# 2014 Colorado State Rams football team

The 2014 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rams were led by third-year head coach Jim McElwain and played their home games at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium. They were members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 10–3, 6–2 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for second place in the Mountain Division. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they lost to Utah 45–10.
At the end of the regular season, McElwain resigned to take the same position at Florida. Offensive coordinator Dave Baldwin was the interim head coach for the Las Vegas Bowl.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 29 | 7:00 p.m. | vs. Colorado* | | Sports Authority Field at Mile HighDenver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown) | FS1 | W 31–17 | 63,363 |
| September 6 | 8:15 p.m. | at Boise State | | Albertsons StadiumBoise, ID | ESPN2 | L 24–37 | 34,910 |
| September 13 | 1:00 p.m. | UC Davis* | | Hughes StadiumFort Collins, CO | MWN | W 49–21 | 21,202 |
| September 27 | 10:30 a.m. | at Boston College* | | Alumni StadiumChestnut Hill, MA | ACCRSN | W 24–21 | 33,632 |
| October 4 | 1:00 p.m. | Tulsa* | | Hughes StadiumFort Collins, CO | MWN | W 42–17 | 25,806 |
| October 11 | 8:30 p.m. | at Nevada | | Mackay StadiumReno, NV | CBSSN | W 31–24 | 21,847 |
| October 18 | 5:00 p.m. | Utah State | | Hughes StadiumFort Collins, CO | CBSSN | W 16–13 | 32,546 |
| October 25 | 5:00 p.m. | Wyoming | | Hughes StadiumFort Collins, CO (Battle for the Bronze Boot) | RTRM | W 45–31 | 32,529 |
| November 1 | 5:00 p.m. | at San Jose State | | Spartan StadiumSan Jose, CA | CBSSN | W 38–31 | 17,887 |
| November 8 | 5:00 p.m. | Hawaii | | Hughes StadiumFort Collins, CO | ESPNU | W 49–22 | 25,236 |
| November 22 | 11:30 a.m. | New Mexico | No. 22 | Hughes StadiumFort Collins, CO | RTRM | W 58–20 | 22,131 |
| November 28 | 1:30 p.m. | at Air Force | No. 21 | Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, CO (Battle for the Ram–Falcon Trophy) | CBSSN | L 24–27 | 32,650 |
| December 20 | 1:30 p.m. | vs. No. 23 Utah* | | Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV (Las Vegas Bowl) | ABC | L 10–45 | 33,067 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to gameAll times are in Mountain time ||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 22 | 21 | RV | RV | RV |
| Coaches | — | RV | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 23 | 21 | RV | RV | — |
| CFP | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |

## Game summaries
### vs Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| Buffaloes | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |

### At Boise State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Broncos | 13 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 37 |

### UC Davis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Rams | 21 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 49 |

### At Boston College

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| Eagles | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |

### Tulsa

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Hurricane | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Rams | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 |

### At Nevada

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 0 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
| Wolf Pack | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 |

### Utah State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Rams | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16 |

### Wyoming

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cowboys | 3 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 31 |
| Rams | 10 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 45 |

### At San Jose State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 7 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
| Spartans | 7 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 31 |

### Hawaii

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 14 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 49 |
| Rainbow Warriors | 5 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 22 |

### New Mexico

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lobos | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| No. 22 Rams | 7 | 30 | 21 | 0 | 58 |

### At Air Force

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 21 Rams | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Falcons | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 27 |

### Utah–Las Vegas Bowl

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| No. 23 Utes | 21 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 45 |

## Players in the 2015 NFL Draft

| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Ty Sambrailo | T | 2 | 59 | Denver Broncos |
| Garrett Grayson | QB | 3 | 75 | New Orleans Saints |