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2014 Southern Conference Football Season
The 2014 Southern Conference football season was the 93rd season of college football for the Southern Conference (SoCon) and formed a part of the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was the first season for two newcomers: the Mercer Bears, who previously played in the Pioneer Football League, and the VMI Keydets, who had an 80-year stint in the SoCon before joining the Big South Conference in 2003. The additions of Mercer and VMI, along with East Tennessee State, who is bringing back football in 2015, replaced the departure of Georgia Southern and Appalachian State who joined the Sun Belt Conference, as well as Elon who left for the Colonial Athletic Association. Previous season In 2013, both Appalachian State and Georgia Southern were ineligible for postseason play due to their transition to the FBS in 2014. Both schools had down years, each going 4–4 in conference play, with Georgia Southern posting a 7–4 overall mark to Appalachian State's 4–8. At the top of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges and universities in the United States and Canada and helps over 500,000 college student athletes who compete annually in college sports. The organization is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Until 1957, the NCAA was a single division for all schools. That year, the NCAA split into the University Division and the College Division. In August 1973, the current three-division system of Division I, Division II, and Division III was adopted by the NCAA membership in a special convention. Under NCAA rules, Division I and Division II schools can offer scholarships to athletes for playing a sport. Division III schools may not offer any athletic scholarships. Generally, larger schools compete in Division I and smaller schools in II and III. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Appalachian State Mountaineers Football Team
The 2013 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Scott Satterfield and played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly k .... They finished the season 4–8, 4–4 in SoCon play to finish in a four way tie for fourth place. This was their last season in the SoCon and in the FCS as they moved to FBS and the Sun Belt Conference in 2014. They would be ineligible for the playoffs. Schedule Rankings *Ineligible for FCS Coaches Poll TSN Poll References Appalachian State Appalachian State Mountaineers football seasons Appalachian State Mountaineers foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Fowler (American Football)
Bruce Fowler is an American football coach and athletics administrator. He was the head football coach and athletic director at Lakeway Christian Academy in Morristown, Tennessee. Fowler was the head football coach at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina from 2011 to 2016, compiling a record of 27–43. He was named the head coach of the Furman Paladins football The Furman Paladins football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Furman University located in the state of South Carolina. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as members of t ... program in December 2010 and resigned on December 2, 2016. Head coaching record College References External links Lakeway Christian Academy profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Fowler, Bruce Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American football defensive backs Furman Paladins football coaches Furman Paladins football players Vanderbilt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Houston (American Football)
Michael Glenn Houston (born November 14, 1971) is an American football coach who currently serves as head coach at East Carolina University. He previously won the 2016 FCS championship during his time as the head coach of James Madison. Houston has also served as the head coach of Lenoir–Rhyne and The Citadel. Early life Houston played as a tight end at Mars Hill, where he earned a degree in Biology in 1994. Coaching career Early coaching career Houston began his coaching career that fall as defensive coordinator at Forbush High School in East Bend, North Carolina, where he remained for two seasons. He moved to the same position at T. C. Roberson High School in Asheville, North Carolina. After five seasons, he was elevated to the head coaching position. In his five years as head coach, he compiled a record of 42–18, including a 5–4 playoff record, and earned the 2002 and 2004 Asheville Citizen-Times Area Coach of the Year awards. In 2004, his team finished the regula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russ Huesman
Russell Frederick Huesman (born January 28, 1960) is an American football coach and former player. He was named head football coach at the University of Richmond on December 14, 2016 after spending eight years as head coach of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The Spiders compete in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision as members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). Playing career A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Huesman played prep football at perennial power Moeller High School, where he lettered for four years under head coach Gerry Faust. He helped Moeller's team compile a record of 43–0–1 and win a pair of Ohio state championships. An all-city selection in football as a senior, Huesman signed a football scholarship with Chattanooga, where he started all four years as a defensive back (1978–1981) and was a two-sport athlete. He played under the late Joe Morrison for two years and competed his final two seasons under Bill Oliver. Huesman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 North Dakota State Bison Football Team
The 2013 North Dakota State Bison football team represented North Dakota State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by head coach Craig Bohl, in his 11th and ultimately final season, as he left to become the head coach at Wyoming after the season. The team, which played their 21st season in the Fargodome, entered the season as the two-time defending national champions. The Bison have been members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference since the 2008 season. The season started with a road win over defending Big 12 champion Kansas State 24–21, in front of the second-largest crowd in Wildcats history. According to ESPN.com, Kansas State paid the Bison $350,000 for the matchup. This was the Bison's fourth straight win against an FBS opponent and seventh overall. The university hosted ESPN ''College GameDay'' on September 21, 2013, as the Bison faced Delaware State that afternoon and defeated the Hornets 51–0. This was the first time in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orangeburg, South Carolina
