2014 in American football

• December 21, 2013 – January 6, 2014: 2013–14 College Bowls^[1]
  • December 21, 2013: Famous Idaho Potato Bowl at Boise^[2]
    • San Diego State defeated Buffalo 49–24.
  • December 21, 2013: Las Vegas Bowl^[3]
    • USC defeated Fresno State 45–20.
  • December 21, 2013: New Mexico Bowl at Albuquerque^[4]
    • Colorado State defeated Washington State 48–45.
  • December 21, 2013: New Orleans Bowl^[5]
    • LA-Lafayette defeated Tulane 24–21.
  • December 23, 2013: Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl at St. Petersburg^[6]
    • East Carolina defeated Ohio 37–20.
  • December 24, 2013: Hawaii Bowl at Honolulu^[7]
    • Oregon State defeated Boise State 38–23.
  • December 26, 2013: Little Caesars Pizza Bowl at Detroit^[8]
    • Pittsburgh defeated Bowling Green 30–27.
  • December 26, 2013: Poinsettia Bowl at San Diego^[9]
    • Utah State defeated Northern Illinois 21–14.
  • December 27, 2013: Fight Hunger Bowl at San Francisco^[10]
    • Washington defeated BYU 31–16.
  • December 27, 2013: Military Bowl at Annapolis, Maryland^[11]
    • Marshall defeated Maryland 31–20.
  • December 27, 2013: Texas Bowl at Houston^[12]
    • Syracuse defeated Minnesota 21–17.
  • December 28, 2013: Belk Bowl at Charlotte, North Carolina^[13]
    • North Carolina defeated Cincinnati 38–17.
  • December 28, 2013: Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl at Tempe, Arizona^[14]
    • Kansas State defeated Michigan 31–14.
  • December 28, 2013: Pinstripe Bowl at The Bronx (New York City)^[15]
    • Notre Dame defeated Rutgers 29–16.
  • December 28, 2013: Russell Athletic Bowl at Orlando, Florida^[16]
    • Louisville defeated Miami (FL) 36–9.
  • December 30, 2013: Alamo Bowl at San Antonio^[17]
    • Oregon defeated Texas 30–7.
  • December 30, 2013: Armed Forces Bowl at Fort Worth, Texas^[18]
    • Navy defeated Middle Tennessee 24–6.
  • December 30, 2013: Holiday Bowl at San Diego^[19]
    • Texas Tech defeated Arizona State 37–23.
  • December 30, 2013: Music City Bowl at Nashville, Tennessee^[20]
    • Ole Miss defeated Georgia Tech 25–17.
  • December 31, 2013: AdvoCare V100 Bowl at Shreveport, Louisiana^[21]
    • Arizona defeated Boston College 42–19.
  • December 31, 2013: Chick-fil-A Bowl at Atlanta^[22]
    • Texas A&M defeated Duke 52–48.
  • December 31, 2013: Liberty Bowl at Memphis, Tennessee^[23]
    • Mississippi State defeated Rice 44–7.
  • December 31, 2013: Sun Bowl at El Paso, Texas^[24]
    • UCLA defeated Virginia Tech 42–12.
  • January 1, 2014: Capital One Bowl at Orlando, Florida^[25]
    • South Carolina defeated Wisconsin 34–24.
  • January 1, 2014: Fiesta Bowl at Glendale, Arizona^[26]
    • UCF defeated Baylor 52–42.
  • January 1, 2014: Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, Florida^[27]
    • Nebraska defeated Georgia 24–19.
  • January 1, 2014: Heart of Dallas Bowl^[28]
    • North Texas defeated UNLV 36–14.
  • January 1, 2014: Outback Bowl at Tampa, Florida^[29]
    • LSU defeated Iowa 21–14.
  • January 1, 2014: Rose Bowl Game at Pasadena, California^[30]
    • Michigan State defeated Stanford 24–20.
  • January 2, 2014: Sugar Bowl at New Orleans^[31]
    • Oklahoma defeated Alabama 45–31.
  • January 3, 2014: Cotton Bowl at Dallas^[32]
    • Missouri defeated Oklahoma State 41–31.
  • January 3, 2014: Orange Bowl at Miami Gardens, Florida^[33]
    • Clemson defeated Ohio State 40–35.
  • January 4, 2014: BBVA Compass Bowl at Birmingham, Alabama^[34]
    • Vanderbilt defeated Houston 41–24.
  • January 5, 2014: GoDaddy Bowl at Mobile, Alabama^[35]
    • Arkansas State defeated Ball State 23–20.
  • January 6, 2014: BCS National Championship Game at Pasadena, California^[36]
    • #1 Florida State defeated #2 Auburn 34–31.
• January 26: 2014 Pro Bowl in Halawa, Hawaii (outside of Honolulu) at Aloha Stadium
  • Team Rice defeated Team Sanders 22–21.
• February 2: The National Football League championship, Super Bowl XLVIII, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey
  • Seattle Seahawks defeated the Denver Broncos 43–8, to claim its first title.
• May 30 – June 7: 2014 EFAF European Championship in  Austria (final stage takes place at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna)
  •  Germany defeated  Austria, 30–27, to claim its third title.  France took the bronze medal.
• July 5 – 17: 2014 IFAF U-19 World Championship in Kuwait City^[37][38]
  • The  United States defeated  Canada, 40–17, to claim its second IFAF junior title.  Mexico took the bronze medal.
• July 11 – 13: 2014 IFAF Europe Champions League Final Four in Élancourt^[39]
  • Helsinki Roosters defeated SBB Vukovi Beograd, 36–29, to claim the debut ECL title.^[40]
• July 19: 2014 EFAF Eurobowl in Berlin
  • Berlin Adler defeated fellow German team, the New Yorker Lions, 20–17, to claim its second Eurobowl title.
• September 4 – December 28: 2014 NFL season
  • American Football Conference season winner: New England Patriots
  • National Football Conference season winner: Seattle Seahawks
• September 10 – 12: 2014 IFAF Flag Football World Championship in Grosseto^[41][42]
  • Note: This event was scheduled to take place in Jerusalem, Israel, from August 12 – 15. However, the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict gave the IFAF the go-ahead to move the event from there to alternate host nation of Italy, on July 28, 2014.
  • Men -> Champions:  United States; Second:  Mexico; Third:  Italy^[43]
  • Women -> Champions:  Canada; Second:  United States; Third:  Austria^[44]

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