UCF·American Athletic

2014 — The Winning Chapter

UCF's 2014 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 9-4
Final result Bowl season Lost the St. Petersburg Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +3.0 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L vs Penn St 24-26 L @ Missouri 10-38 W vs Bethun 41-7 W @ Houston 17-12 W vs BYU 31-24 W vs Tulane 20-13 W vs Temple 34-14 L @ UConn 29-37 W vs Tulsa 31-7 W vs SMU 53-7 W @ Sout Flo 16-0 W @ East Car 32-30 L vs NC State 27-34 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2014.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: UCF 53, SMU 7. A 46-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: UCF 10, Missouri 38. A 28-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: UCF fell to NC State 27-34 in the postseason.

"Charge On"
— UCF fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What it meant

2014 is a middle chapter for UCF — 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.