2013 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

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.

2013 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 15
FCS CoachesNo. 15
Record9–3 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRich Scangarello (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorAndy Thompson (5th season)
Home stadiumWalkup Skydome
Seasons
← 2012
2014 →
2013 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 308:00 pmat Arizona*No. 18P12NL 0–3553,793
September 147:00 pmat UC Davis*No. 25BSTVW 21–104,932
September 214:00 pmSouth Dakota*No. 25FSAZ+/NAU-TV/BSTVW 22–167,855
September 286:00 pmNo. 7 MontanaNo. 24
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
AudienceW 34–1612,640
October 52:35 pmat No. 8 Montana StateNo. 15ESPN3L 7–3621,027
October 127:05 pmat Sacramento StateNo. 19BSTVW 39–386,108
October 194:00 pmIdaho State No. 19
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
FSAZ+/NAU-TV/BSTVW 39–308,242
October 266:05 pmat Cal PolyNo. 16BSTVW 17–139,882
November 23:00 pmNorth DakotaNo. 14
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
FSAZ+/NAU-TV/BSTVW 48–274,895
November 1612:00 pmNorthern ColoradoNo. 12
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
FSAZ+/NAU-TV/BSTVW 24–76,737
November 231:05 pmat No. 20 Southern UtahNo. 10BSTVW 20–102,521
November 306:00 pmNo. 13 South Dakota State*No. 8
ESPN3L 7–265,077

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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
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Sports Network18222525241519191614141210815
Coaches18242422221721211914141312915

References

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