2013 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

2013 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
Conference Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network No. 21
FCS Coaches No. 24
2013 record 8–5 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach Ed Lamb (6th year)
Co-offensive coordinator Justin Walterscheid (1st year)
Co-offensive coordinator Teag Whiting (1st year)
Defensive coordinator Justin Ena (4th year)
Home stadium Eccles Coliseum
(Capacity: 8,500)
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 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth year head coach Ed Lamb and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum. This was their second year as a member of the Big Sky Conference. They fininshed the season 8–5, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a four way tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Sam Houston State.

Media

All Thunderbirds football games were broadcast live on KSUU. They were streamed online at power91radio. All conference road games and all home games not on Root were streamed via Big Sky TV.[1]

Schedule

The 2013 schedule was the first 12-game schedule in Thunderbirds history.[2] Even though the Thunderbirds played 9 conference opponents, only 8 of the games counted as conference games. The series with Sacramento State was scheduled before Southern Utah became a member of the Big Sky and did not count as a conference game for either team.[3]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 29 5:30 PM at South Alabama* Ladd-Peebles StadiumMobile, AL ESPN3 W 22–21   15,240
September 7 6:05 PM Fort Lewis* Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT BSTV W 49–0   5,872
September 14 4:30 PM at Washington State* Martin StadiumPullman, WA P12N L 10–48   31,127
September 21 7:05 PM at Sacramento State* Hornet StadiumSacramento, CA BSTV W 24–21 OT  5,612
September 28 1:35 PM at Northern Colorado Nottingham FieldGreeley, CO BSTV W 27–21   4,361
October 5 1:05 PM UC Davis Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT BSTV L 3–21   3,558
October 12 2:05 PM Portland Statedagger Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT BSTV W 17–7   6,539
October 19 6:05 PM at No. 4 Eastern Washington Roos FieldCheney, WA BSTV L 10–34   10,135
October 26 1:05 PM Idaho State Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT BSTV W 19–9   3,342
November 9 1:00 PM at Weber State Stewart StadiumOgden, UT BSTV W 27–21   4,978
November 16 4:00 PM at No. 8 Montana State Bobcat StadiumBozeman, MT ESPN3 W 22–14   18,187
November 23 1:05 PM No. 10 Northern Arizona No. 20 Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT (HintonBurdick Grand Canyon Trophy Game) BSTV L 10–20   2,521
November 30 1:00 PM at No. 14 Sam Houston State No. 22 Bowers StadiumHuntsville, TX (FCS Playoffs First Round) ESPN3 L 20–51   4,069
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Game summaries

South Alabama

Southern Utah at South Alabama
1 234Total
Thunderbirds 10 039 22
Jaguars 0 777 21
  • Date: August 29
  • Location: Ladd-Peebles Stadium
    Mobile, AL
  • Game start: 6:30 PM CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:12
  • Game attendance: 15,240
  • Game weather: 87 °F (31 °C), Sunny, winds S at 9mph
  • Referee: Steve Marlowe
  • TV announcers (ESPN3): Shawn Kenney and Cole Cubelic

Sources:

Overall record Last meeting Result
First Meeting

Ft. Lewis

Ft. Lewis at Southern Utah
1 234Total
Skyhawks 0 000 0
Thunderbirds 21 2170 49
  • Date: September 7
  • Location: Eccles Coliseum
    Cedar City, UT
  • Game start: 6:05 PM MST
  • Elapsed time: 3:24
  • Game attendance: 5,872
  • Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C), Cloudy, winds SW at 6mph
  • Referee: Bruce Palmer
  • TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Art Challis and Matt Roan

Sources:

Overall record Last meeting Result
21–10 2000 Southern Utah, 54–16

Washington State

Southern Utah at Washington State
1 234Total
Thunderbirds 3 700 10
Cougars 14 14137 48

Sources:

