Ohio·Mid-American

2014 — The 2014 Season

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

Record 6-6
Final result No bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -5.4 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ Kent Sta 17-14 L @ Kentucky 3-20 L @ Marshall 14-44 W vs Idaho 36-24 W vs East Ill 34-19 L @ Cent Mic 10-28 L vs Bowl Gre 13-31 W vs Akron 23-20 L @ West Mic 21-42 W vs Buffalo 37-14 L vs Nort Ill 14-21 W @ Miam (OH 24-21

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2014.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: Ohio 37, Buffalo 14. A 23-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Ohio 14, Marshall 44. A 30-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Bobcats Bite Back"
— Ohio fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What it meant

2014 is a middle chapter for Ohio — 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.