2014 American Athletic Conference football season

2014 American Athletic Conference
football season
2014 American Athletic Conference; football season
League	NCAA Division I FBS; (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport	Football
Duration	August 28, 2014; through January 2015
Number of teams	11
TV partner(s)	ESPN
2015 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	Breshad Perriman (UCF)
Picked by	Baltimore Ravens, 26th overall
Regular season
League champions	UCF, Cincinnati, Memphis
Football seasons
	← 2013 2015 →

2014 American Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 25 Memphis +	7	–	1	10	–	3
Cincinnati +	7	–	1	9	–	4
UCF +	7	–	1	9	–	4
East Carolina	5	–	3	8	–	5
Houston	5	–	3	8	–	5
Temple	4	–	4	6	–	6
South Florida	3	–	5	4	–	8
Tulane	2	–	6	3	–	9
Tulsa	2	–	6	2	–	10
UConn	1	–	7	2	–	10
SMU	1	–	7	1	–	11

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 American Athletic Conference football season was the 24th NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision football season of the American Athletic Conference (The American). The season was the second since the breakup of the former Big East Conference, which lasted in its original form from its creation in 1979 until 2013.

The 2014 season was the first with the new College Football Playoff in place. From 1998 to 2013, FBS postseason football was governed by the Bowl Championship Series. With the move to the new format, The American is no longer an Automatic Qualifying conference (AQ), and is considered a member of the "Group of Five" (G5) with Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, Mountain West Conference, and the Sun Belt Conference. Whereas under the previous system the champion of The American was guaranteed an automatic berth to a BCS bowl game, now only the highest-ranked member of the "Group of Five" is guaranteed to receive a bid to one of the six major bowls.^[1]

The American consisted of 11 members: Cincinnati, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, SMU, South Florida, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa, UCF, and UConn. The regular season and conference play began on August 28, when Temple visited Vanderbilt, and Tulane visited Tulsa.^[2]

Previous season

The UCF Knights were the 2013 American Champions, finishing 8–0 in conference and 12–1 overall. The Knights earned the conference's final BCS automatic bid before college football moved to a playoff system. UCF upset No. 6 Baylor 52–42 in the 2014 Fiesta Bowl, and finished the year ranked in the Top–10.

In other bowl games, Cincinnati lost to North Carolina 39–17 in the Belk Bowl. In their final years as members of The American, Louisville defeated Miami 36–9 in the Russell Athletic Bowl, and Rutgers lost to Notre Dame 29–16 in the Pinstripe Bowl.

Preseason

Coaching changes

Bob Diaco was hired to replace Paul Pasqualoni (and interim coach T. J. Weist) at Connecticut.
George O'Leary signed a contract extension with UCF.
September 8 – SMU Head Coach June Jones resigned Citing personal issues, Defensive Coordinator Tom Mason was interim head coach at SMU^[3]
December 1 – Tulsa fired Head Coach Bill Blankenship

Preseason Poll

The 2013 American Athletic Conference Preseason Poll was announced at the 2014 American Athletic Conference Media Day in Newport, Rhode Island on July 29, 2014.^[4]

Cincinnati (17)
UCF (7)
Houston (6)
East Carolina
SMU
USF
Memphis
Temple
UConn
Tulane
Tulsa

(first place votes)

Head coaches

Tommy Tuberville, Cincinnati
Bob Diaco, Connecticut
Ruffin McNeill, East Carolina
Tony Levine, Houston
Justin Fuente, Memphis
June Jones, SMU
Willie Taggart, South Florida
Matt Rhule, Temple
Curtis Johnson, Tulane
Bill Blankenship, Tulsa
George O'Leary, UCF

Rankings

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		Selected for College Football Playoff
(Italics)		Number of first place votes
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

		Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
Cincinnati	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV										RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV					RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released

Connecticut	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

East Carolina	AP				RV	23	22	19	18	18	21
	C				RV	24	21	19	16	17	19	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released									23

Houston	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

Memphis	AP															RV		25
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV							RV	RV		25
	CFP	Not released

SMU	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

South Florida	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

Temple	AP
	C	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released

Tulane	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

Tulsa	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released

UCF	AP	RV													RV	RV	RV
	C															RV	RV
	CFP	Not released

Schedule

Index to colors and formatting
American member won
American member lost
American teams in bold

