The 2014 St. Petersburg Bowl, the seventh edition of the annual game, was a college football bowl game that was played on December 26, 2014 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The game matched the NC State Wolfpack of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the American Athletic Conference co-champion UCF Knights. The Wolfpack defeated the Knights 34–27. The game began at 8:00 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. It is one of the 2014–15 bowl games that will conclude the 2014 FBS football season. Sponsored by online payment processor BitPay, the game is officially known as the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl.

The game featured the NC State Wolfpack of the Atlantic Coast Conference and the American Athletic Conference co-champion UCF Knights.

The game represented be the third overall meeting between these two teams, with the series previously tied 1–1. The last time these two teams met was in 2010.

After finishing their regular season with a 7–5 record, the Wolfpack accepted their invitation to play in the game.

This game was NC State's first St. Petersburg Bowl.

After finishing their regular season with a 9–3 record and winning a share of the American Athletic Conference championship, the Knights accepted their invitation to play in the game.

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