2013 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

2013 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
Conference Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network #15
FCS Coaches #15
2013 record 9–3 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach Jerome Souers (16th year)
Offensive coordinator Rich Scangarello (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator Andy Thompson (5th year)
Home stadium Walkup Skydome
(Capacity: 10,000)
2013 Big Sky football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#3 Eastern Washington ^   8 0         12 3  
#15 Northern Arizona ^   7 1         9 3  
#8 Montana ^   6 2         10 3  
#21 Southern Utah ^   5 3         8 5  
#20 Montana State   5 3         7 5  
Cal Poly   5 3         6 6  
UC Davis   5 3         5 7  
Sacramento State   4 4         5 7  
Portland State   3 5         6 6  
North Dakota   2 6         3 8  
Idaho State   1 7         3 9  
Weber State   1 7         2 10  
Northern Colorado   0 8         1 11  
Conference champion
^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2013 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 16th year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 9–3, 7–1 in Big Sky play to finish in second place. They were received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to South Dakota State.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 30 8:00 PM at Arizona* #18 Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ P12N L 0–35   53,793
September 14 7:00 PM at UC Davis* #25 Aggie StadiumDavis, CA BSTV W 21–10   4,932
September 21 4:00 PM South Dakota* #25 Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ FSAZ+/NAU-TV/BSTV W 22–16   7,855
September 28 6:00 PM #7 Montana #24 Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ Audience W 34–16   12,640
October 5 2:35 PM at #8 Montana State #15 Bobcat StadiumBozeman, MT ESPN3 L 7–36   21,027
October 12 7:05 PM at Sacramento State #19 Hornet Stadium • Sacramento, CA BSTV W 39–38   6,108
October 19 4:00 PM Idaho Statedagger #19 Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ FSAZ+/NAU-TV/BSTV W 39–30   8,242
October 26 6:05 PM at Cal Poly #16 Alex G. Spanos StadiumSan Luis Obispo, CA BSTV W 17–13   9,882
November 2 3:00 PM North Dakota #14 Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ FSAZ+/NAU-TV/BSTV W 48–27   4,895
November 16 12:00 PM Northern Colorado #12 Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ FSAZ+/NAU-TV/BSTV W 24–7   6,737
November 23 1:05 PM at #20 Southern Utah #10 Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT (HintonBurdick Grand Canyon Trophy) BSTV W 20–10   2,521
November 30 6:00 PM #13 South Dakota State* #8 Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ (FCS Playoffs First Round) ESPN3 L 7–26   5,077
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Standard Time.

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with UC Davis on September 14 is considered a non conference game and will have no effect on the Big Sky Standings.

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final 
Sports Network 18 22 25 25 24 15 19 19 16 14 14 12 10 8 15 
Coaches 18 24 24 22 22 17 21 21 19 14 14 13 12 9 15

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