2014 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

The 2014 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Joe Moglia and played their home games at Brooks Stadium. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 12–2, 4–1 in Big South play to share the conference championship with Liberty. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Richmond in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to North Dakota State.

2014 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football
Big South co-champion
FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal, L 32–39 vs. North Dakota State
Conference	Big South Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 5
FCS Coaches	No. 5
Record	12–2 (4–1 Big South)
Head coach	Joe Moglia (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Dave Patenaude (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Clayton Carlin
Home stadium	Brooks Stadium

2014 Big South Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 5 Coastal Carolina +^		4	–	1					12	–	2
No. 17 Liberty +^		4	–	1					9	–	5
Charleston Southern		3	–	2					8	–	4
Presbyterian		3	–	2					6	–	5
Monmouth		1	–	4					6	–	5
Gardner–Webb		0	–	5					4	–	8
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 pm	at The Citadel*	No. 7	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC		W 31–16	10,828
September 6	6:00 pm	at North Carolina A&T*	No. 5	Aggie Stadium Greensboro, NC		W 31–30	14,848
September 13	6:00 pm	South Carolina State*	No. 5	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	BSN	W 30–3	10,124
September 20	5:00 pm	at Florida A&M*	No. 5	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL		W 48–3	12,000
September 27	7:00 pm	Elon*	No. 3	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	ASN	W 31–3	9,538
October 4	7:00 pm	at Furman*	No. 3	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	WMYA	W 37–31 OT	7,347
October 11	2:00 pm	at Presbyterian	No. 3	Bailey Memorial Stadium Clinton, SC	ESPN3	W 40–28	3,073
October 25	3:30 pm	Charleston Southern	No. 4	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	ASN	W 43–22	10,194
November 1	3:30 pm	at Gardner–Webb	No. 3	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	ASN	W 38–14	1,748
November 8	12:00 pm	at Charlotte*	No. 3	Jerry Richardson Stadium Charlotte, NC		W 59–34	12,052
November 15	3:00 pm	Monmouth	No. 2	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	ESPN3	W 52–21	8,343
November 22	1:00 pm	Liberty	No. 1	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC (rivalry)	ESPN3	L 14–15	8,576
December 6	1:00 pm	No. 18 Richmond*	No. 6	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	W 36–15	5,601
December 13	12:00 pm	at No. 2 North Dakota State*	No. 6	Fargodome Fargo, ND (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)	ESPN	L 32–39	18,049
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Sports Network	7	5	5	5	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	2 (55)	1 (56)	6	5
Coaches	6	4	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1 (20)	1 (20)	6	5