2014 — The 2014 Season

Penn State's 2014 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ +0.9 last-week
Era The Sanctions Wilderness
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W @ UCF 26-24 W vs Akron 21-3 W @ Rutgers 13-10 W vs Massac 48-7 L vs Northw 6-29 L @ Michigan 13-18 L vs Ohio St 24-31 L vs Maryland 19-20 W @ Indiana 13-7 W vs Temple 30-13 L @ Illinois 14-16 L vs Mich St 10-34 W vs Bost Col 31-30 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2014.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: Penn State 48, Massachusetts 7. A 41-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Penn State 10, Michigan State 34. A 24-point margin the season is remembered by.

The Postseason

The season's last act: Penn State beat Boston College 31-30 in the postseason.

"We Are."
— Penn State fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What It Meant

2014 is a middle chapter for Penn State — 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.