2014 Northern Colorado Bears football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NCAA team season
| mode = football
| year = 2014
| team=Northern Colorado Bears
| image=Northern Colorado Athletics old wordmark.png
| image_size= 150
| conference= Big Sky Conference
| division=
| short_conf= Big Sky
| TSNRank =
| FCSCoachRank =
| record = 3–8
| conf_record = 2–6
| head_coach= Earnest Collins Jr.
| hc_year = 4th
| off_coach= Michael Armour
| oc_year = 4th
| def_coach= Scott Aligo
| dc_year = 1st
| off_scheme= Spread
| def_scheme= 4–3
| stadium= Nottingham Field{{cite web|title=Gameday at Northern Colorado|url=http://uncbears.com/sports/2014/10/9/GAMEDAY%20EXP.aspx|publisher=University of Northern Colorado|accessdate=April 4, 2015|quote=Stadium Capacity: 8,533}}
| champion =
| bowl =
| bowl_result =
}}
{{2014 Big Sky football standings}}
The 2014 Northern Colorado Bears football team represented the University of Northern Colorado in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Earnest Collins Jr. and played their home games at Nottingham Field. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 3–8, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for tenth place.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 2014
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS
| poll = The Sports Network
| timezone = Mountain
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 6
| time = 8:00 pm
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = UNLV
| site_stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium
| site_cityst = Whitney, Nevada
| tv = MWN
| score = 12–13
| attend = 17,289
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 13
| time = 1:30 pm
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Houston Baptist
| site_stadium = Nottingham Field
| site_cityst = Greeley, Colorado
| tv = {{URL|1=http://www.americaonesports.com/bigsky.asp|2=BSTV}}
| score = 28–20
| attend = 4,080
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 20
| time = 3:00 pm
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Northern Iowa
| opprank = 11
| site_stadium = UNI-Dome
| site_cityst = Cedar Falls, Iowa
| tv = KGCW
| score = 7–46
| attend = 15,227
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 27
| time = 1:00 pm
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Montana
| opprank = 7
| site_stadium = Washington–Grizzly Stadium
| site_cityst = Missoula, Montana
| tv = RTRM
| score = 13–38
| attend = 25,269
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| time = 1:30 pm
| w/l = w
| homecoming = y
| opponent = Northern Arizona
| site_stadium = Nottingham Field
| site_cityst = Greeley, Colorado
| tv = BSTV
| score = 24–17
| attend = 6,348
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 11
| time = 1:30 pm
| w/l = l
| opponent = Sacramento State
| site_stadium = Nottingham Field
| site_cityst = Greeley, Colorado
| tv = BSTV
| score = 38–43
| attend = 2,701
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| time = 2:05 pm
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Eastern Washington
| opprank = 2
| site_stadium = Roos Field
| site_cityst = Cheney, Washington
| tv = SWX
| score = 18–26
| attend = 10,064
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 25
| time = 1:30 pm
| w/l = l
| opponent = Idaho State
| site_stadium = Nottingham Field
| site_cityst = Greeley, Colorado
| tv = BSTV
| score = 12–46
| attend = 4,210
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 1
| time = 5:00 pm
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = UC Davis
| site_stadium = Aggie Stadium
| site_cityst = Davis, California
| tv = BSTV
| score = 27–21
| attend = 5,856
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| time = 1:00 pm
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Weber State
| site_stadium = Stewart Stadium
| site_cityst = Ogden, Utah
| tv = BSTV
| score = 21–34
| attend = 6,166
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 22
| time = 12:30 pm
| w/l = l
| opponent = North Dakota
| site_stadium = Nottingham Field
| site_cityst = Greeley, Colorado
| tv = BSTV
| score = 14–33
| attend = 3,698
}}
}}
- Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20140814195041/http://uncbears.com/sports/fball/2014-15/schedule Schedule]
Game summaries
=@ UNLV=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Bears
|R1= 0||R2= 3||R3= 7||R4= 2
|Home=Rebels
|H1= 7||H2= 3|H3= 3||H4= 0
}}
{{see also|2014 UNLV Rebels football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Houston Baptist=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Huskies
|R1= 3||R2= 7||R3= 10||R4= 0
|Home=Bears
|H1= 7||H2= 8|H3= 0||H4= 13
}}
{{see also|2014 Houston Baptist Huskies football team}}
{{Clear}}
=@ Northern Iowa=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Bears
|R1= 0||R2= 0||R3= 7||R4= 0
|Home=#11 Panthers
|H1= 10||H2= 26|H3= 3||H4= 7
}}
{{see also|2014 Northern Iowa Panthers football team}}
{{Clear}}
=@ Montana=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Bears
|R1= 7||R2= 3||R3= 3||R4= 0
|Home=#7 Grizzlies
|H1= 28||H2= 7|H3= 3||H4= 0
}}
{{see also|2014 Montana Grizzlies football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Northern Arizona=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Lumberjacks
|R1= 7||R2= 3||R3= 0||R4= 7
|Home=Bears
|H1= 0||H2= 3|H3= 14||H4= 7
}}
{{see also|2014 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Sacramento State=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Hornets
|R1= 7||R2= 13||R3= 17||R4= 6
|Home=Bears
|H1= 10||H2= 7|H3= 13||H4= 8
}}
{{see also|2014 Sacramento State Hornets football team}}
{{Clear}}
=@ Eastern Washington=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Bears
|R1= 0||R2= 3||R3= 7||R4= 8
|Home=#2 Eagles
|H1= 7||H2= 6|H3= 7||H4= 6
}}
{{see also|2014 Eastern Washington Eagles football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Idaho State=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Bengals
|R1= 10||R2= 14||R3= 15||R4= 7
|Home=Bears
|H1= 0||H2= 0|H3= 12||H4= 0
}}
{{see also|2014 Idaho State Bengals football team}}
{{Clear}}
=@ UC Davis=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Bears
|R1= 0||R2= 7||R3= 14||R4= 6
|Home=Mustangs
|H1= 0||H2= 0|H3= 7||H4= 14
}}
{{see also|2014 UC Davis Aggies football team}}
{{Clear}}
=@ Weber State=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Bears
|R1= 7||R2= 7||R3= 0||R4= 7
|Home=Wildcats
|H1= 14||H2= 10|H3= 10||H4= 0
}}
{{see also|2014 Weber State Wildcats football team}}
{{Clear}}
=North Dakota=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=UND
|R1= 7||R2= 10||R3= 10||R4= 6
|Home=Bears
|H1= 0||H2= 0|H3= 7||H4= 7
}}
{{see also|2014 University of North Dakota football team}}
{{Clear}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Northern Colorado Bears football navbox}}