2014 AAC Football Season

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American Athletic Conference
2014 Season
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Duration: March 25, 2014 to July 19, 2014
Number of Teams 12
East Champion East Carolina
East Runner-up Houston
West Champion Boise State
West Runner-up Air Force
AAC Championship Game
Champion Boise State
Runner-up East Carolina
Offensive POTY Brian Brown, Boise State
Defensive POTY Phillip Moore, Houston
Coach of the Year Kah32, Boise State
2015 ->


2014 AAC Football Standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
East
x East Carolina   6 – 2         8 – 6  
Houston   5 – 2         8 – 5  
Rice   5 – 2         5 – 7  
UCF   4 – 3         5 – 7  
Cincinnati   2 – 5         2 – 10  
Georgia State   0 – 7         0 – 12  
West
x Boise State   8 – 0         13 – 1  
Air Force   5 – 2         7 – 6  
Colorado State   3 – 4         4 – 8  
San Diego State   3 – 4         3 – 9  
SMU   1 – 6         4 – 8  
Hawaii   1 – 6         1 – 11  
AAC Championship Game: Boise State 34, ECU 24
x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 2014 AAC football season is the first season of play for the American Athletic Conference. There are twelve members divided into two divisions. The East division consists of the Cincinnati Bearcats, East Carolina Pirates, Georgia State Panthers, Houston Cougars, Rice Owls, and UCF Knights. The West division consists of the Air Force Falcons, Boise State Broncos, Colorado State Rams, Hawaii Warriors, San Diego State Aztecs, and SMU Mustangs. Boise State, Houston, Rice, and UCF were members of the Big 12 in 2013. Hawaii was a member of the Pac-12 in 2013.

Coaches

2014 saw veteran head coaches Kah32 of Boise State, BrianKelly'sFace of Hawaii, Svearike of Houston, and Insane_Baboon of UCF lead their teams to the new American Athletic Conference. Cincinnati, ECU, SDSU, SMU, and UCF saw midseason changes in thier head coaches.

Stats are current as of end of 2014 season.

Team Head Coach Years at School Overall Record AAC Record
Air Force DescretoBurrito 1 7-6 5-2
Boise State Kah32 2 22-5 8-0
Cincinnati AthensDawg05 0 1-7 1-3
TopGoose 1 1-3 1-2
Colorado State Slaughterhouse-Five 1 4-8 3-4
East Carolina karosi 0 3-5 3-1
ObliviousLAX 1 5-1 3-1
Georgia State Aarontdodson 1 0-12 0-7
Hawaii BrianKelly'sFace 2 2-22 1-6
Houston Svearike 2 9-16 5-2
Rice owl_man 1 5-7 5-2
San Diego State I'm Ron Burgandy. AMA? 0 0-3 -
mblweis 1 3-6 3-4
SMU G-Aardvark 0 1-6 0-4
Time 1 3-2 1-2
UCF Insane_Baboon 1 7-9 -
Gryfer 1 4-6 4-3

Rankings

Ranking Movement
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Boise State 12 11 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3
Cincinnati
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Georgia State
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Houston RV RV RV 25 24
Rice
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Regular Season

AAC non-conference win AAC non-conference loss AAC conference game

Week One

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night Rutgers Scarlet Knights Cincinnati Bearcats Nippert Stadium * Cincinnati, OH L 24-7
Thurs Night Georgia State Panthers Arizona Wildcats Arizona Stadium * Tucson, AZ L 0-73
Thurs Night SMU Mustangs Oregon State Beavers Reser Stadium * Corvallis, OR L 17-35
Thurs Night UCF Knights Stanford Cardinal AT&T Stadium * Dallas, TX W 21-17
Sat Morning #24 Michigan State Spartans Rice Owls Rice Stadium * Houston, TX L 28-6
Sat Afternoon East Carolina Pirates #15 Nebraska Cornhuskers Memorial Stadium * Lincoln, NE L 14-24
Sat Evening Air Force Falcons Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Aloha Stadium * Honolulu, HI AF 21-14
Sat Evening Indiana Hoosiers #12 Boise State Broncos Bronco Stadium * Boise, ID W 7-42
Sat Evening San Diego State Aztecs California Golden Bears California Memorial Stadium * Berkeley, CA L 7-17