Schedule source:^[2]

Week 1

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 28	9:15 p.m.	Temple	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee	SECN	W 37–7	31,731
August 28	8:00 p.m.	Tulane	Tulsa	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma	CBSSN	TULSA 38–31 ^2OT	19,032
August 29	8:00 p.m.	BYU	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut	ESPN	L 35–10	35,130
August 29	9:00 p.m.	UTSA	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston	ESPNU	L 27–7	40,775
August 30	8:30 a.m.	Penn State	UCF	Croke Park • Dublin, Ireland (Croke Park Classic)	ESPN2	L PSU 26–24	50,304
August 30	8:00 p.m.	NC Central	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina	ESPNews	W 52–7	42,758
August 30	7:00 p.m.	Austin Peay	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee	ESPN3	W 63–0	27,361
August 30	7:00 p.m.	Western Carolina	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida	ESPN3	W 36–31	31,642
August 31	8:30 p.m.	SMU	No. 10 Baylor	McLane Stadium • Waco, Texas	FS1	L 45–0	45,733
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Cincinnati

Week 2

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	12:00 p.m.	Stony Brook	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut	SNY	W 19–16	23,543
September 6	7:00 p.m.	East Carolina	No. 21 South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina	ESPNU	L 33–23	80,899
September 6	8:00 p.m.	Grambling	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston	ESPN3	W 47–0	30,081
September 6	10:00 p.m.	Memphis	No. 11 UCLA	Rose Bowl (stadium) • Pasadena, California	Pac-12 Network	L 42–35	72,098
September 6	12:00 p.m.	SMU	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, Texas	FSN	L 43–6	22,398
September 6	3:30 p.m.	Maryland	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida	CBSSN	L 24–17	28,915
September 6	1:00 p.m.	Navy	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia	ESPN3	L 34–21	28,408
September 6	4:00 p.m.	Georgia Tech	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans	ESPNews	L 38–21	30,000
September 6	12:00 p.m.	No. 4 Oklahoma	Tulsa	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma	ABC/ESPN2	L 52–7	29,357
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Cincinnati, UCF

Week 3

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 11	9:00 p.m.	Houston	No. 25 BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, Utah	ESPN	L 35–23	57,630
September 12	7:00 p.m.	Toledo	Cincinnati	Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati	ESPNU	W 58–34	31,912
September 13	12:00 p.m.	UCF	No. 20 Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, Missouri	SECN	L MIZ 38–10	60,348
September 13	12:00 p.m.	Boise State	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut	ABC/ESPN2	L BSU 38–21	30,098
September 13	12:00 p.m.	East Carolina	No. 17 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg	ESPN	W ECU 28–21	63,267
September 13	3:30 p.m.	NC State	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida	CBSSN	L USF 49–17	27,269
September 13	8:00 p.m.	SE Louisiana	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans	ESPN3	W TUL 35–20	26,358
September 13	7:00 p.m.	Tulsa	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, Florida	FCS	L 50–21	14,112
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Memphis, SMU, Temple

Week 4

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 19	8:00 p.m.	Connecticut	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida	ESPN	USF 17–14	28,723
September 20	6:00 p.m.	Bethune–Cookman	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida	ESPN3	W UCF 41–7	44,510
September 20	7:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Cincinnati	Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati	CBSSN	W 31–24	41,926
September 20	3:30 p.m.	North Carolina	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina	ESPNU	W ECU 70–41	51,082
September 20	8:00 p.m.	UNLV	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston	ESPN3	W 47–14	23,408
September 20	7:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee	ESPN3	W 36–17	46,378
September 20	3:30 p.m.	No. 6 Texas A&M	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas	ABC/ESPN2	L 58–6	34,820
September 20	1:00 p.m.	Delaware State	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia	ESPN3	W 59–0	19,202
September 20	12:30 p.m.	Tulane	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	ACC RSN	L 47–13	20,197
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Tulsa

