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2014 MEAC football season
2014 MEAC football season
League	NCAA Division I FCS (Football Championship Subdivision)
Sport	Football
Duration	September 6, 2014 – November 22, 2014
Number of teams	12
Conference champions	Morgan State; Bethune-Cookamn; North Carolina Central; North Carolina A&T
MEAC football seasons
	← 2013 2015 →

2014 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 23 Bethune–Cookman +	6	–	2	9	–	3
North Carolina A&T +	6	–	2	9	–	3
South Carolina State +	6	–	2	8	–	4
North Carolina Central +	6	–	2	7	–	5
Morgan State +^	6	–	2	7	–	6
Norfolk State	4	–	4	4	–	8
Howard	3	–	5	5	–	7
Florida A&M *	3	–	5	3	–	9
Hampton	2	–	6	3	–	9
Delaware State	2	–	6	2	–	10
Savannah State *	0	–	8	0	–	12

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant * Florida A&M and Savannah State ineligible for FCS Playoffs due to APR violations Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2014 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football season was the XIXth season for MEAC Football, as part of the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season.

Previous season

16th ranked Bethune-Cookman, along with 25th ranked South Carolina State were named MEAC Co-Champions. Due to the MEAC's tiebreaker system, Bethune-Cookman earned the conference's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs. The Wildcats lost to 11th ranked Coastal Carolina in the First Round of the playoffs.

Head coaches

Brian Jenkins, Bethune-Cookman – 5th year
Kermit Blount, Delaware State– 4th year
Earl Holmes/ Corey Fuller – 3rd year
Connell Maynor, Hampton – 1st year
Gary Harrell, Howard – 3rd year
Lee Hull, Morgan State – 1st year
Pete Adrian, Norfolk State – 10th year
Rod Broadway, North Carolina A&T – 4th year
Jerry Mack, North Carolina Central – 1st year
Earnest Wilson, Savannah State – 2nd year
Oliver Pough, South Carolina State – 13th year

Rankings

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Final
Bethune-Cookman	TSN	22	18	13	12	15	17	18	16	14	21	20	20	25	22
	C	23	18	13	12	14	17	17	14	13	20	18	18	24	20
	SBN
Delaware State	TSN
	C
	SBN
Florida A&M	TSN
	C
	SBN
Hampton	TSN
	C
	SBN
Howard	TSN
	C
	SBN
Morgan State	TSN
	C
	SBN
Norfolk State	TSN
	C
	SBN
North Carolina A&T	TSN	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	—
	C	NV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	—
	SBN		5			3	3	4		2
North Carolina Central	TSN
	C
	SBN
Savannah State	TSN
	C
	SBN
South Carolina State	TSN
	C
	SBN

Regular Season

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

All times Eastern time.

Rankings reflect that of the Sports Network poll for that week.

Week One

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
August 28	7:00 pm	Howard	Akron	InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH	ESPN3	0-41	9,104	^[1]
August 30	7:00 pm	Bethune-Cookman	#22 FIU	FIU Stadium • Miami, FL	ASN	14-12	14,053
August 30	TBA	Savannah State	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN		7-61	15,605
August 30	1:00 pm	Delaware State	Monmouth	Kessler Field • West Long Branch, NJ		21-52	2,150
August 30	3:30 pm	Hampton	Old Dominion	Foreman Field • Norfolk, VA	ASN	28-41	20,118	^[2]
August 30	5:00 pm	Benedict	South Carolina State	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC (Palmetto Capital City Classic)	ESPN	63-0	10,532
August 30	6:00 pm	Florida A&M	Jackson State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson. MS		17-22	10,503	^[3]
August 30	6:00 pm	Morgan State	Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI	ESPN3	28-31	8,748	^[4]
August 30	6:00 pm	Norfolk State	#25 Maine	Alfond Stadium • Orono, ME		6-10	6,951	^[5]
August 30	8:00 pm	North Carolina Central	ECU	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Durham, NC	ESPNews	52-7	42,758	^[6]
August 31	11:45am	North Carolina A&T	Alabama A&M	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL (MEAC/SWAC Challenge)	ESPN	47-13	8,210	[1]

Week Two

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 6	12:30pm	South Carolina State	Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	ACCN	7-73	81,672
September 6	1:00pm	Morgan State	Holy Cross	Fitton Field • Worcester, MA	WCTR	26-29	6,172
September 6	5:00 pm	Elizabeth City	North Carolina Central	O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium • Durham, NC		7-34	7,705
September 6	6:00pm	Delaware State	Delaware	Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE (Route 1 Rivalry)		9-27	12,511
September 6	6:00pm	#5 Coastal Carolina	North Carolina A&T	Aggie Stadium • Greensboro, NC	LTV	31-30	14,848	[2]

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Offensive Lineman		Special teams
Matthew Johnson	Bethune-Cookman	Corwin Hammond	Norfolk State	Sven Hurd	Bethune-Cookman	Lawrence Brewer	Morgan State	Kemar Scarlett	Morgan State