Week Two

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night Georgia State Panthers Houston Cougars Houston Football Stadium * Houston, TX HOU 14-31
Thurs Night SMU Mustangs Duke Blue Devils Wallace Wade Stadium * Durham, NC W 24-21
Thurs Night Colorado State Rams Indiana Hoosiers Memorial Stadium * Bloomington, IN L 3-21
Thurs Night Air Force Falcons Purdue Boilermakers Ross-Ade Stadium * West Lafayette, IN L 0-10
Thurs Night Hawaii Rainbow Warriors #25 Michigan State Spartans Spartan Stadium * East Lansing, MI L 14-31
Sat Morning Cincinnati Bearcats Illinois Fighting Illini Memorial Stadium * Champaign, IL L 7-16
Sat Morning Rice Owls Texas A&M Aggies Kyle Field * College Station, TX L 21-38
Sat Morning UCF Knights #10 Michigan Wolverines Michigan Stadium * Ann Arbor, MI L 0-38
Sat Morning San Diego State Aztecs #6 Alabama Crimson Tide Bryant-Denny Stadium * Tuscaloosa, AL L 7-56
Sat Evening #11 Boise State Broncos LSU Tigers Tiger Stadium * Baton Rouge, LA W 21-17

Week Three

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night Colorado State Rams Oregon State Beavers Reser Stadium * Corvallis, OR L 9-31
Thurs Night Purdue Boilermakers San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium * San Diego, CA L 16-14
Thurs Night East Carolina Pirates Northwestern Wildcats Ryan Field * Evanston, IL L 7-20
Sat Morning #25 Clemson Tigers Houston Cougars Houston Football Stadium * Houston, TX L 35-10
Sat Morning Rice Owls #11 Minnesota Golden Gophers TCF Bank Field * Minneapolis, MN L 21-45
Sat Morning USC Trojans UCF Knights Bright House Networks Stadium * Orlando, FL L 63-14
Sat Afternoon #15 Nebraska Cornhuskers Air Force Falcons Falcon Stadium * Colorado Springs, CO L 28-7
Sat Evening #1 Florida State Seminoles Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Aloha Stadium * Honolulu, HI L 66-0
Sat Evening SMU Mustangs #4 Boise State Broncos Bronco Stadium * Boise, ID BSU 14-56

Week Four

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night BYU Cougars Air Force Falcons Falcon Stadium * Colorado Springs, CO L 31-10
Thurs Night Colorado State Rams Iowa State Cyclones Jack Trice Stadium * Ames, IA L 7-24
Thurs Night Arizona State Sun Devils San Diego State Aztecs Qualcomm Stadium * San Diego, CA L 49-7
Thurs Night Cincinnati Bearcats Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt Stadium * Nashville, TN L 7-24
Thurs Night Virginia Cavaliers East Carolina Pirates Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium * Greenville, NC L 27-7
Thurs Night Rice Owls Georgia State Panthers Georgia Dome * Atlanta, GA RICE 28-17
Thurs Night Washington State Cougars Houston Cougars Houston Football Stadium * Houston, TX W 7-10
Sat Morning #3 Boise State Broncos Kentucky Wildcats Commonwealth Stadium * Lexington, KY W 34-21
Sat Morning Hawaii Rainbow Warriors #13 Georgia Bulldogs Sanford Stadium * Athens, GA L 21-45
Sat Afternoon UCF Kights Arizona Wildcats University of Phoenix Stadium * Phoenix, AZ L 10-24

Week Five

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night #22 Miami Hurricanes Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Aloha Stadium * Honolulu, HI L 52-14
Thurs Night SMU Mustangs Wake Forest Demon Deacons Groves Stadium * Winston-Salem, NC L 17-27
Thurs Night East Carolina Pirates Cincinnati Bearcats Nippert Stadium * Cincinnati, OH ECU 28-7
Thurs Night Colorado State Rams San Diego State Aztecs Qualcomm Stadium * San Diego, CA SDSU 14-38
Thurs Night Kentucky Wildcats Georgia State Panthers Georgia Dome * Atlanta, GA L 48-0
Sat Morning #11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Rice Owls Rice Stadium * Houston, TX L 37-0
Sat Morning Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets UCF Knights Bright House Networks Stadium * Orlando, FL L 42-21
Sat Afternoon Air Force Falcons #3 Boise State Broncos Bronco Stadium * Boise, ID BSU 21-49
Sat Afternoon Houston Cougars Washington Huskies Husky Stadium * Seattle, WA W 28-20

