2013 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

The 2013 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 15th-year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Cowell Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 10–5, 6–2 in CAA play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Lafayette, Maine, and Southeastern Louisiana to advance to the semifinals where they lost to North Dakota State.

2013 New Hampshire Wildcats football
FCS Semifinals, L 14–52 vs. North Dakota State
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 5
FCS CoachesNo. 5
Record10–5 (6–2 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRyan Carty (7th season)
Defensive coordinatorJohn Lyons (3rd season)
Home stadiumCowell Stadium
Seasons
← 2012
2014 →
2013 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 12 Maine $^   7 1     10 3  
No. 2 Towson ^   6 2     13 3  
No. 5 New Hampshire ^   6 2     10 5  
Villanova   5 3     6 5  
Delaware   4 4     7 5  
William & Mary   4 4     7 5  
Richmond   4 4     6 6  
James Madison   3 5     6 6  
Stony Brook   3 5     5 6  
Rhode Island   2 6     3 9  
Albany   0 8     1 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 73:00 pmat Central Michigan*No. 11ESPN3L 21–2418,210
September 1412:00 pmColgate*No. 12UNHTVW 53–238,020
September 2812:30 pmat No. 21 Lehigh*No. 10L 27–348,998
October 512:00 pmat No. 3 TowsonNo. 19CSNL 28–449,511
October 1212:00 pmRhode Island No. 25
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
UNHTVW 59–1918,412
October 1912:00 pmNo. 12 VillanovaNo. 25
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
CSNW 29–286,332
October 264:00 pmat Stony BrookNo. 20W 31–135,420
November 21:00 pmat William & MaryNo. 16L 0–178,531
November 912:30 pmNo. 22 James MadisonNo. 25
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
NBCSNW 33–176,084
November 163:30 pmat AlbanyNo. 23W 37–206,044
November 2312:00 pmNo. 4 MaineNo. 21
CSNW 24–310,333
November 3012:00 pmLafayette*No. 15
ESPN3W 45–73,286
December 72:00 pmat No. 10 Maine*No. 15
ESPN3W 41–277,992
December 147:00 pmat No. 7 Southeastern Louisiana*No. 15
ESPN3W 20–175,886
December 208:00 pmat No. 1 North Dakota State*No. 15
ESPN2L 14–5218,694

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
Sports Network10111211101925252016252321155
Coaches889971822232217RVRV24155

References

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