2014 North Dakota State Bison football
NCAA Division I champion
MVFC co-champion
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 1
FCS CoachesNo. 1
Record15–1 (7–1 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTim Polasek (1st season)
Offensive schemeWest Coast
Defensive coordinatorMatt Entz (1st season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumFargodome
Seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 North Dakota State +^   7 – 1     15 – 1  
No. 2 Illinois State +^   7 – 1     13 – 2  
No. 10 Northern Iowa ^   6 – 2     9 – 5  
No. 12 South Dakota St. ^   5 – 3     9 – 5  
No. 19 Indiana State ^   4 – 4     8 – 6  
No. 22 Youngstown State   4 – 4     7 – 5  
Southern Illinois   3 – 5     6 – 6  
Western Illinois   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Missouri State   1 – 7     4 – 8  
South Dakota   0 – 8     2 – 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2014 North Dakota State Bison football team represented North Dakota State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first year head coach Chris Klieman. The team played their 22nd season in the Fargodome. The Bison have been members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference since the 2008 season.

The Bison ended the season by winning their fourth consecutive NCAA Division I Football Championship, beating Illinois State 29–27 in the National Championship Game. North Dakota State became the first NCAA Division I football team to win four straight NCAA titles and the second of any NCAA division to win four straight. The other four time championship team was the Augustana College Vikings, the Division III champions in the 1983–1986 seasons. The season did however see the Bison's 33 game winning streak come to an end against the UNI Panthers on the road. That streak was the longest in FCS history and the 3rd longest over the last 50 years in all NCAA football history.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3011:00 amat Iowa State*No. 2
FS1W 34–1454,800
September 67:00 pmat Weber State*No. 1
NBC ND/ALTW 24–714,577
September 132:30 pmIncarnate Word*No. 1
NBC ND/ESPN3W 58–019,020
September 202:30 pmNo. 4 Montana*No. 1
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
NBC ND/Midco SN/ESPN3W 22–1018,890
October 43:00 pmat Western IllinoisNo. 1
NBC ND/ESPN3W 17–105,111
October 111:00 pmNo. 12 Southern IllinoisdaggerNo. 1
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
NBC ND/ESPN3W 38–1019,034
October 182:30 pmNo. 22 Indiana StateNo. 1
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
NBC ND/ESPN3W 34–1718,477
October 252:00 pmat South DakotaNo. 1
NBC ND/Midco SNW 47–79,823
November 12:30 pmNo. 18 South Dakota StateNo. 1
NBC ND/Midco SN/ESPN3W 37–1718,832
November 84:00 pmat No. 19 Northern IowaNo. 1
NBC NDL 3–2314,777
November 152:00 pmat Missouri StateNo. 4
NBC NDW 45–104,597
November 222:30 pmNo. 20 Youngstown StateNo. 3
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
NBC ND/ESPN3W 38–1018,696
December 62:30 pmNo. 14 South Dakota StateNo. 2
ESPN3W 27–2418,113
December 1311:00 amNo. 6 Coastal CarolinaNo. 2
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal)
ESPNW 39–3218,049
December 197:00 pmNo. 19 Sam Houston StateNo. 2
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND (FCS Playoffs Semifinal)
ESPN2W 35–318,025
January 10, 201512:00 pmvs. No. 7 Illinois StateNo. 2
ESPN2W 29–2720,918

Coaching staff

Name Position Year at
North Dakota State		 Alma mater (Year)
Chris Klieman Head coach 4th Northern Iowa (1990)
Matt Entz Defensive coordinator
Linebackers		 1st Wayne State (NE) (1995)
Tim Polasek Offensive coordinator
Running backs		 8th Concordia (WI) (2002)
Atif Austin Special teams coordinator
Wide receiver coach		 1st Iowa State (2003)
Jamar Cain Defensive ends coach 1st New Mexico State (2002)
Nick Goeser Defensive tackles coach 5th Wisconsin–Eau Claire (2003)
Randy Hedberg Quarterbacks coach 1st Minot State (1977)
Joe Klanderman Defensive backs coach 1st Minnesota State Mankato (2001)
Conor Riley Tight ends
Running backs		 2nd Nebraska–Omaha (2002)
Tyler Roehl Director of football operations
Equipment services		 1st North Dakota State (2009)
Brian Gordon Director of football operations
Equipment services		 1st South Florida (2002)
Jake Otten Video coordinator 1st Cal Poly (2013)

