2014 in American football
# 2014 in American football

* December 21, 2013 – January 6, 2014: 2013–14 College Bowls
   * December 21, 2013: Famous Idaho Potato Bowl at Boise
      * San Diego State defeated Buffalo 49–24.
   * December 21, 2013: Las Vegas Bowl
      * USC defeated Fresno State 45–20.
   * December 21, 2013: New Mexico Bowl at Albuquerque
      * Colorado State defeated Washington State 48–45.
   * December 21, 2013: New Orleans Bowl
      * LA-Lafayette defeated Tulane 24–21.
   * December 23, 2013: Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl at St. Petersburg
      * East Carolina defeated Ohio 37–20.
   * December 24, 2013: Hawaii Bowl at Honolulu
      * Oregon State defeated Boise State 38–23.
   * December 26, 2013: Little Caesars Pizza Bowl at Detroit
      * Pittsburgh defeated Bowling Green 30–27.
   * December 26, 2013: Poinsettia Bowl at San Diego
      * Utah State defeated Northern Illinois 21–14.
   * December 27, 2013: Fight Hunger Bowl at San Francisco
      * Washington defeated BYU 31–16.
   * December 27, 2013: Military Bowl at Annapolis, Maryland
      * Marshall defeated Maryland 31–20.
   * December 27, 2013: Texas Bowl at Houston
      * Syracuse defeated Minnesota 21–17.
   * December 28, 2013: Belk Bowl at Charlotte, North Carolina
      * North Carolina defeated Cincinnati 38–17.
   * December 28, 2013: Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl at Tempe, Arizona
      * Kansas State defeated Michigan 31–14.
   * December 28, 2013: Pinstripe Bowl at The Bronx (New York City)
      * Notre Dame defeated Rutgers 29–16.
   * December 28, 2013: Russell Athletic Bowl at Orlando, Florida
      * Louisville defeated Miami (FL) 36–9.
   * December 30, 2013: Alamo Bowl at San Antonio
      * Oregon defeated Texas 30–7.
   * December 30, 2013: Armed Forces Bowl at Fort Worth, Texas
      * Navy defeated Middle Tennessee 24–6.
   * December 30, 2013: Holiday Bowl at San Diego
      * Texas Tech defeated Arizona State 37–23.
   * December 30, 2013: Music City Bowl at Nashville, Tennessee
      * Ole Miss defeated Georgia Tech 25–17.
   * December 31, 2013: AdvoCare V100 Bowl at Shreveport, Louisiana
      * Arizona defeated Boston College 42–19.
   * December 31, 2013: Chick-fil-A Bowl at Atlanta
      * Texas A&M defeated Duke 52–48.
   * December 31, 2013: Liberty Bowl at Memphis, Tennessee
      * Mississippi State defeated Rice 44–7.
   * December 31, 2013: Sun Bowl at El Paso, Texas
      * UCLA defeated Virginia Tech 42–12.
   * January 1, 2014: Capital One Bowl at Orlando, Florida
      * South Carolina defeated Wisconsin 34–24.
   * January 1, 2014: Fiesta Bowl at Glendale, Arizona
      * UCF defeated Baylor 52–42.
   * January 1, 2014: Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, Florida
      * Nebraska defeated Georgia 24–19.
   * January 1, 2014: Heart of Dallas Bowl
      * North Texas defeated UNLV 36–14.
   * January 1, 2014: Outback Bowl at Tampa, Florida
      * LSU defeated Iowa 21–14.
   * January 1, 2014: Rose Bowl Game at Pasadena, California
      * Michigan State defeated Stanford 24–20.
   * January 2, 2014: Sugar Bowl at New Orleans
      * Oklahoma defeated Alabama 45–31.
   * January 3, 2014: Cotton Bowl at Dallas
      * Missouri defeated Oklahoma State 41–31.
   * January 3, 2014: Orange Bowl at Miami Gardens, Florida
      * Clemson defeated Ohio State 40–35.
   * January 4, 2014: BBVA Compass Bowl at Birmingham, Alabama
      * Vanderbilt defeated Houston 41–24.
   * January 5, 2014: GoDaddy Bowl at Mobile, Alabama
      * Arkansas State defeated Ball State 23–20.
   * January 6, 2014: BCS National Championship Game at Pasadena, California
      * #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
   * 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
   * Helsinki Roosters defeated SBB Vukovi Beograd, 36–29, to claim the debut ECL title.
* 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
   * Note: This event was scheduled to take place in Jerusalem, 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
   * Women -> Champions: Canada; Second: United States; Third: Austria

## Pro Football Hall of Fame

* Class of 2014:
   * Derrick Brooks, player
   * Ray Guy, player
   * Claude Humphrey, player
   * Walter Jones, player
   * Andre Reed, player
   * Michael Strahan, player
   * Aeneas Williams, player
