Sam Houston·Southland

2014 — The Ten-Win Year

Sam Houston's 2014 season (11-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 11-4
Final result 11-win season
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -2.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ East Was 35-56 W vs Alab Sta 51-20 L @ LSU 0-56 W @ Lamar 42-10 W vs McNeese 38-22 L @ Nort Sta 27-31 W vs Abil Chr 38-21 W vs Step Aus 42-28 W @ Inca Wor 40-19 W @ Hous Chr 76-0 W vs Cent Ark 38-31 W vs SE Lou 21-17 W @ Jack Sta 37-26 W @ Villan 34-31 L @ Nort Sta 3-35 Bowl
Defining moments
The statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: Sam Houston 76, Houston Christian 0. A 76-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Sam Houston 0, LSU 56. A 56-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Sam Houston fell to North Dakota State 3-35 in the postseason.

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

2014 is a middle chapter for Sam 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.