Week Six

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night Air Force Falcons SMU Mustangs Gerald J. Ford Stadium * Dallas, TX AF 14-13
Thurs Night Colorado State Rams Cincinnati Bearcats Nippert Stadium * Cincinnati, OH CSU 24-7
Thurs Night UCF Knights Rice Owls Rice Stadium * Houston, TX RICE 7-17
Thurs Night East Carolina Pirates Houston Cougars Houston Football Stadium * Houston, TX ECU 10-7
Thurs Night Mississippi State Bulldogs San Diego State Aztecs Qualcomm Stadium * San Diego, CA L 20-17
Sat Morning Georgia State Panthers Florida State Seminoles Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, FL L 0-63
Sat Evening #2 Boise State Broncos Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Aloha Stadium * Honolulu, HI BSU 70-0

Week Seven

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night Navy Midshipmen Air Force Falcons Falcon Stadium * Colorado Springs, CO W 7-17
Thurs Night Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Houston Cougars Houston Football Stadium * Houston, TX HOU 14-23
Thurs Night San Diego State Aztecs SMU Mustangs Gerald J. Ford Stadium * Dallas, TX SDSU 17-7
Thurs Night UCF Knights East Carolina Pirates Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium * Greenville, NC UCF 28-3
Thurs Night Cincinnati Bearcats Rice Owls Rice Stadium * Houston, TX RICE 14-16
Sat Evening #1 Boise State Broncos Colorado State Rams Hughes Stadium * Fort Collins, CO BSU 35-0

Week Eight

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night Navy Midshipmen Colorado State Rams Hughes Stadium * Fort Collins, CO W 5-0
Thurs Night SMU Mustangs Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Aloha Stadium * Honolulu, HI HAW 17-28
Thurs Night Army Black Knights Cincinnati Bearcats Nippert Stadium * Cincinnati, OH L 14-3
Thurs Night Georgia State Panthers East Carolina Pirates Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium * Greenville, NC ECU 0-35
Thurs Night BYU Cougars Houston Cougars Houston Football Stadium * Houston, TX L 16-14
Sat Evening Oregon Ducks #1 Boise State Broncos Bronco Stadium * Boise, ID W 14-41

Week Nine

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night Cincinnati Bearcats Georgia State Panthers Georgia Dome * Atlanta, GA CINCY 45-10
Thurs Night Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Colorado State Rams Hughes Stadium * Fort Collins, CO CSU 14-17
Thurs Night SMU Mustangs Kansas State Wildcats Bill Snyder Family Stadium * Manhattan, KS W 55-51
Thurs Night East Carolina Pirates South Carolina Gamecocks Williams-Brice Stadium * Columbia, SC L 9-28
Thurs Night Maryland Terrapins Rice Owls Rice Stadium * Houston, TX L 21-16
Thurs Night Houston Cougars UCF Knights Bright House Networks Stadium * Orlando, FL HOU 9-7
Sat Morning Air Force Falcons Army Black Knights Michie Stadium * West Point, NY W 14-6
Sat Afternoon San Diego State Aztecs #1 Boise State Broncos Bronco Stadium * Boise, ID BSU 14-42

Week Ten

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night San Diego State Aztecs Air Force Falcons Falcon Stadium * Colorado Springs, CO AF 7-35
Thurs Night #22 Northwestern Wildcats Colorado State Rams Hughes Stadium * Fort Collins, CO L 42-0
Thurs Night Navy Midshipmen Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Aloha Stadium * Honolulu, HI L 13-17
Thurs Night Cincinnati Bearcats UCF Knights Bright House Networks Stadium * Orlando, FL UCF 17-20
Thurs Night Georgia State Panthers Duke Blue Devils Wallace Wade Stadium * Durham, NC L 0-56
Sat Morning SMU Mustangs #19 Oklahoma State Cowboys Boone Pickens Stadium * Stillwater, OK W 21-10
Sat Morning Rice Owls East Carolina Pirates Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium * Greenville, NC ECU 21-23
Sat Evening Houston Cougars #1 Boise State Broncos Bronco Stadium * Boise, ID BSU 14-31

Week Eleven

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night Cincinnati Bearcats Air Force Falcons Falcon Stadium * Colorado Springs, CO CINCY 17-7
Thurs Night Georgia State Panthers Colorado State Rams Hughes Stadium * Fort Collins, CO CSU 7-21
Thurs Night Rice Owls Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Aloha Stadium * Honolulu, HI RICE 63-7
Thurs Night Auburn Tigers Houston Cougars Houston Football Stadium * Houston, TX W 17-21
Sat Morning East Carolina Pirates San Diego State Aztecs Qualcomm Stadium * San Diego, CA ECU 22-10
Sat Morning UCF Knights SMU Mustangs Gerald J. Ford Stadium * Dallas, TX UCF 24-21

