2014 Down county football team season
The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2014 season. This season marked the 20th anniversary of Down's last All-Ireland win in 1994, which is also the year they last won the Ulster Championship. Kits. McKenna Cup and National League Kits Dr McKenna Cup. The draw for the 2014 Dr McKenna Cup took place on 12 November 2013. The final McKenna Cup tie for UUJ vs Cavan was cancelled due to UUJ withdrawing from the competition. Ulster Senior Football Championship. Fixtures. The draw for the 2014 Ulster Senior Football  Championship took place on 3 October 2013. 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. 2014 saw the introduction of a new qualifiers set up with the fixtures being split into two sections A and B. Down entered the All Ireland series in Round 1B of the qualifiers. The draw for Round 1B took place on Monday 9 June and paired Down with Leitrim in Pairc Esler on Sunday 29 June at 2pm. Down played up to the favourites tag perfectly as they hammered Leitrim 4-18 to 0-09 on the day to progress to Round 2B. The draw for  Round 2B took place at 8:30am on Monday 30 June live on Morning Ireland, with Down being paired with Leinster side Kildare. Down exited the 2014 All Ireland series with a poor performance against Kildare, scoring only 3 points in the first half, only one of which was from open play. In the second half Down staged a comeback but eventually lost when Kildare hit 1-06 without reply.