2014 Saint Francis Cougars football team

The 2014 Saint Francis Cougars football team represented the University of Saint Francis, located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the 2014 NAIA football season. They were led by head coach Kevin Donley, who served his 17th year as the first and only head coach in the history of Saint Francis football. The Cougars played their home games at Bishop John D'Arcy Stadium and were members of the Mid-States Football Association (MSFA) Mideast League (MEL). The Cougars finished 3rd in the MSFA MEL division and, for only the third time in the team's history, did not participate in the postseason NAIA playoffs.

2014 Saint Francis Cougars football
Conference	Mid-States Football Association
	Mideast League
2014 record	6–5 (4–2 MSFA (MEL))
Head coach	Kevin Donley (17th season)
Offensive coordinator	Patrick Donley, Trevor Miller (11th, 9th season)
Defensive coordinator	Joey Didier, Eric Wagoner (5th, 7th season)
Home stadium	Bishop John M. D'Arcy Stadium (Capacity: 3,500 )

2014 Mid-States Football Association standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Mideast League
No. 2 Marian (IN) x^		5	–	1					11	–	3
Siena Heights x		5	–	1					6	–	4
Saint Francis (IN)		4	–	2					6	–	5
No. 20 Robert Morris (IL)		3	–	3					8	–	3
Taylor		3	–	3					5	–	6
St. Francis (IL)		1	–	5					4	–	7
Concordia (MI)		0	–	6					3	–	8
Midwest League
No. 6 Grand View x^		5	–	0					10	–	2
No. 4 Saint Xavier ^		4	–	1					10	–	3
No. 19 William Penn		3	–	2					7	–	4
St. Ambrose		2	–	3					5	–	5
Olivet Nazarene		1	–	4					2	–	9
Trinity International		0	–	5					3	–	7
x – League champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

Schedule

(6-5 overall, 4-2 conference)[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 4	7:00pm	Missouri Baptist*	No. 6	Bishop D'Arcy Stadium Fort Wayne, IN	W 42–10
September 13	12:00pm	William Penn (IA)*	No. 6	Bishop D'Arcy Stadium Fort Wayne, IN	L 27–28
September 20	2:00pm	at No. 25 St. Ambrose (IA)*	No. 12	Davenport, IA	W 27–13
September 27	12:00pm	No. 8 Grand View (IA)*	No. 9	Bishop D'Arcy Stadium Fort Wayne, IN	L 9–21
October 4	7:00pm	Siena Heights (MI)	No. 15	Bishop D'Arcy Stadium Fort Wayne, IN	L 21–27
October 11	7:00pm	at No. 16 Saint Xavier (IL)*	No. 24	Chicago, IL	L 26–53
October 18	12:00pm	No. 18 St. Francis (IL)		Bishop D'Arcy Stadium Fort Wayne, IN	W 42–20
October 25	2:00pm	at No. 12 Robert Morris (IL)		Chicago, IL	W 38–20
November 1	1:00pm	at Concordia (MI)		Ann Arbor, MI	W 30–14
November 8	12:00pm	Taylor (IN)		Bishop D'Arcy Stadium Fort Wayne, IN	W 42–0
November 15	1:00pm	at No. 9 Marion (IN)		Indianapolis, IN	L 18–51
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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	Final
NAIA Coaches' Poll	6	12	9	15	24	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

References

1. "Football | University of Saint Francis | Fort Wayne - 2014 Football Schedule". Saintfranciscougars.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-20. Retrieved 2015-11-19.