San Diego State·Mountain West

2014 — The 2014 Season

San Diego State's 2014 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final result Bowl season Lost the Poinsettia Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -0.4 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Nort Ari 38-7 L @ UNC 27-31 L @ Oreg Sta 7-28 W vs UNLV 34-17 L @ Fres Sta 13-24 W @ New Mex 24-14 W vs Hawai'i 20-10 L @ Nevada 14-30 W vs Idaho 35-21 L @ Bois Sta 29-38 W vs Air For 30-14 W vs San Sta 38-7 L vs Navy 16-17 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2014.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: San Diego State 38, Northern Arizona 7. A 31-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: San Diego State 7, Oregon State 28. A 21-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: San Diego State fell to Navy 16-17 in the postseason.

"Go Aztecs"
— San Diego State fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What it meant

2014 is a middle chapter for San Diego 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.