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2014 — The 2014 Season

Boston College's 2014 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final result Bowl season Lost the Pinstripe Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +2.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ Massac 30-7 L vs Pittsb 20-30 W vs USC 37-31 W vs Maine 40-10 L vs Colo Sta 21-24 W @ NC State 30-14 L vs Clemson 13-17 W @ Wake For 23-17 W @ Virg Tec 33-31 L vs Louisv 19-38 L @ FSU 17-20 W vs Syracuse 28-7 L @ Penn St 30-31 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2014.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: Boston College 40, Maine 10. A 30-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Boston College 19, Louisville 38. A 19-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Boston College fell to Penn State 30-31 in the postseason.

"For Boston"
— Boston College fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What it meant

2014 is a middle chapter for Boston College — 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.