Houston·American Athletic

2014 — The Winning Chapter

Houston'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 Won the Armed Forces Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +2.4 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L vs UTSA 7-27 W vs Grambl 47-0 L @ BYU 25-33 W vs UNLV 47-14 L vs UCF 12-17 W @ Memphis 28-24 W vs Temple 31-10 W @ Sout Flo 27-3 L vs Tulane 24-31 W vs Tulsa 38-28 W @ SMU 35-9 L @ Cincin 31-38 W @ Pittsb 35-34 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2014.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: Houston 47, Grambling 0. A 47-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Houston 7, UTSA 27. A 20-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Houston beat Pittsburgh 35-34 in the postseason.

"Eat 'em up"
— Houston fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What it meant

2014 is a middle chapter for Houston — 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.