2014 Utah State Aggies football team

2014 Utah State Aggies football
New Mexico Bowl champion
New Mexico Bowl vs. UTEP, W 21–6
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Division	Mountain Division
2014 record	10–4 (6–2 MW)
Head coach	Matt Wells (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Kevin McGiven (2nd year)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Todd Orlando (2nd year)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Romney Stadium (Capacity: 25,513)
Seasons ← 2013 2015 →

2014 Mountain West football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Mountain Division
#16 Boise State x$		7	–	1					12	–	2
Colorado State		6	–	2					10	–	3
Utah State		6	–	2					10	–	4
Air Force		5	–	3					10	–	3
New Mexico		2	–	6					4	–	8
Wyoming		2	–	6					4	–	8
West Division
Fresno State x		5	–	3					6	–	8
San Diego State		5	–	3					7	–	6
Nevada		4	–	4					7	–	6
Hawaii		3	–	5					4	–	9
San Jose State		2	–	6					3	–	9
UNLV		1	–	7					2	–	11
Championship: Boise State 28, Fresno State 14
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Utah State at Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 0 0 0 7 7 • Volunteers 14 3 7 14 38 Date: August 31 Location: Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN Game start: 5:06 PM MST Elapsed time: 3:21 Game attendance: 102,455 Game weather: 81 °F (27 °C), partly cloudy, winds SW at 7 mph (11 km/h) Referee: Marc Curles TV announcers (SECN): Joe Tessitore, Brock Huard, & Shannon Spake :

Utah State v Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total Bengals 0 6 7 7 20 • Aggies 6 14 13 7 40 Date: September 06 Location: Romney Stadium Logan, UT Game start: 6:06 pm MST Elapsed time: 3:28 Game attendance: 20,249 Game weather: Warm, lightly cloudy Referee: Kevin Hassell

Utah State v Wake Forest

1 2 3 4 Total Demon Deacons 7 0 17 0 24 • Aggies 7 22 7 0 36 Date: September 13 Location: Romney Stadium Logan, UT Game start: 5:04 pm MST Elapsed time: 3:41 Game attendance: 20345 Game weather: Clear skies Referee: Greg Burks

Utah State at Arkansas State

1 2 3 4 OT Total Aggies 7 0 7 0 0 14 • Red Wolves 0 0 7 7 7 21 Date: September 20 Location: Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR Game start: 6:06 pm CST Elapsed time: 3:34 Game attendance: 29029 Game weather: Mosty Clear Referee: Kevin Stine

Utah State at #18 BYU

1 2 3 4 OT Total • Aggies 7 21 7 0 0 35 #18 Cougars 7 7 3 3 0 20 Date: October 03 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT Game start: 8:26 pm MST Elapsed time: 3:31 Game attendance: 64090 Game weather: Clear Referee: Rick Loumiet

Utah State v Air Force

1 2 3 4 OT Total Falcons 3 3 7 3 0 16 • Aggies 14 17 0 3 0 34 Date: October 11 Location: Romney Stadium Logan, UT Game start: 8:26 pm MST Elapsed time: 3:28 Game attendance: 24037 Game weather: Clear Referee: Jim Farmer

Utah State at Colorado State

1 2 3 4 OT Total Aggies 10 0 0 3 0 13 • Rams 7 3 0 6 0 16 Date: October 18 Location: Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO Game start: 5:09 pm MST Elapsed time: 3:15 Game attendance: 32546 Game weather: Clear Referee: Brandon Cruse

Utah State v UNLV

1 2 3 4 OT Total Rebels 0 13 0 7 0 20 • Aggies 7 10 10 7 0 34 Date: October 25 Location: Romney Stadium Logan, UT Game start: 2:02 pm MST Elapsed time: 3:32 Game attendance: 20153 Game weather: Clear Referee: Greg Burks

The 2014 Utah State Aggies football team represented Utah State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were led by second-year head coach Matt Wells and played their home games at Merlin Olsen Field at Romney Stadium. This was the Aggies second season as members of the Mountain West Conference in the Mountain Division. They finished the season 10–4, 6–2 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for second place in the Mountain Division. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they defeated UTEP 21–6.

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The Spring Blue and White Game took place on April 12th, 2014. The game came down to a field goal in the last second. (PK) Nick Diaz converted a 39 yard field-goal to give the offense (Blue) the win over the defense (White) 78-77 in the last second.

Among the notable departures were most of the starting offensive line including four year starter (C) Tyler Larsen and three year starter (G) Eric Schultz. The Aggies also lost Defensive Line coach Frank Maile to Vanderbilt.

This was the first meeting between the Aggies and the Demon Deacons. The Aggies held the Demon Deacons to -25 yards rushing.

Utah State on a crisp day in October, defeated the BYU Cougars. The star quarterback of the BYU team was Taysom Hill, who suffered a broken leg in the 2nd quarter on a hard hit. They beat the Cougars by a score of 35-20. The Cougars were ranked 18 at the time.

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