2014 Northern Colorado Bears football team

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2014 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Eastern Washington $^		7	–	1					11	–	3
No. 13 Montana ^		6	–	2					9	–	5
No. 20 Montana State ^		6	–	2					8	–	5
No. 25 Idaho State		6	–	2					8	–	4
Cal Poly		5	–	3					7	–	5
Northern Arizona		5	–	3					7	–	5
Sacramento State		4	–	4					7	–	5
North Dakota		3	–	5					5	–	7
Southern Utah		3	–	5					3	–	9
Northern Colorado		2	–	6					3	–	8
Portland State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Weber State		2	–	6					2	–	10
UC Davis		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2014 Northern Colorado Bears football team represented the University of Northern Colorado in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Earnest Collins Jr. and played their home games at Nottingham Field. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 3–8, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for tenth place.

Schedule

September 68:00 PMat UNLV*

• Sam Boyd Stadium
• Whitney, Nevada

MWNL 12–13 17,289 September 131:30 PMHouston Baptist*

• Nottingham Field
• Greeley, Colorado

BSTVW 28–20 4,080 September 203:00 PMat No. 11 Northern Iowa*

• UNI-Dome
• Cedar Falls, Iowa

KGCWL 7–46 15,227 September 271:00 PMat No. 7 Montana

• Washington–Grizzly Stadium
• Missoula, Montana

RTRML 13–38 25,269 October 41:30 PMNorthern Arizona

• Nottingham Field
• Greeley, Colorado

BSTVW 24–17 6,348 October 111:30 PMSacramento State

• Nottingham Field
• Greeley, Colorado

BSTVL 38–43 2,701 October 182:05 PMat No. 2 Eastern Washington

• Roos Field
• Cheney, Washington

SWXL 18–26 10,064 October 251:30 PMIdaho State

• Nottingham Field
• Greeley, Colorado

BSTVL 12–46 4,210 November 15:00 PMat UC Davis

• Aggie Stadium
• Davis, California

BSTVW 27–21 5,856 November 151:00 PMat Weber State

• Stewart Stadium
• Ogden, Utah

BSTVL 21–34 6,166 November 2212:30 PMNorth Dakota

• Nottingham Field
• Greeley, Colorado

BSTVL 14–33 3,698

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

@ UNLV

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	3	7	2	12
Rebels	7	3	3	0	13

See also: 2014 UNLV Rebels football team

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
0–1	1979	L 31–35

Houston Baptist

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	3	7	10	0	20
Bears	7	8	0	13	28

See also: 2014 Houston Baptist Huskies football team

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
First Meeting

@ Northern Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	7	0	7
#11 Panthers	10	26	3	7	46

See also: 2014 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
1–1–1	2013	L 7–26

@ Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	7	3	3	0	13
#7 Grizzlies	28	7	3	0	38

See also: 2014 Montana Grizzlies football team

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
1–12	2012	L 17–40

Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	7	3	0	7	17
Bears	0	3	14	7	24

See also: 2014 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
2–12	2013	L 7–24

Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	7	13	17	6	43
Bears	10	7	13	8	38

See also: 2014 Sacramento State Hornets football team

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
0–8	2013	L 21–37

@ Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	3	7	8	18
#2 Eagles	7	6	7	6	26

See also: 2014 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
1–8	2011	L 27–48

Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	10	14	15	7	46
Bears	0	0	12	0	12

See also: 2014 Idaho State Bengals football team

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
10–20	2013	L 26–40

@ UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	7	14	6	27
Mustangs	0	0	7	14	21

See also: 2014 UC Davis Aggies football team

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
1–5	2013	L 18–34

@ Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	7	7	0	7	21
Wildcats	14	10	10	0	34

See also: 2014 Weber State Wildcats football team

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
1–6	2012	W 42–34

North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
UND	7	10	10	6	33
Bears	0	0	7	7	14

See also: 2014 University of North Dakota football team

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
12–14	2013	L 21–24