Auburn·SEC

2014 — The Winning Chapter

Auburn's 2014 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 8-5
Final result Bowl season Lost the Outback Bowl
AP final #19 post-bowls
SP+ +8.7 last-week
Era The Malzahn Era
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Arkansas 45-21 W vs San Sta 59-13 W @ Kans Sta 20-14 W vs Loui Tec 45-17 W vs LSU 41-7 L @ Miss St 23-38 W vs S Caro 42-35 W @ Ole Miss 35-31 L vs Texas A&M 38-41 L @ Georgia 7-34 W vs Samford 31-7 L @ Alabama 44-55 L @ Wiscon 31-34 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2014.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: Auburn 59, San José State 13. A 46-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Auburn 7, Georgia 34. A 27-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Auburn fell to Wisconsin 31-34 in the postseason.

"War Eagle is the greeting; the eagle flight before kickoff is the ritual."
— Auburn fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What it meant

2014 is a middle chapter for Auburn — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.