Week 5

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 27	6:00 p.m.	Cincinnati	No. 22 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio	BTN	L 58–20	108,362
September 27	4:00 p.m.	Temple	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut	ESPNews	TEMP 36–10	27,755
September 27	6:30 p.m.	Memphis	No. 10 Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	FSN	L 24–3	61,291
September 27	12:00 p.m.	TCU	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas	CBSSN	L 56–0	23,093
September 27	12:00 p.m.	South Florida	No. 19 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin	ESPNU	L 27–10	78,111
September 27	12:00 p.m.	Tulane	Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPNews	L 31–6	48,361
September 27	8:00 p.m.	Texas State	Tulsa	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma	ESPNEWS	L 37–34 ^3OT	21,353
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: East Carolina, Houston, UCF

Week 6

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 2	7:00 p.m.	UCF	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston	ESPN	UCF 17–12	26,685
October 4	7:00 p.m.	Memphis	Cincinnati	Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati	CBSSN	MEM 41–14	25,456
October 4	12:00 p.m.	SMU	No. 22 East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina	ESPNU	ECU 45–24	45,029
October 4	3:00 p.m.	Tulsa	Colorado State	Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, Colorado	MWN	L 42–17	25,806
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Connecticut, South Florida, Temple, Tulane

Week 7

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 9	7:30 p.m.	BYU	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida	ESPN	W UCF 31–24 ^OT	41,547
October 11	12:00 p.m.	Cincinnati	Miami (FL)	Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, Florida	ACCRSN	L 55–24	43,953
October 11	8:00 p.m.	Connecticut	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans	ESPNews	TULN 12–3	23,076
October 11	7:00 p.m.	No. 19 East Carolina	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida	ESPNU	ECU 28–17	31,567
October 11	6:00 p.m.	Houston	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee	CBSSN	HOU 28–24	32,784
October 11	12:00 p.m.	Tulsa	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia	ESPNews	TEMP 35–24	25,340
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: SMU

Week 8

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 17	9:00 p.m.	Temple	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston	ESPNU	HOU 31–10	21,471
October 18	12:00 p.m.	Tulane	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida	ESPNU	UCF 20–13	35,015
October 18	3:30 p.m.	Cincinnati	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas	CBSSN	CIN 41–3	16,849
October 18	12:00 p.m.	USF	Tulsa	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma	ESPNews	USF 38–30	18,744
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Connecticut, East Carolina, Memphis

Week 9

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 23	7:00 p.m.	Connecticut	No. 18 East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina	ESPNU	ECU 31–21	40,152
October 24	7:00 p.m.	South Florida	Cincinnati	Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati	ESPN2	CIN 34–17	30,024
October 25	5:00 p.m.	Temple	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida	CBSSN	UCF 34–14	39,554
October 25	12:00 p.m.	Memphis	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas	ESPNews	MEM 48–10	19,498
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Houston, Tulane, Tulsa

Week 10

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 31	8:00 p.m.	Cincinnati	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans	ESPN2	CIN 38–14	21,414
October 31	8:00 p.m.	Tulsa	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee	ESPNU	MEM 40–20	26,846
November 1	12:00 p.m.	UCF	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut	CBSSN	CONN 37–29	28,751
November 1	12:00 p.m.	No. 21 East Carolina	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia	ESPNews	TEMP 20–10	22,130
November 1	4:00 p.m.	Houston	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida	ESPNews	HOU 27–3	29,782
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: SMU

Week 11

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 7	7:30 p.m.	Memphis	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	ESPNU	MEM 16–13	23,882
November 8	3:30 p.m.	Connecticut	Army	Yankee Stadium • Bronx, New York	CBSSN	L 35–21	27,453
November 8	3:30 p.m.	Tulane	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston	ESPNU	TULN 31–24	32,205
November 8	12:00 p.m.	SMU	Tulsa	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma	CBSSN	TULSA 38–28	14,269
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Cincinnati, East Carolina, South Florida, UCF

Week 12

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 13	7:00 p.m.	East Carolina	Cincinnati	Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati, Ohio	ESPN2	CIN 54–46	19,113
November 14	8:00 p.m.	Tulsa	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida	ESPN2	UCF 31–7	35,323
November 15	3:30 p.m.	Memphis	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans	ESPNU	MEM 38–7	28,614
November 15	8:00 p.m.	South Florida	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas	CBSSN	USF 14–13	19,463
November 15	12:00 p.m.	Temple	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania	ESPN2	L PSU 31–13	100,173
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Houston, Connecticut

