2014 — Season 2014

Record 5-7
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -0.9 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L vs Califo 24-31 L vs Nort Ill 15-23 W vs West Ill 24-7 W @ Penn St 29-6 W vs Wiscon 20-14 L @ Minnes 17-24 L vs Nebraska 17-38 L @ Iowa 7-48 L vs Michigan 9-10 W @ ND 43-40 W @ Purdue 38-14 L vs Illinois 33-47

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2014.

What It Meant

2014 is a losing-side chapter. The record (5-7) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.