yard touchdown interception from Nick Arbuckle, Van Winkle kick good ACU 42–14 4 4:57 WASH 25-yard field goal by C. Van Winkle AFA 45–14

References

1. "Football – 2014 Coaches". Georgia State Athletics. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
2. "Football – 2014 Schedule" (PDF). Georgia State Athletics. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
3. "Abilene Christian at Georgia State". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
4. "New Mexico State at Georgia State". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
5. "Air Force at Georgia State". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
6. "Georgia State at Washington". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved September 25, 2014.