2013 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

2013 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football

FCS Playoffs First Round vs South Dakota State, L 7–26
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 Stadium • Tucson, AZ	P12N	L 0–35	53,793
September 14	7:00 PM	at UC Davis*	#25	Aggie Stadium • Davis, CA	BSTV	W 21–10	4,932
September 21	4:00 PM	South Dakota*	#25	Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, 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 Stadium • Bozeman, 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 State	#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 Stadium • San 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 Coliseum • Cedar City, UT (HintonBurdick Grand Canyon Trophy Game)	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. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Standard Time.

Source: Official Schedule

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

References

Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football

Venues	Walkup Skydome (1977–present)

Bowls & rivalries	HintonBurdick Grand Canyon Trophy Game (Southern Utah)

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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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