# 2014 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

The 2014 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Dan Enos and played their home games at Kelly/Shorts Stadium. They were members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in MAC play to finish in fourth place in the West Division. They were invited to the inaugural Bahamas Bowl where they lost to Western Kentucky.
On January 22, 2015, head coach Dan Enos resigned to take the offensive coordinator position at Arkansas. He finished at CMU with a record of 26–36.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 28 | 7:00 pm | Chattanooga* | Kelly/Shorts StadiumMount Pleasant, MI | ESPN3 | W 20–16 | 15,793 |
| September 6 | 12:00 pm | at Purdue* | Ross–Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN | ESPNews | W 38–17 | 36,410 |
| September 13 | 12:00 pm | Syracuse* | Kelly/Shorts StadiumMount Pleasant, MI | ESPNU | L 3–40 | 25,531 |
| September 20 | 3:30 pm | at Kansas* | Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS | FSN | L 10–24 | 34,822 |
| September 27 | 7:00 pm | at Toledo | Glass BowlToledo, OH | ESPN3 | L 28–42 | 18,087 |
| October 4 | 3:30 pm | Ohio | Kelly/Shorts StadiumMount Pleasant, MI | ESPN3 | W 28–10 | 18,223 |
| October 11 | 5:00 pm | at Northern Illinois | Huskie StadiumDeKalb, IL | ESPN3 | W 34–17 | 20,122 |
| October 18 | 3:30 pm | Ball State | Kelly/Shorts StadiumMount Pleasant, MI | ESPN3 | L 29–32 | 13,337 |
| October 25 | 3:30 pm | at Buffalo | UB StadiumAmherst, NY | ESPN3 | W 20–14 | 18,052 |
| November 1 | 1:00 pm | at Eastern Michigan | Rynearson StadiumYpsilanti, MI (rivalry) | ESPN3 | W 38–7 | 19,613 |
| November 15 | 1:00 pm | Miami (OH) | Kelly/Shorts StadiumMount Pleasant, MI | ESPN3 | W 34-27 | 7,689 |
| November 22 | 1:00 pm | Western Michigan | Kelly/Shorts StadiumMount Pleasant, MI (rivalry) | ESPN3 | L 20–32 | 17,265 |
| December 24 | 11:00 am | vs. Western Kentucky* | Thomas Robinson StadiumNassau, Bahamas (Bahamas Bowl) | ESPN | L 48–49 | 13,667 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Chattanooga

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mocs | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Chippewas | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 20 |

### At Purdue

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chippewas | 14 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 38 |
| Boilermakers | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |

### Syracuse

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Orange | 0 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 40 |
| Chippewas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

### At Kansas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chippewas | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Jayhawks | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 24 |

### At Toledo

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chippewas | 7 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| Rockets | 6 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 42 |

### Ohio

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Chippewas | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |

### At Northern Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chippewas | 14 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 34 |
| Huskies | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 |

### Ball State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 32 |
| Chippewas | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 29 |

### At Buffalo

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chippewas | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
| Bulls | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |

### At Eastern Michigan

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chippewas | 14 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 38 |
| Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |

### Miami (OH)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| RedHawks | 0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| Chippewas | 7 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 34 |

### Western Michigan

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Broncos | 0 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 32 |
| Chippewas | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 |

### Western Kentucky–Bahamas Bowl

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chippewas | 7 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 48 |
| Hilltoppers | 21 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 49 |