2014 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL 2014 Schedule Date AUG. 30 SEPT. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 OCT. 4 OCT. 14 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 NOV. 8 Nov. 15 NOV. 20 Nov. 29
Opponent ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF NAVY at Illinois at Tulsa * IDAHO * UL LAFAYETTE * at UL Monroe * at New Mexico State * GEORGIA SOUTHERN * at South Alabama * ARKANSAS STATE * at Georgia State
Head Coach Dennis Franchione Location Time (TV) SAN MARCOS, TEXAS 6 P.M. (ESPN3) SAN MARCOS, TEXAS 7 P.M. (ESPNEWS) Champaign, Ill. TBA Tulsa, Okla. TBA SAN MARCOS, TEXAS TBA SAN MARCOS, TEXAS 7 P.M. (ESPN2) Monroe, La. 6 p.m. Las Cruces, N.M. 7 p.m. SAN MARCOS, TEXAS TBA Mobile, Ala. TBA SAN MARCOS, TEXAS 8:30 P.M. (ESPNU) Atlanta, Ga. 1 p.m.
* denotes Sun Belt game Schedule is subject to change; All times central; Home games in BOLD CAPS
2013 Results Date Aug. 31 SEPT. 7 Sept. 21 SEPT. 28 Oct. 5 OCT. 12 OCT. 19 OCT. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 16 NOV. 23 NOV. 29
Opponent Location Result (TV) at Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, Miss. W, 22-15 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M SAN MARCOS, TEXAS W, 28-3 (ESPN3) at #25 Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas L, 7-33 (Fox Sports Net) WYOMING SAN MARCOS, TEXAS W, 42-21 (LONGHORN NET) * at UL Lafayette Lafayette, La. L, 24-48 * UL MONROE SAN MARCOS, TEXAS L, 14-21 (LONGHORN NET) * GEORGIA STATE SAN MARCOS, TEXAS W, 24-17 (SUN BELT NET) * SOUTH ALABAMA SAN MARCOS, TEXAS W, 33-31 (ESPN3) at Idaho Moscow, Idaho W, 37-21 * at Arkansas State Jonesboro, Ark L, 21-38 (Sun Belt Net) * WESTERN KENTUCKY SAN MARCOS, TEXAS L, 7-38 (LONGHORN NET) * AT TROY TROY, ALA. L, 28-42 (ESPN3)
* Denotes Sun Belt game; All times central; Home games in BOLD CAPS
Franchione Year-by-Year as a Head Coach Year School 1981 Southwestern 1982 Southwestern 1985 Pittsburg State 1986 Pittsburg State 1987 Pittsburg State 1988 Pittsburg State 1989 Pittsburg State 1990 Southwest Texas State 1991 Southwest Texas State 1992 New Mexico 1993 New Mexico 1994 New Mexico 1995 New Mexico 1996 New Mexico 1997 New Mexico 1998 TCU 1999 TCU 2000 TCU 2001 Alabama 2002 Alabama 2003 Texas A&M 2004 Texas A&M 2005 Texas A&M 2006 Texas A&M 2007 Texas A&M 2011 Texas State 2012 Texas State 2013 Texas State Total 27 years
Record 5–2–2 9–2 8–2 11–1 11–1 11–1 12–1 6–5 7–4 3–8 6–5 5–7 4–7 6–5 9–4 7–5 8–4 10–1 7–5 10–3 4–8 7–5 5–6 9–4 7–5 6–6 4–8 6-6 203–121–2
A proven winner who has a history of turning around underachieving programs, Dennis Franchione began his latest project in January 2011, when he returned to Texas State and began the process of leading the Bobcats in their transition to the NCAA Division I FBS Subdivision. Now, he is in the fourth season of his second term as Texas State’s head coach and leading the Bobcats into their second season as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. Franchione enters his 29th season, and is one of four active NCAA Division I FBS head coaches with over 200 wins after reaching that plateau in 2013. He enters the 2014 campaign with a 203-121-2 career record, including a 29-29 mark as head coach at Texas State. Prior to his return to Texas State, Franchione led his teams to nine conference championships and had the best divisional record during another season. In addition, his teams played in nine bowl games, four NAIA playoff games and one NCAA Division II playoff contest. His collegiate head-coaching career began at Southwestern College in 1981, when he compiled a 14-4-2 record in two seasons. In 1982, the Builders won nine games, a Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference championship and beat Oklahoma Panhandle State 15-0 in the Sunflower Bowl. It was Southwestern College’s first bowl game and the nine victories tied the school’s single-season record that was previously set in 1967. . Following the record-setting season, Franchione went to Tennessee Tech, where he served as the offensive coordinator in 1983 and 1984 before being named head coach at his alma mater, Pittsburg State. During the next five seasons, he led the Gorillas to a 53-6 record and four Central States Intercollegiate Conference championships and one Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association title with a combined record of 37-1. He was named the NAIA National Coach of the Year twice. His teams tied the school record with 11 victories in a season three times before breaking it with a 12-win campaign in 1989 when Pittsburg State joined the NCAA Division II ranks. In 1990, Franchione took the reins of Texas State’s football program for the first time. He led the Bobcats to a 6-5 record in his first year, and that was Texas State’s first winning record as a member of the Southland Conference, the first winning season as a Division I FCS member and first winning season since 1984. The following year, Franchione led the Bobcats to their second straight winning season, a feat that was not duplicated until Texas State had back-to-back winning seasons in 2008 and 2009. After compiling a 13-9 record at Texas State during those two years, Franchione joined the NCAA Division I FBS head coaching ranks for the first time when he took over New Mexico’s program.
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