Week 13

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 22	12:00 p.m.	SMU	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida	ESPNews	UCF 53–7	30,920
November 22	8:00 p.m.	Cincinnati	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut	CBSSN	CIN 41–0	24,012
November 22	3:30 p.m.	Tulane	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina	ESPN3	ECU 34–6	48,433
November 22	12:00 p.m.	Tulsa	Houston	TDECU Stadium • Houston	ESPN3	HOU 38–28	23,572
November 22	4:00 p.m.	South Florida	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee	ESPNews	MEM 31–20	34,635
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Temple

Week 14

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 28	12:00 p.m.	UCF	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida (rivalry)	ESPN2	UCF 16–0	36,963
November 28	7:30 p.m.	East Carolina	Tulsa	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma	ESPNU	ECU 49–32	15,126
November 28	12:00 p.m.	Houston	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas (rivalry)	CBSSN	HOU 35–9	15,446
November 29	12:00 p.m.	Cincinnati	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia	ESPNews	CIN 14–6	21,255
November 29	4:00 p.m.	Connecticut	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee	ESPNews	MEM 41–10	35,102
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Tulane

Week 15

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 4	7:30 p.m.	UCF	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina (rivalry)	ESPN	UCF 32–30	41,259
December 6	12:00 p.m.	Houston	Cincinnati	Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati	ESPN	CIN 38–31	24,606
December 6	12:00 p.m.	SMU	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut	CBSSN	SMU 27–20	22,921
December 6	7:30 p.m.	Temple	Tulane	Yulman Stadium • New Orleans	ESPN2	TEM 10–3	20,612
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Memphis, South Florida, Tulsa

Bowl games

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 22*	2:00 p.m.	BYU	Memphis	Marlins Park • Miami (2014 Miami Beach Bowl)	ESPN	W 55–48 ^2OT	20,761
December 26*	8:00 p.m.	NC State	UCF	St. Petersburg, Florida (Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl)	ESPN	L 27–34	26,675
December 27*	1:00 p.m.	Cincinnati	Virginia Tech	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland (Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman)	ESPN	L 17–33	34,277
January 1*	12:00 p.m.	Houston	Pittsburgh	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas (Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl)	ESPN	W 35–34	37,888
January 3*	1:00 p.m.	East Carolina	Florida	Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama (Birmingham Bowl)	ESPN2	L 20–28
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bowl eligibility

Bowl eligible

Memphis (9–3)
Cincinnati (9–3)
UCF (9–3)
East Carolina (8–4)
Houston (7–5)
Temple (6–6)

Bowl ineligible

South Florida (3–8)
Tulsa (2–10)
Tulane (3–9)
SMU (1–11)
Connecticut (2–10)

Records against other conferences

American vs. power conferences

Legend
	American win
	American loss

Date	Visitor	Home	Winning Team	Opponent Conference
August 28	Temple	Vanderbilt	Temple	SEC
August 30	Penn State	UCF	Penn State	Big Ten
August 31	SMU	Baylor	Baylor	Big 12
September 6	Maryland	South Florida	Maryland	Big Ten
September 6	Memphis	UCLA	UCLA	Pac 12
September 6	East Carolina	South Carolina	South Carolina	SEC
September 6	Georgia Tech	Tulane	Georgia Tech	ACC
September 6	Oklahoma	Tulsa	Oklahoma	Big 12
September 13	UCF	Missouri	Missouri	SEC
September 13	East Carolina	Virginia Tech	East Carolina	ACC
September 13	North Carolina State	South Florida	North Carolina State	ACC
September 20	Texas A&M	SMU	Texas A&M	SEC
September 20	North Carolina	East Carolina	East Carolina	ACC
September 20	Tulane	Duke	Duke	ACC
September 27	Tulane	Rutgers	Rutgers	Big Ten
September 27	Memphis	Ole Miss	Ole Miss	SEC
September 27	TCU	SMU	TCU	Big 12
September 27	South Florida	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Big Ten
September 27	Cincinnati	Ohio State	Ohio State	Big Ten
October 11	Cincinnati	Miami (FL)	Miami (FL)	ACC
November 15	Temple	Penn State	Penn State	Big Ten

