West Virginia·Big 12

2014 — The 2014 Season

West Virginia'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 Liberty Bowl
AP final #24 post-bowls
SP+ +3.9 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Alabama 23-33 W vs Towson 54-0 W @ Maryland 40-37 L vs Okla 33-45 W vs Kansas 33-14 W @ Texa Tec 37-34 W vs Baylor 41-27 W @ Okla St 34-10 L vs TCU 30-31 L @ Texas 16-33 L vs Kans Sta 20-26 W @ Iowa St 37-24 L vs Texas A&M 37-45 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2014.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: West Virginia 54, Towson 0. A 54-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: West Virginia 16, Texas 33. A 17-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: West Virginia fell to Texas A&M 37-45 in the postseason.

"Let's Go Mountaineers"
— West Virginia fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What it meant

2014 is a middle chapter for West Virginia — 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.