Boise State·Mountain West

2014 — The Ten-Win Year

Boise State's 2014 season (12-2) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 12-2
Final result 12-win season Won the Fiesta Bowl
AP final #21 post-bowls
SP+ +6.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Ole Miss 13-35 W vs Colo Sta 37-24 W @ UConn 38-21 W vs Louisi 34-9 L @ Air For 14-28 W @ Nevada 51-46 W vs Fres Sta 37-27 W vs BYU 55-30 W @ New Mex 60-49 W vs San Sta 38-29 W @ Wyoming 63-14 W vs Utah Sta 50-19 W vs Fres Sta 28-14 W @ Arizona 38-30 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2014.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: Boise State 63, Wyoming 14. A 49-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Boise State 13, Ole Miss 35. A 22-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Boise State beat Arizona 38-30 in the postseason.

"Be the smurf"
— Boise State fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What it meant

2014 is a middle chapter for Boise State — 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.