Western Kentucky·Conference USA

2014 — The Winning Chapter

Western Kentucky's 2014 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 8-5
Final result Bowl season Won the Bahamas Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +0.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Bowl Gre 59-31 L @ Illinois 34-42 L @ Midd Ten 47-50 W @ Navy 36-27 L vs UAB 39-42 L @ Flor Atl 38-45 W vs Old Dom 66-51 L @ Loui Tec 10-59 W vs UTEP 35-27 W vs Army 52-24 W vs UTSA 45-7 W @ Marshall 67-66 W vs Cent Mic 49-48 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2014.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: Western Kentucky 45, UTSA 7. A 38-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Western Kentucky 10, Louisiana Tech 59. A 49-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Western Kentucky beat Central Michigan 49-48 in the postseason.

"Hilltopper Nation"
— Western Kentucky fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What it meant

2014 is a middle chapter for Western Kentucky — 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.