2013 Morgan State Bears football team

2013 Morgan State Bears football
Conference Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
2013 record 5–7 (5–3 MEAC)
Head coach Donald Hill-Eley (13th year)
Offensive coordinator Gordon Gregory (1st year)
Defensive coordinator Jerry Holmes (1st year)
Home stadium Hughes Stadium
(Capacity: 10,001)
2013 MEAC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#16 Bethune-Cookman +^   7 1         10 3  
#25 South Carolina State +^   7 1         9 4  
Morgan State   5 3         5 7  
Delaware State   5 3         5 6  
North Carolina A&T   4 4         7 4  
Howard   4 4         6 6  
Hampton   4 4         4 8  
North Carolina Central   3 5         5 7  
Norfolk State   3 5         3 9  
Florida A&M   2 6         3 9  
Savannah State   0 8         1 11  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
  • Savannah State ineligible for FCS playoffs due to Academic Progress Rate sanctions
Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2013 Morgan State Bears football team represented Morgan State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 13th year head coach Donald Hill-Eley and played their home games at Hughes Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

Morgan State entered the 2013 with a new offensive and a new defensive coordinator. Gordon Gregory joins the team as the new offensive coordinator. Gregory came to Morgan State after being off during the 2012 season. However Gregory was the offensive coordinator at South Alabama from 2009–2011 and has previously been a head coach at Southern Missouri from 1998–1999. Meanwhile Jerry Holmes joined the school as the defensive coordinator. Holmes previously served as head coach at Hampton University in 2008 and has coached as defensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns (1999–2000), Washington Redskins (2001), San Diego Chargers (2002–2003), and Hampton (2004–2007).[1]

The Bears entered the 2013 season having been picked to finish 9th in the 2013 season.[2] Morgan State hoped to prove those predictions wrong with their 3 second All-MEAC Pre-season members.[3]

They finished the season 5–7, 5–3 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for third place.

At the end of the season, head coach Donald Hill-Eley was fired.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
August 30 7:00 PM at Army* Michie StadiumWest Point, NY CBSSN L 12–28   24,245
September 7 12:00 PM at Robert Morris* Joe Walton StadiumMoon Township, PA L 14–31   1,485
September 14 7:00 PM at Liberty* Williams StadiumLynchburg, VA LFSN L 10–38   15,488
September 21 7:00 PM at WKU* Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith StadiumBowling Green, KY L 17–58   20,973
September 28 1:00 PM Norfolk State Hughes StadiumBaltimore, MD L 21–27   856
October 5 1:00 PM Florida A&Mdagger Hughes Stadium • Baltimore, MD W 34–21   1,259
October 19 2:00 PM at North Carolina Central O'Kelly–Riddick StadiumDurham, NC W 34–22   11,763
October 26 1:00 PM at Howard William H. Greene StadiumWashington, D.C. L 14–28   7,053
November 2 1:00 PM Hampton Hughes Stadium • Baltimore, MD W 30–27   5,789
November 9 1:00 PM Norfth Carolina A&T Hughes Stadium • Baltimore, MD W 24–23   6,478
November 14 7:30 PM at South Carolina State Oliver C. Dawson StadiumOrangeburg, SC ESPNU L 3–38   8,053
November 23 2:00 PM at Delaware State Alumni StadiumDover, DE W 31–26   1,394
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

  1. Haynes, Leonard (April 5, 2013). "Hill Announces New Members of Coaching Staff". MSU Athletics Media Relations (Baltimore, Maryland). Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  2. McCann, John (July 26, 2013). "NCCU picked to finish 4th in MEAC, B.C. No. 1". The Herald-Sun (Durham, North Carolina). Retrieved July 26, 2013.
  3. Buchanan, Josh. "Phil Steele's College Football Preview". JBScouting.com. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
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