Orangeburg, also known as ''The Garden City'', is the principal city in and the county seat of Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States. The population of the city was 13,964 according to the 2010 United States Census and declined to 12,704 in the 2020 census. The city is located 37 miles southeast of Columbia, on the north fork of the Edisto River. Two historically black institutions of higher education are located in Orangeburg: Claflin University (a liberal arts college) and South Carolina State University (a public university). History 18th century European settlement in this area started in 1704 when George Sterling set up a post here for fur trade with Native Americans. To encourage settlement, the General Assembly of the Province of South Carolina in 1730 organized the area as a township, naming it Orangeburg for William IV, Prince of Orange, the son-in-law of King George II of Great Britain. In 1735, a colony of 200 Swiss, German and Dutch immigrants formed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 South Carolina State Bulldogs Football Team
The 2013 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team represented South Carolina State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 12th year head coach Oliver Pough and played their home games at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 9–4, 7–1 in MEAC play to win a share of the MEAC championship with Bethune-Cookman. Due to their loss to Bethune-Cookman, they did not receive the conference's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs. However, they did receive an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Furman. Schedule *SourceSchedule/small> References {{2013 Division I FCS playoff navbox 2013 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football season, South Carolina State South Carolina State Bulldogs football seasons Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football champion seasons 2013 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants, South Carolina State 2013 in sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Jacksonville State Gamecocks Football Team
The 2013 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team represented Jacksonville State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Bill Clark his first and only season as head coach, the Gamecocks compiled an overall record of 11–4 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the OVC. Jacksonville State received an at-large bid to NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, defeating Samford in the first round and McNeese State in the second round before losing to Eastern Washington in the quarterfinals. The team played home games at Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium in Jacksonville, Alabama. On January 21, 2014, Clark resigned to become the head football coach at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Schedule Game summaries @ Alabama State Jacksonville North Alabama @ Georgia State Murray State @ UT Martin Tennessee State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 NCAA Division I FCS Football Season
The 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The season began on August 29, 2013, and concluded with the 2014 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game on January 4, 2014, at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. Notable changes For 2013, the FCS playoffs expanded for the first time since 2010. The Pioneer Football League champion now receives an automatic bid into the FCS playoffs, which increased to 24 teams. Under a standard provision of NCAA rules, all FCS programs were allowed to play 12 regular-season games (not counting conference title games) in 2013, and also in 2014. In years when the period starting with the Thursday before Labor Day and ending with the final Saturday in November contains 14 Saturdays, FCS programs may play 12 games instead of the regular 11. After 2014, the next season in w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Furman Paladins Football Team
The 2013 Furman Paladins team represented Furman University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by third-year head coach Bruce Fowler, the Paladins compiled an overall record of 8–6 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, sharing the SoCon with Chattanooga and Samford. Furman advanced to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where they beat South Carolina State in the first round before falling the eventual national champion, North Dakota State, the second round. The team played home games at Paladin Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina. Schedule References Furman Furman Paladins football seasons Southern Conference football champion seasons Furman Furman Paladins football The Furman Paladins football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Furman University located in the state of South Carolina. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Samford Bulldogs Football Team
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The 2013 Samford Bulldogs football team represented Samford University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh year head coach Pat Sullivan and played their home games at Seibert Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in SoCon play to share the conference title with Chattanooga and Furman. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Jacksonville State. Schedule Ranking movements References Samford Samford Bulldogs football seasons Southern Conference football champion seasons Samford Samford Bulldogs football The Samford Bulldogs football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Samford University located in Homewood, Alabama. The team competes at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level as a member of the Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