American vs. FBS conferences

Conference	Record
ACC	2–4
Big 12	0–3
Big Ten	0–6
C-USA	1–3
Independents	1–4
MAC	2–0
Mountain West	1–2
Pac-12	0–1
SEC	1–4
Sun Belt	0–1
Total	8–28

Players of the week

Week	Offensive			Defensive			Special teams
Week	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position
Week 1	Kevin Lucas	Tulsa	WR	Tavon Young	Temple	CB	Marvin Kloss	South Florida	PK
Week 2	Paxton Lynch	Memphis	QB	Nigel Harris	South Florida	LB	Deshon Foxx	Connecticut	PR
Week 3	Gunner Kiel	Cincinnati	QB	Josh Hawkins	East Carolina	LB	Sam Geraci	Cincinnati	P
Week 4	Shane Carden	East Carolina	QB	Tank Jakes	Memphis	LB	Mattias Ciabatti	South Florida	P
Week 5	Chris Moore	Cincinnati	WR	Praise Martin-Oguike	Temple	DE	Austin Jones	Temple	PK
Week 6	Shane Carden	East Carolina	QB	Tank Jakes	Memphis	LB	Kyle Bullard	Houston	PK
Week 7	Justin Holman	UCF	QB	Terrance Plummer	UCF	LB	J.J. Worton	UCF	PR
Week 8	André Davis	South Florida	WR	Steven Taylor	Houston	LB	Andrew Gantz	Cincinnati	PK
Week 9	Shane Carden	East Carolina	QB	Jacoby Glenn	UCF	CB	Andrew Gantz	Cincinnati	PK
Week 10	Brandon Hayes	Memphis	RB	Praise Martin-Oguike	Temple	DE	Jake Elliott	Memphis	PK
Week 11	Dane Evans	Tulsa	QB	Parry Nickerson	Tulane	CB	Jake Elliott	Memphis	PK
Week 12	Gunner Kiel	Cincinnati	QB	Jacoby Glenn	UCF	CB	Andrew Gantz	Cincinnati	PK
Week 13	Kenneth Farrow	Houston	RB	Jeff Luc	Cincinnati	LB	Michael Easton	UCF	KR
Week 14	Paxton Lynch	Memphis	QB	Nick Temple	Cincinnati	LB	Jake Elliott	Memphis	PK
Week 15	Breshad Perriman	UCF	WR	Tyler Matakevich	Temple	LB	Shawn Moffitt	UCF	PK

Position key

Center	C	Cornerback	CB	Defensive back	DB	Defensive end	DE
Defensive lineman	DL	Defensive tackle	DT	Guard	G	Kickoff returner	KR
Offensive tackle	OT	Offensive lineman	OL	Linebacker	LB	Long snapper	LS
Punter	P	Placekicker	PK	Punt returner	PR	Quarterback	QB
Running back	RB	Safety	S	Tight end	TE	Wide receiver	WR

^[5]

Awards and honors

Conference awards

The following individuals received postseason honors^[6] as voted by the American Athletic Conference football coaches at the end of the season

Award	Recipient(s)
2014 American Athletic Conference Individual Awards
Offensive Player of the Year	Shane Carden, East Carolina
Defensive Player of the Year	Jacoby Glenn, UCF Tank Jakes, Memphis
Special Teams Player of the Year	Jake Elliott, Memphis
Rookie of the Year	Marlon Mack, USF
Coach of the Year	Justin Fuente, Memphis