Conference Player of the Week

Offensive Defensive Special Teams
Rice Jamie Palma Colorado State Rams Terrell Hooks Rice

Week Twelve

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night Air Force Falcons Georgia State Panthers Georgia Dome * Atlanta, GA AF 28-24
Thurs Night San Diego State Aztecs Rice Owls Rice Stadium * Houston, TX RICE 7-9
Thurs Night Houston Cougars Cincinnati Bearcats Nippert Stadium * Cincinnati, OH HOU 14-3
Thurs Night East Carolina Pirates Kentucky Wildcats Commonwealth Stadium W 27-15
Sat Morning Colorado State Rams SMU Mustangs Gerald J. Ford Stadium * Dallas, TX SMU 6-21
Sat Afternoon #1 Boise State Broncos UCF Knights Bright House Networks Stadium * Orlando, FL BSU 63-7

Conference Player of the Week

Offensive Defensive Special Teams
Brian Brown Boise State Broncos Phillip Moore Houston Cougars Terrell Hooks Rice

Week Thirteen

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night Houston Cougars Rice Owls Rice Football Stadium * Houston, TX HOU 35-13
Thurs Night Georgia State Panthers UCF Knights Bright House Networks Stadium * Orlando, FL UCF 0-42
Thurs Night Hawaii Rainbow Warriors San Diego State Aztecs Qualcomm Stadium * San Diego, CA SDSU 7-14
Thurs Night Air Force Falcons Colorado State Rams Hughes Stadium * Fort Collins, CO AF 7-2
Sat Morning #1 Boise State Broncos Illinois Fighting Illini Memorial Stadium * Champaigh, IL W 63-0
Sat Morning Cincinnati Bearcats BYU Cougars LaVell Edwards Stadium * Provo, UT L 14-35
Sat Afternoon SMU Mustangs East Carolina Pirates Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium * Greenville, NC ECU 7-20

Championship Game

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
CCG Week #1 Boise State Broncos East Carolina Pirates Superdome * New Orleans, LA (AAC Championship Game) BSU 34-24

Bowl Games

The AAC has arrangements for six bowl berths for 2014. Berths which the AAC cannot fill, due to eligibility, will be filled with the best available team. Boise State, East Carolina, Houston, and Air Force each earned bowl berths.

Pick Name Location Opposing Conference Opposing Pick
1 Fiesta Bowl Glendale, AZ At-Large CP Best Available
2 Russell Athletic Bowl Orlando, FL ACC 2
3 Pinstripe Bowl New York, NY Big 12 3
4 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise, ID Pac-12 4
5 BBVA Compass Bowl Birmingham, AL SEC 6
6 Heart of Dallas Bowl Dallas, TX Big 12 6

Results

Time AAC Opponent Location Result
Orange Bowl (playoff semi) #1 Boise State Broncos #4 Florida State Seminoles ACC Sun Life Stadium * Miami Gardens, FL FSU 27-26
Pinstripe Bowl Air Force Falcons #14 Notre Dame Fighting Irish CFBHC ind. Yankee Stadium * New York, NY ND 14-28
Russell Athletic Bowl #25 Houston Cougars Virginia Cavaliers ACC Citrus Bowl * Orlando, FL UVA 21-23
Fiesta Bowl East Carolina Pirates #8 Ole Miss Rebels SEC University of Phoenix Stadium * Glendale, AZ ECU 17-16

Awards

National Awards

Semi-Finalists

Finalists

Winners

All-Americans

Offense

Defense

All Conference Team

Offense

Defense

Special Teams

Standings

Team Overall Conference Division Bowl
Win Loss Win Loss Win Loss
Boise State 13 1 8 0 5 0 Orange Bowl CFBHC Playoff semi-final
East Carolina 8 6 6 2 4 1 Fiesta Bowl
Houston 8 5 5 2 4 1 Russell Athletic Bowl
Air Force 7 6 5 2 4 1 Pinstripe Bowl
Rice 5 7 5 2 3 2 -
UCF 5 7 4 3 3 2 -
Colorado State 4 8 3 4 1 4 -
San Diego State 3 9 3 4 3 2 -
Cincinnati 2 10 2 5 1 4 -
SMU 4 8 1 6 1 4 -
Hawaii 1 11 1 6 1 4 -
Georgia State 0 12 0 7 0 5 -