Week Three

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 13	2:00 pm	Towson	Delaware State	Alumni Stadium • Dover, DE		21-52	2,150
September 13	4:00 pm	Grambling	Bethune-Cookman	Municipal Stadium • Daytona Beach, FL	ASN	36-23	9,423
September 13	6:00 pm	Elon	North Carolina A&T	Aggie Stadium • Greensboro, NC	LTV	17-12	7,228

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Special teams
Martin Ukpai	Florida A&M	Kenrick Ellis	Hampton	Rodrigo Hernandez	Hampton	Kendall Noble	Norfolk State

Week Four

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 20	1:00 pm	Delaware State	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN3	0-55	19,202
September 20	6:00 pm	Bethune Cookman	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN3	7-41	44,510
September 20	6:00 pm	Chowan	North Carolina A&T	Aggie Stadium • Greensboro, NC	LTV	0-59	13,184

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Special teams
Qier Hall DeAngelo Branche	Florida A&M Norfolk State	Antwon Chisholm	Hampton	Christopher Sands	Florida A&M	Justin Ferrell	North Carolina A&T

Week Five

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 27	1:00 pm	North Carolina A&T	Howard	William H. Greene Stadium • Washington, DC		38-22	7,086
September 27	4:00 pm	Florida Tech	Bethune-Cookman	Municipal Stadium • Daytona Beach, FL	CEN	33-34	8,431
September 27	6:00 pm	Savannah State	Delaware State	Alumni Stadium • Dover, DE		10-35	2,775

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Special teams
Matthew Johnson	Bethune Cookman	Bricen Tate	Morgan State	Chuka Okakpu	Morgan State	N/A	N/A

Week Six

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 4	3:30 pm	South Carolina State	North Carolina A&T	Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA (Atlanta Football Classic) • (Rivalry)	ESPN3	0-13	24,441
October 4	4:00 pm	Delaware State	Bethune-Cookman	Municipal Stadium • Daytona Beach, FL	CEN	7-27	6,445

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Special teams
Charles Brice	Howard	Mike Williams	Bethune-Cookman	Antwon Chisholm	Hampton	Corey Mason	Bethune-Cookman

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Week Seven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 9	7:30 pm	Hampton	North Carolina A&T	Aggie Stadium • Greensboro, NC	ESPNU	14-31	12,947
October 11	2:00 pm	Delaware State	Norfolk State	William "Dick" Price Stadium • Norfolk, VA		13-10	11,260
October 11	4:00 pm	Howard	Bethune-Cookman	Municipal Stadium • Daytona Beach, FL	CEN	12-49	10,247

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive		Offensive Lineman		Freshman		Special teams
Matthew Johnson	Bethune-Cookman	Ricardo Silva	Hampton	Josh Harrison	South Carolina State	Delonte Williams	Morgan State	Justin Ferrell	North Carolina A&T

Week Eight

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 18	2:00 pm	North Carolina A&T	Delaware State	Alumni Stadium Stadium • Dover, DE	WDSU-TV	33-20	6,237
October 18	6:00 pm	Bethune-Cookman	Savannah State	Ted Wright Stadium • Savannah, GA		48-20	1,271

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Offensive Lineman		Special teams
Philip Sylvester	Florida A&M	Andre Carroll	Delaware State	Antwon Chisholm	Hampton	N/A	N/A	Brandon Holdren	Florida A&M

Week Nine

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 25	1:00 pm	Florida A&M	North Carolina A&T	Aggie Stadium • Greensboro, NC	LTV	21-40	21,500
October 25	1:30 pm	Bethune-Cookman	South Carolina State	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium • Orangeburg, SC		14-20	11,034
October 25	2:00 pm	Hampton	Delaware State	Alumni Stadium • Dover, DE		23-0	2,385

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Offensive Lineman		Special teams
George Hines	North Carolina A&T	Jeremy Graham	North Carolina A&T	Delonte Williams	Morgan State	Lawrence Brewer	Morgan State	Blake Erickson	South Carolina State

Week Ten

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 1	1:00 pm	Delaware State	Howard	William H. Greene Stadium • Washington, D.C.		10-17	307
November 1	4:00 pm	North Carolina Central	Bethune-Cookman	Municipal Stadium • Daytona Beach, FL		20-34	3,661

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Special teams
Matt Johnson	Bethune-Cookman	Keith Pough	Howard	Darius Drummond	South Carolina State	Robert Haley	Florida A&M	Latarius Douglas	South Carolina State

Week Eleven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 6	7:30 pm	Bethune-Cookman	Norfolk State	William "Dick" Price Stadium • Norfolk, VA	ESPNU	13-7	4,220
November 8	1:00 pm	Morgan State	North Carolina A&T	Aggie Stadium • Greensboro, NC		0-45	10,139

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Offensive Lineman		Special teams
Chris Walley	Norfolk State	Brandon Hepburn	Florida A&M	Cameron Alston	Howard	Kendall Noble	Norfolk State	Ryan Estep Trevor Scott	Norfolk State Florida A&M