Offense	Defense	Offense	Defense
2014 All-American Athletic Conference Football Teams
First Team		Second Team
WR – Breshad Perriman, UCF WR – Justin Hardy, East Carolina OT – Eric Lefeld^{^}, Cincinnati OT – Al Bond, Memphis OG – Parker Ehinger, Cincinnati OG – Rowdy Harper, Houston C – Taylor Hudson, East Carolina TE – Alan Cross, Memphis QB – Shane Carden, East Carolina RB – William Stanback, UCF RB – Marlon Mack, USF K – Jake Elliott, Memphis RS – Deion Sanders Jr., SMU	DL – Terrell Hartsfield, Cincinnati DL – Terry Williams, East Carolina DL – Joey Mbu, Houston DL – Martin Ifedi, Memphis LB – Terrance Plummer, UCF LB – Jeff Luc, Cincinnati LB – Tank Jakes, Memphis LB – Tyler Matakevich, Temple CB – Jacoby Glenn, UCF CB – Bobby McCain, Memphis S – Clayton Geathers, UCF S – Adrian McDonald, Houston P – Mattias Ciabatti, USF	WR – Deontay Greenberry, Houston WR – Keevan Lucas, Tulsa OT – Torrian Wilson, UCF OT – Ike Harris, East Carolina OG – J.T. Boyd, East Carolina C – Kyle Friend, Temple TE – Bryce Williams, East Carolina QB – Paxton Lynch, Memphis RB – Kenneth Farrow, Houston RB – Brandon Hayes, Memphis K – Andrew Gantz, Cincinnati RS – Keiwone Malone, Memphis	DL – Jaryl Mamea, UCF DL – Thomas Niles, UCF DL – Matt Ioaniddis, Temple DL – Praise Martin-Oguike, Temple DL – Derrick Alexander, Tulsa LB – Zeek Bigger, East Carolina LB – Brandon Williams, East Carolina LB – Efrem Oliphant, Houston CB – William Jackson, Houston CB – Lorenzo Doss, Tulane CB – Brandon Alexander, UCF S – Sam Scofield, Tulane P – Spencer Smith, Memphis
^{^} - denotes unanimous selection Additional players added to the All-AAC teams due to ties in the voting

Home game attendance

as of December 6, 2014^[update].

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Gm 1	Gm 2	Gm 3	Gm 4	Gm 5	Gm 6	Gm 7	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Cincinnati	Paul Brown Stadium^*	65,535	31,912	41,926	25,456	30,024	19,113	24,606		173,037	28,839	44.01%
Connecticut	Rentschler Field	40,000	35,130	23,543	30,098	27,755	28,751	24,012		169,309	28,218	70.55%
East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium	50,000	42,758	51,082	45,029	40,152	48,433	41,259		268,713	44,786	89.57%
Houston	TDECU Stadium	40,000	40,775	30,081	23,408	26,685	21,471	32,205	23,572	198,177	28,311	70.78%
Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	61,008	27,361	46,378	32,784	26,846	34,635	35,102		203,106	33,851	57.08%
SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium	32,000	34,820	23,093	16,849	19,498	19,463	15,446		129,169	21,528	67.28%
South Florida	Raymond James Stadium	65,890	31,642	28,915	27,269	28,273	31,567	29,782	36,963	214,861	30,694	46.61%
Temple	Lincoln Financial Field	68,532	28,408	19,202	25,340	22,130	23,882	21,255		140,217	23,370	34.10%
Tulane	Yulman Stadium	30,000	30,000	26,358	23,076	21,414	28,614	20,612		129,462	25,892	86.31%
Tulsa	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium	30,000	19,032	29,357	21,353	18,744	14,269	15,126		117,881	19,647	65.49%
UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium	45,323	44,510	41,547	35,015	39,554	35,323	30,920		226,869	37,812	83.43%

^* Cincinnati will be playing all its 2014 Paul Brown Stadium due to ongoing renovations to Nippert Stadium, capacity: 65,535.
Games highlighted in green were sell-outs.

References

^ About the College Football Playoff. ESPN.
^ ^a ^b "2014 American Athletic Conference Composite Schedule". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
^ "Jones Steps Down As SMU Head Coach". SMUMustangs.com. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
^ "Cincinnati Tabbed As 2014 Favorite In Preseason Media Poll" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. July 30, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
^ "American Athletic Conference Football Players of the Week". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
^ "American Athletic Conference Announces 2014 Postseason Football Honors". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 10, 2014.

[1] About the College Football Playoff. ESPN.

[AAC_Schedule-2] "2014 American Athletic Conference Composite Schedule". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved June 20, 2014.

[3] "Jones Steps Down As SMU Head Coach". SMUMustangs.com. Retrieved September 8, 2014.

[4] "Cincinnati Tabbed As 2014 Favorite In Preseason Media Poll" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. July 30, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2014.

[5] "American Athletic Conference Football Players of the Week". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved November 3, 2014.

[6] "American Athletic Conference Announces 2014 Postseason Football Honors". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 10, 2014.

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