2013 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

American college football season

2013 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football

FCS Playoffs First Round, L 7–26 vs. South Dakota State

Conference| Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network| No. 15
FCS Coaches| No. 15
Record| 9–3 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach|

* Jerome Souers (16th season)

Offensive coordinator| Rich Scangarello (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator| Andy Thompson (5th season)
Home stadium| Walkup Skydome

Seasons

<- 2012

2014 ->

2013 Big Sky Conference football standings

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
No. 3 Eastern Washington $^  |  | 8  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 12  | - | 3  |
No. 5 Northern Arizona ^  |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 3  |
No. 8 Montana ^  |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 3  |
No. 21 Southern Utah ^  |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 5  |
No. 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 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

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Date| Time| Opponent| Rank| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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August 30| 8:00 pm| at Arizona*| No. 18|

* Arizona Stadium
* Tucson, AZ

| P12N| L 0–35| 53,793
September 14| 7:00 pm| at UC Davis*| No. 25|

* Aggie Stadium
* Davis, CA

| BSTV| W 21–10| 4,932
September 21| 4:00 pm| South Dakota*| No. 25|

* Walkup Skydome
* Flagstaff, AZ

| FSAZ+/NAU-TV/BSTV| W 22–16| 7,855
September 28| 6:00 pm| No. 7 Montana| No. 24|

* Walkup Skydome
* Flagstaff, AZ

| Audience| W 34–16| 12,640
October 5| 2:35 pm| at No. 8 Montana State| No. 15|

* Bobcat Stadium
* Bozeman, MT

| ESPN3| L 7–36| 21,027
October 12| 7:05 pm| at Sacramento State| No. 19|

* Hornet Stadium
* Sacramento, CA

| BSTV| W 39–38| 6,108
October 19| 4:00 pm| Idaho State| No. 19|

* Walkup Skydome
* Flagstaff, AZ

| FSAZ+/NAU-TV/BSTV| W 39–30| 8,242
October 26| 6:05 pm| at Cal Poly| No. 16|

* Alex G. Spanos Stadium
* San Luis Obispo, CA

| BSTV| W 17–13| 9,882
November 2| 3:00 pm| North Dakota| No. 14|

* Walkup Skydome
* Flagstaff, AZ

| FSAZ+/NAU-TV/BSTV| W 48–27| 4,895
November 16| 12:00 pm| Northern Colorado| No. 12|

* Walkup Skydome
* Flagstaff, AZ

| FSAZ+/NAU-TV/BSTV| W 24–7| 6,737
November 23| 1:05 pm| at No. 20 Southern Utah| No. 10|

* Eccles Coliseum
* Cedar City, UT (Grand Canyon Rivalry)

| BSTV| W 20–10| 2,521
November 30| 6:00 pm| No. 13 South Dakota State*| No. 8|

* Walkup Skydome
* Flagstaff, AZ (NCAA Division I First Round)

| ESPN3| L 7–26| 5,077

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Mountain time

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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

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking| Week

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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

## References

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1. ^ Official Schedule

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Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football

Venues|

* Skidmore Field (1915 –1957)
* Lumberjack Stadium (1958–1977)
* Walkup Skydome (1977–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Southern Utah: Grand Canyon Rivalry

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* Head coaches
* NFL draftees

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2013 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

* Bethune-Cookman
* Butler
* Coastal Carolina
* Eastern Illinois
* Eastern Washington
* Fordham
* Furman
* Jacksonville State
* Lafayette
* Maine
* McNeese State
* Montana
* New Hampshire
* North Dakota State
* Northern Arizona
* Sacred Heart
* Sam Houston State
* Samford
* South Carolina State
* South Dakota State
* Southeastern Louisiana
* Southern Utah
* Tennessee State
* Towson

Champion – North Dakota State
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