2014 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

American college football season September 2014 February 2026 football 2014 West Virginia Mountaineers West Virginia Mountaineers logo.svg 100 Big 12 Conference Big 12 7–6 5–4 Dana Holgorsen 4th Shannon Dawson 3rd Spread Tony Gibson 1st 3–3–5 Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium Liberty Bowl L 37–45 vs. Texas A&M The 2014 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Playing as a member of the Big 12 Conference (Big 12), the team was led by head coach Dana Holgorsen, in his fourth year. West Virginia played its home games at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season 7–6, 5–4 in Big 12 play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place. They were invited to the Liberty Bowl where they lost to Texas A&M. Schedule 2014 AP Poll and CFP Rankings after October 28 released prior to game Eastern August 30 3:30 p.m. l y y Alabama 2 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA ABC 23–33 70,502 September 6 7:30 p.m. w y Towson 22 (FCS) Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV RTPT 54–0 56,414 September 13 Noon w y y Maryland rivalry Byrd Stadium College Park, MD BTN 40–37 48,154 September 20 7:30 p.m. l Oklahoma Stripe the Stadium 4 Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV FOX 33–45 61,908 October 4 4:00 p.m. w y Kansas Gold Rush Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV FSN 33–14 52,164 October 11 Noon w y Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX FS1 37–34 58,502 October 18 Noon w Baylor 4 Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV FS1 41–27 60,758 October 25 3:30 p.m. w y 22 Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK ESPN 34–10 59,124 November 1 3:30 p.m. l 20 TCU 7 True Blue) (College GameDay Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV ABC 30–31 61,190 November 8 3:30 p.m. l y 23 Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX FS1 16–33 95,714 November 20 7:00 p.m. l Kansas State 12 Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV FS1 20–26 47,683 November 29 Noon w y Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA FS1 37–24 50,059 December 29 2:00 p.m. l y y Texas A&M Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN ESPN 37–45 51,282 2014 Football Schedule Released Mike Montoro http://www.wvusports.com/blogs.cfm?blog=footballBlog&story=24479 West Virginia University Department of Athletics November 5, 2014 January 12, 2014 Rankings 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings 16 9 NR NR RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 22 25 20 22 20 24 25 23 RV NR NR RV RV NR RV NR NR RV NR NR RV NR NR NR NR Game summaries Alabama Mountaineers 3 14 3 3 23 #2 Crimson Tide 3 17 10 3 33 Led by Clint Trickett's 511 passing yards, West Virginia gave away a 22-point lead before Josh Lambert kicked a game winning 47-yard field goal to give West Virginia a 40-37 win over rival Maryland. Clint Trickett threw for 4 touchdowns in the win and Mario Alford was on the receiving end of two of those touchdowns. Kevin White had his best game of the season with 13 catches for 216 yards and a touchdown. West Virginia’s defense held the Terrapins to 4 of 15 on third downs and forced an interception. This win erased the bad memory for the Mountaineers of the 37-0 blowout in the 2013 installment of this rivalry. Attendance- 48,154 Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD Oklahoma #4 Sooners 3 21 14 7 45 Mountaineers 7 17 3 6 33 Samaje Perine rushed for 242 yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 4 Oklahoma to a 45-33 win in Morgantown over West Virginia. "They made good adjustments at halftime. They made a bunch of plays in the second half when the game was on the line" said West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen. Clint Trickett threw for 376 yards and two touchdowns for West Virginia, but he was intercepted twice and lost a fumble. His main target in the loss was senior receiver Kevin White who had 10 receptions for 173 yards and a touchdown. Attendance- 61,908 Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV Kansas Jayhawks 0 0 7 7 Mountaineers 16 10 7 0 Led by Clint Tricketts 302 passing yards and Mario Alford’s 94 yard kickoff return for a touchdown the Mountaineers beat Kansas 33-14. Rushel Shell ran for a season high 113 yards and a touchdown and Kevin White had 6 catches for 132 yards. West Virginia put up 557 yards of offense while the special teams played a very inconsistent game. After the Mountaineers' Jordan Thompson fumbled a punt on his 18 that led to a short touchdown run by the Jayhawks' Corey Avery, Alford took the ensuing kickoff into the endzone for a score to put West Virginia ahead 33-7 late in the third quarter. Attendance- 52,164 Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV Texas Tech Mountaineers 3 7 10 17 Red Raiders 14 7 6 7 Sophomore Josh Lambert kicked a career-long 55-yard field goal at the end of the game to lead West Virginia to a 37-34 win over Texas Tech. The Red Raiders built an eleven point lead and carried that into halftime before being outscored 27 to 13 in the second half with the Mountaineers rallying from 14 points down in the fourth quarter. Clint Trickett was held to a season-low 301 yards but still completed 28 of 44 passes and had two touchdowns. Rushel Shell added two touchdowns, including the game tying one yard touchdown run late in the game. This was West Virginia’s first win against Texas Tech since joining the Big 12 conference 3 years ago. Attendance- 58, 502 Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX Baylor #4 Bears 13 7 7 0 Mountaineers 7 17 3 14 When West Virginia needed another late push to pull out a win, Clint Trickett and Kevin White fought through the rain, turnovers, and the Bears defense to beat fourth-ranked Baylor. Trickett threw two of his three touchdowns in the fourth quarter as West Virginia knocked off Baylor in Morgantown. It was the third top-5 opponent West Virginia faced that season after previously losing to No. 2 Alabama and No. 4 Oklahoma. Trickett was 23-of-35 for 322 yards against Baylor, his eighth straight 300-yard game dating back to the 2013 season. Senior receiver Kevin White had eight receptions for 132 yards and two touchdowns. The WVU defense, coached by Tony Gibson, held the Bears to seven second-half points and 318 total yards in the game. Attendance- 60,758 Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV Oklahoma State #22 Mountaineers 14 0 3 17 34 Cowboys 0 10 0 0 10 TCU #10 Horned Frogs 7 0 14 10 31 #20 Mountaineers 13 0 14 3 30 ESPN's College Gameday made its second trip to Morgantown in its history. Texas #24 Mountaineers 3 0 0 13 Longhorns 7 17 0 9 Kansas State #12 Wildcats 7 10 6 3 26 Mountaineers 0 3 7 10 20 Iowa State Mountaineers 7 20 0 10 Cyclones 14 7 3 0 Texas A&M–Liberty Bowl Aggies 14 14 17 0 45 Mountaineers 20 7 3 7 37 Coaching staff 2014 Coaching Staff80% Head coach Dana Holgorsen Associate Head coaches Tom Bradley - Defensive Line Joe DeForest - Special Teams Coordinator, Safeties Assistant Head coach Lonnie Galloway - Receivers Assistant coaches Damon Cogdell - Linebackers Ron Crook - Offensive Line Shannon Dawson – Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks Tony Gibson - Defensive Coordinator Brian Mitchell - Cornerbacks Ja'Juan Seider - Running Backs Football Coaching Staff http://www.wvusports.com/staffDirectory.cfm?type=coaching&sportID=1&sport=football West Virginia University Department of Athletics September 28, 2014 References West Virginia Category:West Virginia Mountaineers football seasons West Virginia Mountaineers football