Week Twelve

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 13	7:30 pm	Bethune-Cookman	Hampton	Armstrong Stadium • Hampton, VA		35-40	6,000
November 15	2:00 pm	North Carolina A&T	Savannah State	Ted Wright Stadium • Savannah, GA		34-0	1,656
November 15	2:00 pm	Florida A&M	Delaware State	Alumni Stadium • Dover, DE	WDSU-TV	41-7	2,437

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Special teams
DeAngelo Branche	Norfolk State	Reggie Sandilands	Bethune-Cookman	Terry Bradden,	Howard	Markeece Preston	Norfolk State	Kory Kowalski	Bethune-Cookman

Week Thirteen

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
November 22	1:00 pm	Delaware State	Morgan State	Hughes Stadium • Baltimore, MD	7-69	1,456
November 22	2:00 pm	Florida A&M	Bethune-Cookman	Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium • Orlando, FL (Florida Classic)	17-18	41,126
November 22	2:00 pm	North Carolina A&T	North Carolina Central	O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium • Durham, NC (Rivalry)	14-21	13,326

Postseason

Since 1996, the MEAC earned an automatic bid into the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. As of the 2015 season, the conference champion will abstain from participating in the playoffs and compete against the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) in the newly created Celebration Bowl. Any other team from the MEAC is able to particiapte in the playoff if they earn an at-large bid.

FCS Playoffs

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 29	1:00pm	Morgan State	Richmond	Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA	ESPN3	24-46	4,126

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Records against other conferences

MEAC vs. FCS conferences

Conference	Record
Big South	0–1
CAA	0–1
OVC	0–0
Patriot	0–0
SoCon	0–0
SWAC	1–1
Total	0–0

MEAC vs. FBS conferences

Conference	Record
ACC	0–0
American	0–0
Big Ten	0-0
Conference USA	1–1
MAC	0–2
MWC	0–0
Sun Belt	0–0
Total	0–0

Attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Bethune-Cookman	Municipal Stadium	10,000									0%
Delaware State	Alumni Stadium	7,000									0%
Florida A&M	Bragg Memorial Stadium	25,500									0%
Hampton	Armstrong Stadium	17,000									0%
Howard	William H. Greene Stadium	10,000									0%
Morgan State	Hughes Stadium	10,000									0%
Norfolk State	William "Dick" Price Stadium	30,000									0%
North Carolina A&T	Aggie Stadium	21,500	14,848	13,184	12,947	21,500	10,139	—	94,118	15,686	73%
North Carolina Central	O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium	10,000	7,705	4,006	6,772	2,909	11,964	13,326	56,682	9,447	94%
Savannah State	Ted Wright Stadium	8,000									0%
South Carolina State	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium	22,000	9,613	15,481	11,043	10,013	7,339	—	53,489	10,697	49%

References

^ "2014 Howard Bison Football Schedule". http://hubison.com. Howard University Athletics. Retrieved 21 April 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
^ "2014 Hampton Pirates Football Schedule". http://www.hamptonpirates.com. Hampton University Athletics. Retrieved 21 April 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
^ "2014 FAMU Football Schedule". www.famuathletics.com. FAMU Sports Information. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
^ "2014 Morgan State Bears Football Schedule". http://morganstatebears.com. Morgan State Athletics. Retrieved 21 April 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
^ "2014 ECU Pirates Football Schedule". http://www.fbschedules.com. Retrieved 23 April 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
^ "2014 ECU Pirates Football Schedule". http://www.fbschedules.com. Retrieved 23 April 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

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[Howard_Football-1] "2014 Howard Bison Football Schedule". http://hubison.com. Howard University Athletics. Retrieved 21 April 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

[Hampton_Football_Schedule-2] "2014 Hampton Pirates Football Schedule". http://www.hamptonpirates.com. Hampton University Athletics. Retrieved 21 April 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

[2014_FAMUSchedule-3] "2014 FAMU Football Schedule". www.famuathletics.com. FAMU Sports Information. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[MSU_Football-4] "2014 Morgan State Bears Football Schedule". http://morganstatebears.com. Morgan State Athletics. Retrieved 21 April 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

[ECU_Football-5] "2014 ECU Pirates Football Schedule". http://www.fbschedules.com. Retrieved 23 April 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

[6] "2014 ECU Pirates Football Schedule". http://www.fbschedules.com. Retrieved 23 April 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

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v t e Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football
Teams	Delaware State Hornets Howard Bison Morgan State Bears Norfolk State Spartans North Carolina Central Eagles South Carolina State Bulldogs
Championships & awards	Conference champions All-time standings

v t e Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football rivalries
Conference	Howard–Morgan State
Non-conference	Route 1 Rivalry (Delaware–Delaware State) The Real HU (Hampton–Howard) Battle of the Bay (Hampton–Norfolk State) The Battle for Greater Baltimore (Morgan State–Towson) Norfolk State–Old Dominion North Carolina A&T–North Carolina Central North Carolina A&T–South Carolina State