2014 — The Winning Chapter

Bowling Green's 2014 season (8-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 8-6
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -5.4 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L @ West Ken 31-59 W vs VMI 48-7 W vs Indiana 45-42 L @ Wiscon 17-68 W @ Massac 47-42 W vs Buffalo 36-35 W @ Ohio 31-13 L vs West Mic 14-26 W @ Akron 27-10 W vs Kent Sta 30-20 L @ Toledo 20-27 L vs Ball Sta 24-41 L vs Nort Ill 17-51 W vs Sout Ala 33-28 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2014.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: Bowling Green 48, VMI 7. A 41-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Bowling Green 17, Wisconsin 68. A 51-point margin the season is remembered by.

The Postseason

The season's last act: Bowling Green beat South Alabama 33-28 in the postseason.

"Ay Ziggy Zoomba"
— Bowling Green fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What It Meant

2014 is a middle chapter for Bowling Green — 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.