The 2014 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team represented Eastern Michigan University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Eagles, led by first year head coach Chris Creighton, played their home games at Rynearson Stadium and were members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 2–10, 1–7 in MAC play to finish in last place in the West Division. This season saw Eastern Michigan play on a new gray FieldTurf surface at Rynearson Stadium. The facility was only the second in FBS with a non-traditional field color, after Albertsons Stadium at Boise State, and only the sixth such facility in all of college football. EMU Football has nicknamed the field at Rynearson Stadium "The Factory" and installed a new tradition of knocking down a cinder block wall before homes games. The new coach has also had the ROTC cannon removed, which traditionally fires off after an EMU score. Awards Preseason Hustlebelt.com Preseason Top 50 Bronson Hill 18th Tyreese Russell 28th Lincoln Hansen 41st Doak Walker Award Candidate Bronson Hill College Football Performance Awards Watch List Bronson Hill Tyreese Russell Athlon Sports Preseason All-MAC 1st Team Lincoln Hansen Tyreese Russell Athlon Sports Preseason All-MAC 3rd Team Bronson Hill Jake Hurcombe Pat O'Connor Phil Steele Preseason All-MAC 1st Team Lincoln Hansen Tyreese Russell Phil Steele Preseason All-MAC 3rd Team Bronson Hill Lombardi Award Watch List Lincoln Hansen John Mackey Award Watch List Tyreese Russell Regular Season MAC West Division Special Teams Player of the Week Nathan Adams (August 30) Schedule Schedule Source: Week 1 Eastern Michigan vs Morgan State EMU opened the season at home vs the Morgan State Bears. This was the first game for EMU's head coach Chris Creighton and for Morgan State's head coach Lee Hull at the FBS & FCS levels respectively. Also this was the first ever game between the two teams. Eastern Michigan defeated the Morgan State Bears by a score of 31–28 in an exciting game. Morgan State received the ball on the opening kickoff and the Bears marched right down the field on its opening possession. Bears QB Robert Council engineered a 13-play, 75-yard drive and Lamont Brown III capped off the drive with a 3-yard touchdown run at the 8:08 mark in the first quarter. Eastern Michigan countered with a 75-yard drive of its own. Eagles QB Reginald Bell ran the ball 12 times on the