Jacksonville State·OVC

2014 — The Ten-Win Year

Jacksonville State's 2014 season (10-2) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 10-2
Final result 10-win season
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -2.1 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Mich St 7-45 W @ Chatta 26-23 W vs West Ala 45-34 W @ Murr Sta 52-28 W vs UT Mar 38-14 W @ Tenn Sta 27-20 W vs Tenn Tec 49-3 W vs Aust Pea 56-0 W @ East Ken 20-6 W vs East Ill 27-20 W @ Sout Sta 49-30 L vs Sam Hou 26-37
Defining moments
The statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: Jacksonville State 56, Austin Peay 0. A 56-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Jacksonville State 7, Michigan State 45. A 38-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Rock the House"
— Jacksonville State fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What it meant

2014 is a middle chapter for Jacksonville 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.