2014 East Mississippi Lions football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 2014

| team = East Mississippi Lions

| sport = football

| image =

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| conference = Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges

| short_conf = MACJC

| division = North Division

| record = 12–0

| conf_record = 6–0

| head_coach = Buddy Stephens

| hc_year = 7th

| captain =

| stadium = Sullivan/Windham Field

| champion = NJCAA championship
MACJC champion

| conf_champ = MACJC championship game

| conf_champ_result = W 19–14 at {{cfb link|year=2014|team=Copiah–Lincoln Wolves|title=Copiah–Lincoln}}

| bowl = NJCAA championship game

| bowl_result = W 54-15 vs. {{cfb link|year=2014|team=Iowa Western Reivers|title=Iowa Western}}

}}

The 2014 East Mississippi Lions football team was an American football team that represented East Mississippi Community College as a member of the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) during the 2014 junior college football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Buddy Stephens, the Lions compiled a perfect 12–0 record (6–0 in conference games), shut out five consecutive opponents, defeated {{cfb link|year=2014|team=Iowa Western Reivers|title=Iowa Western}} in the national championship game, and won the NJCAA National Football Championship. It was one of five national championships for East Mississippi, along with the 2011, 2013, 2018, and 2021 teams.{{cite news|title=East Mississippi seeks back-to-back national titles|newspaper=Sun Herald|date=December 4, 2014|page=9B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sun-herald-east-mississippi-seeks-back-t/145334666/|via=Newspapers.com}}

The team played its home games at Sullivan/Windham Field in Scooba, Mississippi.

Schedule

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|August 28|at|{{cfb link|year=2014|team=Southwest Mississippi Bears|title=Southwest Mississippi}}||Summit, MS|W 52-14||{{cite news|title=Bears dominated in opener; Peavey: SMCC better team than one year ago|newspaper=Enterprise-Journal|date=August 29, 2014|page=A7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/enterprise-journal-bears-dominated-in-op/145335371/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|September 4||{{cfb link|year=2014|team=Copiah–Lincoln Wolves|title=Copiah–Lincoln}}|Sullivan/Windham Field|Scooba, MS|W 46-10||

|September 11|at|{{cfb link|year=2014|team=Coahoma Tigers|title=Coahoma}}||Clarksdale, MS|W 83-7||

|September 18||{{cfb link|year=2014|team=Northeast Mississippi Tigers|title=Northeast Mississippi}}|Sullivan/Windham Field|Scooba, MS|W 65-7||

|September 25|at|{{cfb link|year=2014|team=Itawamba Indians|title=Itawamba}}||Fulton, MS|W 51-0||

|October 4||{{cfb link|year=2014|team=Jones County Bobcats|title=Jones County}}|Sullivan/Windham Field|Scooba, MS|W 55-0||{{cite news|title=East Mississippi 55, Jones County 0: Big first half powers Lions past Bobcats|newspaper=Hattiesburg American|date=October 4, 2014|page=2C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hattiesburg-american-east-mississippi-55/145334855/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 9||{{cfb link|year=2014|team=Holmes Bulldogs|title=Holmes}}|Sullivan/Windham Field|Scooba, MS|W 49-0||

|October 16|at|{{cfb link|year=2014|team=Northwest Mississippi Rangers|title=Northwest Mississippi}}|||W 49-0||

|October 23||{{cfb link|year=2014|team=Mississippi Delta Trojans|title=Mississippi Delta}}|Sullivan/Windham Field|Scooba, MS|W 65-0||

|November 1||{{cfb link|year=2014|team=Mississippi Gulf Coast Bulldogs|title=Mississippi Gulf Coast}}|Sullivan/Windham Field|Scooba, MS (MACJC semifinal)|W 42-21||

|November 8|at|Copiah–Lincoln||Wesson, MS (MACJC championship game)|W 54-15||{{cite news|title=Lions look to defend national title|newspaper=Clarion-Ledger|date=November 11, 2014|page=C1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger-lions-look-to-defend-nati/145334265/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|December 7|vs|{{cfb link|year=2014|team=Iowa Western Reivers|title=Iowa Western}}|Biloxi Indian Stadium|Biloxi, MS (NJCAA championship game)|W 34-17||{{cite news|title=East Mississippi 34, Iowa Western 14: 3rd championship win a special one|newspaper=Clarion-Ledger|date=December 8, 2014|page=1C, 2C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger-east-mississippi-34-iowa/145334469/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=The One That Got Away: Late drive dooms IWCC with national title on line|newspaper=The Daily Nonpareil|author=Kevin White|date=December 9, 2014|page=2B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-nonpareil-the-one-that-got-awa/145313727/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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{{cite web|title=2014 EMCC Football Schedule|publisher=East Mississippi College|accessdate=April 13, 2024|url=https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2014-15/schedule}}

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