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2014 Villanova Wildcats football team

The 2014 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 30th-year head coach Andy Talley and played their home games at Villanova Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 11–3, 7–1 in CAA play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Liberty in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Sam Houston State.

2014 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 7
FCS CoachesNo. 7
Record11–3 (7–1 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSam Venuto (16th season)
Defensive coordinatorBilly Crocker (3rd season)
Home stadiumVillanova Stadium
Seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 New Hampshire $^   8 – 0     12 – 2  
No. 7 Villanova ^   7 – 1     11 – 3  
No. 18 James Madison ^   6 – 2     9 – 4  
No. 16 Richmond ^   5 – 3     9 – 5  
William & Mary   4 – 4     7 – 5  
Delaware   4 – 4     6 – 6  
Maine   4 – 4     5 – 6  
Stony Brook   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Albany   3 – 5     7 – 5  
Towson   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Rhode Island   1 – 7     1 – 11  
Elon   0 – 8     1 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 297:30 pmat Syracuse*No. 12
ESPN3L 26–27 2OT41,189
September 63:30 pmNo. 11 Fordham*No. 10
ASNW 50–66,151
September 2012:30 pmJames MadisonNo. 8
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA
CSNW 49–3110,781
September 273:00 pmat Penn*No. 6
W 41–712,353
October 412:30 pmat MaineNo. 6
W 41–205,173
October 111:00 pmRhode IslandNo. 6
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA
NNAAW 44–213,611
October 183:30 pmat No. 15 William & MaryNo. 5
W 35–3110,764
October 253:30 pmMorgan State* No. 5
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA
NNAAW 48–287,821
November 112:30 pmat No. 13 RichmondNo. 4
CSNL 9–107,902
November 87:00 pmTowsonNo. 7
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA
W 42–144,529
November 157:00 pmAlbanyNo. 6
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA
ASNW 48–314,541
November 2212:00 pmat DelawareNo. 6
W 35–2817,056
December 64:30 pmNo. 20 Liberty*No. 5
ESPN3W 29–223,113
December 131:00 pmNo. 19 Sam Houston State*No. 5
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)
ESPN3L 31–342,333

Game summaries edit

At Syracuse edit

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
#12 Wildcats 0 7 7 336 26
Orange 7 3 7 037 27
See also: 2014 Syracuse Orange football team

Fordham edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#11 Rams 3 0 3 0 6
#10 Wildcats 7 26 7 10 50
See also: 2014 Fordham Rams football team

James Madison edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Dukes 0 21 3 7 31
#8 Wildcats 7 7 14 21 49
See also: 2014 James Madison Dukes football team

At Penn edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#6 Wildcats 21 20 0 0 41
Quakers 0 7 0 0 7
See also: 2014 Penn Quakers football team

At Maine edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#6 Wildcats 7 14 13 7 41
Black Bears 7 6 0 7 20
See also: 2014 Maine Black Bears football team

Rhode Island edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 0 0 21 21
#6 Wildcats 16 21 0 7 44
See also: 2014 Rhode Island Rams football team

At William and Mary edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Wildcats 14 0 14 7 35
Tribe 7 14 3 7 31
See also: 2014 William & Mary Tribe football team

Morgan State edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 7 14 0 7 28
#5 Wildcats 14 7 27 0 48
See also: 2014 Morgan State Bears football team

At Richmond edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#4 Wildcats 0 3 6 0 9
Spiders 0 0 10 0 10
See also: 2014 Richmond Spiders football team

Towson edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 7 0 7 0 14
#7 Wildcats 7 14 0 21 42
See also: 2014 Towson Tigers football team

Albany edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 7 3 7 14 31
#6 Wildcats 14 14 14 6 48
See also: 2014 Albany Great Danes football team

At Delaware edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#6 Wildcats 13 7 7 8 35
Blue Hens 0 7 7 14 28
See also: 2014 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team and Battle of the Blue

FCS Playoffs edit

Liberty (FCS Playoffs Second Round) edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Flames 10 9 3 0 22
#5 Wildcats 0 14 0 15 29
See also: 2014 Liberty Flames football team

Sam Houston State (FCS Playoff Quarterfinal) edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Bearkats 7 10 7 10 34
#5 Wildcats 13 3 8 7 31
See also: 2014 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

Ranking movements edit

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
Sports Network12108866655476655
Coaches1377755544376655

References edit

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