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Game summaries

At Iowa State

1 2 3 4 Total
#2 Bison 0 17 10 7 34
Cyclones 7 7 0 0 14

See also: 2014 Iowa State Cyclones football team

At Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
#1 Bison 7 7 7 3 24
Wildcats 7 0 0 0 7

See also: 2014 Weber State Wildcats football team

Incarnate Word

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0
#1 Bison 14 14 23 7 58

See also: 2014 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team

Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
#4 Grizzlies 0 10 0 0 10
#1 Bison 6 6 7 3 22

See also: 2014 Montana Grizzlies football team

At Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
#1 Bison 3 0 0 14 17
Leathernecks 0 3 7 0 10

See also: 2014 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
#12 Salukis 0 7 3 0 10
#1 Bison 3 14 7 14 38

See also: 2014 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

Indiana State

1 2 3 4 Total
#22 Sycamores 0 3 0 14 17
#1 Bison 13 7 14 0 34

See also: 2014 Indiana State Sycamores football team

At South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
#1 Bison 3 20 14 10 47
Coyotes 0 7 0 0 7

See also: 2014 South Dakota Coyotes football team

South Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
#18 Jackrabbits 3 7 0 7 17
#1 Bison 0 6 14 17 37

See also: 2014 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team and Dakota Marker

At Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
#1 Bison 0 0 3 0 3
#19 Panthers 0 7 3 13 23

See also: 2014 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

At Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
#4 Bison 0 21 21 3 45
Bears 3 0 0 7 10

See also: 2014 Missouri State Bears football team

Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Penguins 0 0 7 7 14
#3 Bison 14 14 3 7 38

See also: 2014 Youngstown State Penguins football team

FCS Playoffs

Second Round–South Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
#14 Jackrabbits 0 14 3 7 24
#2 Bison 7 7 3 10 27

See also: 2014 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team
Overall record Previous meeting Result
58–40–5 11/1/2014 NDSU, 37–17

Quarterfinal–Coastal Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
#6 Chanticleers 10 10 6 6 32
#2 Bison 14 10 7 8 39

See also: 2014 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team
Overall record Previous meeting Result
1–0 2013 FCS Playoffs NDSU, 48–14

Semifinal–Sam Houston State

1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Bearkats 0 3 0 0 3
#2 Bison 7 0 14 14 35

See also: 2014 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team
Overall record Previous meeting Result
3–1 2012 FCS Playoffs NDSU, 39–13

Championship–Illinois State

1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Redbirds 7 0 7 13 27
#2 Bison 3 7 10 9 29

See also: 2014 Illinois State Redbirds football team
Overall record Previous meeting Result
6–2 2013 NDSU, 28–10

2015 NFL draft

Main article: 2015 NFL draft
Round Pick Player Position NFL team
5 153 (17) Kyle Emanuel Outside linebacker San Diego Chargers
UFA - John Crockett Running back Green Bay Packers

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
Sports Network2 (62)1 (93)1 (137)1 (146)1 (150)1 (153)1 (153)1 (156)1 (152)1 (157)1 (164)4 (19)3 (20)2 (39)[2]1 (152)
Coaches1 (18)1 (24)1 (25)1 (25)1 (26)1 (26)1 (25)1 (26)1 (26)1 (26)1 (26)44 (1)3 (4)[3]1 (25)
AP Poll—[4]RV[5]RV[6]RV[7]RV[8]RV[9]RVRVRVRVRV————

References

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  3. ^ "FCS Coaches Poll - College Football | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  4. ^ "2014 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 Preseason". ESPN. August 17, 2014. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  5. ^ "2014 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 Week 2". ESPN. August 31, 2014. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
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  9. ^ "2014 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 Week 6". ESPN. September 28, 2014. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
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