| Year: | 2014 |
| Team: | Minnesota Golden Gophers |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
| Division: | West Division |
| Short Conf: | Big Ten |
| Record: | 8–5 |
| Conf Record: | 5–3 |
| Head Coach: | Jerry Kill |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Off Coach: | Matt Limegrover |
| Oc Year: | 4th |
| Def Coach: | Tracy Claeys |
| Dc Year: | 4th |
| Off Scheme: | Multiple |
| Captain: | Mitch Leidner, Cedric Thompson |
| Stadium: | TCF Bank Stadium |
| Bowl: | Citrus Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | L 17–33 vs. Missouri |
The 2014 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Jerry Kill and played their home games at TCF Bank Stadium. They were a member of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. They were invited to the Citrus Bowl where they lost to Missouri. It was their first New Year's Day bowl game appearance in 53 years, their previous was the 1962 Rose Bowl.
Heading into their fourth off-season, Jerry Kill's coaching staff at Minnesota suffered their first departure as linebackers and assistant head coach Bill Miller accepted the linebackers coach position at Florida State.[1] After a brief coaching search, the Gophers named Mike Sherels the new linebackers coach. Sherels had an extensive history with the University of Minnesota, playing middle linebacker for the team from 2003-2007 and then serving as a special assistant and then defensive graduate assistant under Jerry Kill from 2011-2013.[2]
The Gophers also saw quarterback Philip Nelson leave the team, announcing his transfer to Rutgers University shortly after the conclusion of the 2013 season.[3] During the off season, Nelson was charged with first-degree assault after allegedly kicking Isaac Kolstad in the head during a late-night scuffle in downtown Mankato, Minnesota. These charges led to Nelson's dismissal from the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football program on May 14, 2014.[4]
See also: 2014 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team.
See also: 2014 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team.
See also: 2014 TCU Horned Frogs football team.
See also: 2014 San Jose State Spartans football team.
See also: 2014 Michigan Wolverines football team and Michigan–Minnesota football rivalry.
See also: 2014 Northwestern Wildcats football team.
See also: 2014 Purdue Boilermakers football team.
See also: 2014 Illinois Fighting Illini football team.
See also: 2014 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and Iowa–Minnesota football rivalry. [6]
See also: 2014 Ohio State Buckeyes football team.
See also: 2014 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.
See also: 2014 Wisconsin Badgers football team and Minnesota–Wisconsin football rivalry.
See also: 2014 Missouri Tigers football team, Citrus Bowl (game) and 2015 Citrus Bowl.
See also: 2015 NFL draft.
| 2 | 55 | TE | Baltimore Ravens | ||
| 4 | 127 | LB | Dallas Cowboys | ||
| 5 | 138 | RB | Tennessee Titans | ||
| 5 | 150 | S | Miami Dolphins |