Statistics

Team Points
For 		Points
Against 		Pass Yds
For 		Rush Yds
For 		Total yds
For 		Pass Yds
Against 		Rush Yds
Against 		Total Yds
Against 		Turnover
Differential 		Games
Air Force 195 236 1341 1643 2984 2675 893 3290 7 13
Boise State 607 156 4313 1347 5660 2436 956 3392 7 14
Cincinnati 148 232 1937 1034 2971 2187 1030 3217 -2 12
Colorado State 108 247 1835 623 2458 2404 1045 3449 2 12
East Carolina 350 340 2455 1656 4111 2457 1133 3590 1 14
Georgia State 72 522 1670 239 1909 2961 1520 4481 -19 12
Hawaii 140 432 1260 1122 2382 3325 1227 4552 -8 12
Houston 216 210 1971 1140 3111 2227 1225 3452 2 13
Rice 237 279 3093 790 3883 2332 1042 3374 0 12
San Diego State 159 294 1869 1040 2909 2194 1037 3231 -2 12
SMU 234 309 2834 479 3313 2533 1286 3819 0 12
UCF 201 314 1155 1778 2933 2723 1151 3874 3 12

Individual Stat leaders

  • Passing 3000yd passers and stat leaders
Brian Brown, QB Boise State: 299 of 406 for 3732 yds, 42 TD, 5 INT, 182.5 QBR in 11 games
Teddy Rogers, QB Rice: 308 of 459 for 3093 yds, 21 TD 9 INT, 134.9 QBR in 12 games
Bill Garcia, QB Georgia State: 201 of 486 for 1670 yds, 8 TD 22 INT, 66.6 QBR in 12 games
  • Rushing 1000yd rushers and stat leaders
Travis Diana, RB UCF, 319 carries for 1588 yds and 20 TD, 10 100yd games, 5.0 yds/carry in 12 games played
Christopher Welch, RB East Carolina, 223 carries for 1201 yds and 9 TD, 7 100yd games, 5.4 yds/carry in 14 games played
198 carries for 1103 yds and 7 TD, 7 100yd games, 5.6 yds/carry in 12 regular season games
11 carries for 47 yds and 1 TD in AAC Championship Game
14 carries for 51 yds and 1TD in Fiesta Bowl
Dontrell Jackson, RB Boise State, 178 carries for 1347 yds and 29 TD, 6 100yd games, 7.6 yds/carry in 14 games played
137 carries for 1088 yds and 24 TD, 4 100 yd games 7.9 yds/carry in 12 regular season games
15 carries for 126 yds and 3 TD in AAC Championship Game
26 carries for 133 yds and 2 TD in Orange Bowl
Bob Bryant, RB Hawaii, 221 carries for 1042 yds and 10 TD, 2 100yd games, 4.7 yds/carry in 12 games played
  • Receiving 1000yd receivers and stat leaders
Rashad Simon, WR Boise State, 86 receptions for 1255 yds and 13 TD in 13 games
84 receptions for 1231 yds and 13 TD in 12 regular season games
2 receptions for 24 yards in AAC Championship Game
Willie Fauria, WR Rice, 92 receptions for 1112 yds and 12 TD in 12 games
  • Defense stat leaders
Phillip Moore, ILB Houston, 135 tackles, 9 sacks, 1 interception, 1 safety, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery in 11 games
124 tackles, 9 sacks, 1 interception, 1 safety, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery in 11 regular season games
11 tackles in Russell Athletic Bowl
Craig Harris, CB Air Force, 44 tackles, 5 interceptions in 9 games
Donald Tucker, CB Boise State, 26 tackles, 2 interceptions, 2 touchdowns in 5 games
D.J. Reed, CB Boise State, 3 tackles, 5 interceptions in 4 games
2 tackles, 4 interceptions in 3 regular season games
1 tackle, 1 interception in AAC Championship Game
  • Kicking
Terrell Hooks, K Rice, 14 for 14 Field Goals, 49yd long
Paul Compton, K Boise State, 8 for 9 Field Goals, 49yd long
5 for 5 in regular season
2 for 2 in AAC Championship Game
1 for 2 in Orange Bowl
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