Overall record Last meeting Result
First Meeting

Sacramento State

Southern Utah at Sacramento State
1 234OTTotal
Thunderbirds 0 13083 24
Hornets 7 14000 21
  • Date: September 21
  • Location: Hornet Stadium
    Sacramento, CA
  • Game start: 6:05 PM PST
  • Elapsed time: 2:51
  • Game attendance: 5,612
  • Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C), Overcast & Wet, winds at 6mph
  • Referee: Gregg Wilson
  • TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Jason Ross, Steve McElroy & Danny Sullivan

Sources:

Overall record Last meeting Result
6–7 2012 Sacramento State, 27–22

Northern Colorado

Southern Utah at Northern Colorado
1 234Total
Thunderbirds 3 1473 27
Bears 0 777 21

Sources:

Overall record Last meeting Result
1–2 2005 Southern Utah, 20–17

UC Davis

UC Davis at Southern Utah
1 234Total
Aggies 0 1470 21
Thunderbirds 3 000 3
  • Date: October 5
  • Location: Eccles Coliseum
    Cedar City, UT
  • TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Art Challis and Matt Roan

Sources:

Overall record Last meeting Result
6–10 2011 Southern Utah, 34–3

Portland State

Portland State at Southern Utah
1 234Total
Vikings 0 700 7
Thunderbirds 0 1007 17
  • Date: October 12
  • Location: Eccles Coliseum
    Cedar City, UT
  • TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Art Challis and Matt Roan

Sources:

Overall record Last meeting Result
2–8 2012 Southern Utah, 49–42

Eastern Washington

Southern Utah at Eastern Washington
1 234Total
Thunderbirds 0 307 10
#4 Eagles 14 0137 34

Sources:

Overall record Last meeting Result
2–4 2012 Southern Utah, 30–27

Idaho State

Idaho State at Southern Utah
1 234Total
Bengals 0 603 9
Thunderbirds 3 1006 19
  • Date: October 26
  • Location: Eccles Coliseum
    Cedar City, UT
  • TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Art Challis and Matt Roan

Sources:

Overall record Last meeting Result
4–9–1 2005 Idaho State, 38–13

Weber State

Southern Utah at Weber State
1 234Total
Thunderbirds 0 71010 27
Wildcats 7 0014 21

Sources:

Overall record Last meeting Result
5–21–1 2012 Weber State, 24–22

Montana State

Southern Utah at Montana State
1 234Total
Thunderbirds 3 667 22
#8 Bobcats 0 0014 14
  • Date: November 16
  • Location: Bobcat Stadium
    Bozeman, MT
  • Game start: 4:07 PM MST
  • Elapsed time: 2:45
  • Game attendance: 18,187
  • Game weather: 29F • Wind: WSW 5-20 • Weather: snow flurries, wind
  • Referee: Kelly Holman
  • Television network: Big Sky TV

Sources: [4]

Overall record Last meeting Result
0–3 2012 Montana State, 24–17

Northern Arizona

Northern Arizona at Southern Utah
1 234Total
Lumberjacks 0 0317 20
#20 Thunderbirds 0 730 10
  • Date: November 23
  • Location: Eccles Coliseum
    Cedar City, UT
  • Game start: 1:05 PM MST
  • Elapsed time: 2:40
  • Game attendance: 2,521
  • Game weather: 36F • Wind: N@5mph • Light snow
  • TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Art Challis and Matt Roan

Sources:

Overall record Last meeting Result
6–11 2012 Southern Utah, 35–29 3OT

FCS Playoffs

at Sam Houston State (FCS Playoffs First Round)

#22 Southern Utah at #14 Sam Houston State
1 234Total
#22 Thunderbirds 10 0100 20
#14 Bearkats 7 16721 51
  • Date: November 30
  • Location: Bowers Stadium
    Huntsville, TX
  • Game start: 1:00 PM MST
  • Television network: ESPN3

Sources:

Overall record Last meeting Result
First Meeting

References

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