2014 Navy Midshipmen football team
American college football season
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The 2014 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy as an independent in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Midshipmen were led by seventh year head coach Ken Niumatalolo and played their home games at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.[1] This was the final year as an Independent before the school joins the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 8–5. They were invited to the Poinsettia Bowl where they defeated San Diego State.
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–5
Headcoach
- Ken Niumatalolo (7th season)
OffensivecoordinatorIvin Jasper (7th season)
| 2014 Navy Midshipmen football | |
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Poinsettia Bowl champion | |
Poinsettia Bowl, W 17–16 vs. San Diego State | |
| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 8–5 |
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| Offensive coordinator | Ivin Jasper (7th season) |
| Offensive scheme | Triple option |
| Defensive coordinator | Buddy Green (13th season) |
| Base defense | Multiple |
| MVP | Keenan Reynolds |
| Captains |
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| Home stadium | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | – | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | – | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | – | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | – | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| August 30 | 12:00 p.m. | vs. No. 5 Ohio State | CBSSN | L 17–34 | 57,579 | |
| September 6 | 1:00 p.m. | at Temple | ESPN3 | W 31–24 | 28,408 | |
| September 13 | 8:00 p.m. | at Texas State | ESPNews | W 35–21 | 32,007 | |
| September 20 | 3:30 p.m. | Rutgers | CBSSN | L 24–31 | 33,655 | |
| September 27 | 3:30 p.m. | Western Kentucky |
| CBSSN | L 27–36 | 30,537 |
| October 4 | 3:30 p.m. | at Air Force | CBSSN | L 21–30 | 37,731 | |
| October 11 | 3:30 p.m. | VMI |
| CBSSN | W 51–14 | 33,812 |
| October 25 | 1:00 p.m. | San Jose State |
| CBSSN | W 41–31 | 30,612 |
| November 1 | 8:00 p.m. | vs. No. 6 Notre Dame | CBS | L 39–49 | 36,807 | |
| November 15 | 3:30 p.m. | Georgia Southern |
| CBSSN | W 52–19 | 33,894 |
| November 28 | 3:00 p.m. | at South Alabama | ESPN3 | W 42–40 | 14,571 | |
| December 13 | 3:00 p.m. | vs. Army |
| CBS | W 17–10 | 70,935 |
| December 23 | 9:30 p.m. | at San Diego State | ESPN | W 17–16 | 33,077 | |
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Before the season
Spring practices
Navy held spring practices during March and April 2014.
Game summaries
Ohio State
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • #5 Ohio State | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 34 |
| Navy | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
- Date: August 30, 2014
- Location: M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland
- Game start: 12:00 pm
- Game attendance: 57,573
- Game weather: Temp: • Wind: • Weather:
- TV announcers (CBSSN): Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson, & Allie LaForce
At Temple
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • Navy | 10 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
| Temple | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
- Date: September 6, 2014
- Location: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
- Game start: 1:00 pm
- Game attendance: 28,408
- Game weather: Temp: • Wind: • Weather:
- TV announcers (ESPN3): Dave Leno & Ken Dunek
At Texas State
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • Navy | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 35 |
| Texas State | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
- Date: September 13, 2014
- Location: Bobcat Stadium, San Marcos, Texas
- Game start: 8:00 pm
- Game attendance: 32,007
- Game weather: Temp: • Wind: • Weather:
- TV announcers (ESPNews): Joel Meyers & Al Groh
Rutgers
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • Rutgers | 10 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
| Navy | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
- Date: September 20, 2014
- Location: Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Maryland
- Game start: 3:30 pm
- Game attendance: 33,655
- Game weather: Temp: • Wind: • Weather:
- TV announcers (CBSSN): John Sadak, Randy Cross, & Sheehan Stanwick Burch
Western Kentucky
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • WKU | 3 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 36 |
| Navy | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
- Date: September 27, 2014
- Location: Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Maryland
- Game start: 3:30 pm
- Game attendance: 30,537
- Game weather: Temp: • Wind: • Weather:
- TV announcers (CBSSN): John Sadak, Randy Cross, & Susannah Collins
At Air Force
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Navy | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| • Air Force | 14 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
- Date: October 4, 2014
- Location: Falcon Stadium, USAF Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Game start: 3:30 pm (1:30 pm MST)
- Game attendance: 37,731
- Game weather: Temp: • Wind: • Weather:
- TV announcers (CBSSN): John Sadak, Randy Cross, & Susannah Collins
VMI
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| VMI | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| • Navy | 14 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 51 |
- Date: October 11, 2014
- Location: Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Maryland
- Game start: 3:30 pm
- Game attendance: 33,812
- Game weather: Temp: • Wind: • Weather:
- TV announcers (CBSSN): John Sadak, Randy Cross, & Susannah Collins
San Jose State
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| San Jose State | 3 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| • Navy | 0 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 41 |
- Date: October 25, 2014
- Location: Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Maryland
- Game start: 1:00 pm
- Game attendance: 30,612
- Game weather: Temp: 62 F • Wind: • Weather: Broken Clouds
- TV announcers (CBSSN): John Sadak, Randy Cross, & Susannah Collins
Vs. Notre Dame
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • #10 Notre Dame | 14 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 49 |
| Navy | 7 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 39 |
- Date: November 1, 2014
- Location: FedExField, Landover, Maryland
- Game start: 8:00 pm
- Elapsed time: 3:37
- Game attendance: 36,807
- Game weather: Temp: 46 F • Wind: 20 MPH • Weather: Partly Cloudy
- TV announcers (CBS): Andrew Catalon, Aaron Taylor, & Jamie Erdahl
Georgia Southern
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Georgia Southern | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| • Navy | 7 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 52 |
- Date: November 15, 2014
- Location: Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Maryland
- Game start: 3:30 pm
- Game attendance: 33,894
- Game weather: Temp: 44 F • Wind: • Weather: Partly Sunny
- TV announcers (CBSSN): John Sadak, Randy Cross, & Susannah Collins
At South Alabama
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • Navy | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
| South Alabama | 13 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 36 |
- Date: November 28, 2014
- Location: Ladd–Peebles Stadium, Mobile, Alabama
- Game start: 3:00 pm
- Game attendance: 14,571
- Game weather: Temp: 32 F • Wind: • Weather: Broken Clouds
- TV announcers (ESPN3): Darren Goldwater & Peter Vaas
Vs. Army
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • Navy | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Army | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
- Date: December 13, 2014
- Location: M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore
- Game start: 3:00 pm
- Game attendance: 70,935
- Game weather: Temp: 41 F • Wind: NW 5-10 MPH • Weather: Partly Sunny
- TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist, Gary Donaldson, & Allie LaForce
Vs. San Diego State (Poinsettia Bowl)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • Navy | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| SDS | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
- Date: December 23, 2014
- Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California
- Game start: 9:30 pm
- Game attendance: 33,077
- Game weather: Temp: 68 F • Wind: N 8 MPH • Weather: Mostly Cloudy
- TV announcers (ESPN/ESPN Radio): Tom Hart, Mike Bellotti, & Heather Mitts/Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, & Joe Schad
Personnel
Roster
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Depth chart
The following players comprised the team's Depth chart prior to the 2013 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl:
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