2014 Missouri State Bears football team

American college football season

2014 Missouri State Bears football

Conference| Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record| 4–8 (1–7 MVFC)
Head coach|

* Terry Allen (9th season)

Offensive coordinator| Rob Christophel (9th season)
Offensive scheme| Spread
Defensive coordinator| D. J. Vokolek (9th season)
Base defense| 3–4
Home stadium| Plaster Sports Complex[1]

Seasons

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2015 ->

2014 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

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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 Missouri State Bears football team represented Missouri State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Terry Allen and played their home games at the Plaster Sports Complex. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 1–7 in MVFC play to finish in ninth place.

Head coach Terry Allen retired from coaching following the last game of the season.[2]

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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August 28| 6:00 pm| at Northwestern State*|

* Harry Turpin Stadium
* Natchitoches, LA

| | W 34–27| 9,284
September 6| 2:30 pm| at Oklahoma State*|

* Boone Pickens Stadium
* Stillwater, OK

| FSN| L 23–40| 51,562
September 13| 6:00 pm| North Dakota*|

* Plaster Sports Complex
* Springfield, MO

| MC-22| W 38–0| 18,386
September 20| 6:00 pm| at Central Arkansas*|

* Estes Stadium
* Conway, AR

| | W 33–31| 10,027
October 4| 2:00 pm| No. 18 Youngstown State|

* Plaster Sports Complex
* Springfield, MO

| MC-22| L 7–14| 12,218
October 11| 6:00 pm| at No. 19 South Dakota State|

* Coughlin–Alumni Stadium
* Brookings, SD

| | L 28–32| 11,348
October 18| 2:00 pm| South Dakota|

* Plaster Sports Complex
* Springfield, MO

| ESPN3| W 31–12| 15,537
October 25| 6:00 pm| at No. 9 Illinois State|

* Hancock Stadium
* Normal, IL

| | L 7–21| 10,164
November 1| 12:00 pm| at No. 19 Indiana State|

* Memorial Stadium
* Terre Haute, IN

| | L 18–20| 4,799
November 8| 2:00 pm| Southern Illinois|

* Plaster Sports Complex
* Springfield, MO

| BAA| L 22–32| 7,586
November 15| 2:00 pm| No. 4 North Dakota State|

* Plaster Sports Complex
* Springfield, MO

| MC-22| L 10–45| 4,597
November 22| 4:00 pm| at No. 11 Northern Iowa|

* UNI-Dome
* Cedar Falls, IA

| | L 24–38| 10,298

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Central time

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## Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes| Week

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Poll| Pre| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| Final
Sports Network| RV| RV| RV| RV| RV| RV| RV| RV| RV| RV| RV| RV| —| —| —
Coaches| RV| RV| RV| RV| 24| 23| RV| RV| RV| RV| —| —| —| —| —

## References

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1. ^ "ROBERT W. PLASTER STADIUM". Missouri State University Athletics. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
2. ^ Scranton, Lyndal; Herzog, Stephen; Booher, Kary (November 23, 2014). "MSU's Terry Allen: "I'm done being a head coach"". Springfield News-Leader. Archived from the original on November 24, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
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