2013 Southern Conference football season

2013 Southern Conference football season
2013 Southern Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I FCS (Football Championship Subdivision)
Sport	Football
Duration	August 2013 - December 2013
Number of teams	9
TV partner(s)	SoConTV
Conference champions	Chattanooga, Samford, & Furman
Southern Conference football seasons
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LeagueNCAA Division I FCS (Football Championship Subdivision)

SportFootball

DurationAugust 2013 - December 2013

Number of teams9

2013 Southern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 22 Furman +^	6	–	2	8	–	6
No. 19 Samford +^	6	–	2	8	–	5
No. 23 Chattanooga +	6	–	2	8	–	4
Georgia Southern *	4	–	4	7	–	4
Wofford	4	–	4	5	–	6
The Citadel	4	–	4	5	–	7
Appalachian State *	4	–	4	4	–	8
Elon	1	–	7	2	–	10
Western Carolina	1	–	7	2	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant * – Appalachian State and Georgia Southern ineligible for conference championship and FCS playoffs as part of FBS transition Rankings from The Sports Network Poll

The 2013 Southern Conference football season, part of the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season competition of college football, began on Thursday, August 29, 2013 with Chattanooga hosting Tennessee–Martin. The regular season concluded on November 23, while Samford and Furman qualified for the NCAA Division I Football Championship.

Samford was eliminated in the first round by Jacksonville State. Furman defeated South Carolina State in the opening round, but fell to eventual champion North Dakota State 38–7 in the second round.

Appalachian State and Georgia Southern played their final seasons as members of the Southern Conference but were ineligible to win the conference championship or participate in the playoffs as they transitioned to the Football Bowl Subdivision.

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Final
Appalachian State	TSN	12	21	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Appalachian State	C	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Chattanooga	TSN	24	RV									24	17	23	21	23
Chattanooga	C	25	RV									23	18	21	23	25
The Citadel	TSN	RV	RV
The Citadel	C	RV	NR
Elon	TSN	RV	NR
Elon	C	NR	NR
Furman	TSN	RV	NR
Furman	C	NR	NR
Georgia Southern	TSN	9	10
Georgia Southern	C	NR	NR
Samford	TSN	RV	RV
Samford	C	RV	RV
Western Carolina	TSN	NR	NR
Western Carolina	C	NR	NR
Wofford	TSN	8	16
Wofford	C	5	14

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
August 29	7:30 PM	Tennessee–Martin	#24 Chattanooga	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN		L 21–31	11,163	^[1]
August 29	7:30 PM	Western Carolina	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN		L 24–45	20,011	^[2]
August 30	7:00 PM	Samford	Georgia State	Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA		W 31–21	17,606	^[3]
August 31	12:00 PM	Elon	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ESPN3	L 0–70	45,759	^[4]
August 31	6:00 PM	Charleston Southern	The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC		L 29–32	12,196	^[5]
August 31	6:00 PM	Savannah State	#9 Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA		W 77–9	16,528	^[6]
August 31	6:45 PM	Furman	Gardner–Webb	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC	WMYA	L 21–28	3,876	^[7]
August 31	7:30 PM	#8 Wofford	Baylor	Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX	FCS Central	L 3–69	44,989	^[8]
September 1	9:00 PM	#12 Appalachian State	#20 Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	ESPN3	L 6–30	26,293	^[9]

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team

Reference:

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 7	1:30 PM	Western Carolina	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ESPN3	L 3–45	61,335	^[10]
September 7	2:00 PM	Chattanooga	Georgia State	Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA	ESPN3	W 42–14	14,952	^[11]
September 7	6:00 PM	North Carolina A&T	Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC		L 21–24	25,723	^[12]
September 7	6:00 PM	#16 Wofford	The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC	ESPN3	WOF 21–10	14,545	^[13]
September 7	6:00 PM	West Virginia Wesleyan	Elon	Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC		W 49–7	7,112	^[14]
September 7	6:00 PM	Furman	#24 Coastal Carolina	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC	WMYA	L 28–35	8,636	^[15]
September 7	6:00 PM	Saint Francis (PA)	Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA		W 59–17	13,758	^[16]
September 7	7:00 PM	Samford	Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	PPV	L 21–31	47,358	^[17]

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team

Reference:

2013 Southern Conference football season

Rankings

Regular season

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

Week Four

Week Five

Records against other conferences

FCS conferences

FBS conferences

Attendance

References

Related Articles

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 14	12:00 PM	Presbyterian	Furman	Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC	W 21–20	6,500	^[18]
September 14	2:00 PM	Samford	Florida A&M	Bragg Memorial Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	W 27–20	10,034	^[19]
September 14	3:30 PM	The Citadel	Western Carolina	E. J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC	CIT 28–21	9,345	^[20]
September 14	6:00 PM	Austin Peay	Chattanooga	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	W 42–10	9,189	^[21]
September 14	6:00 PM	Elon	North Carolina A&T	Aggie Stadium • Greensboro, NC	L 10–23	13,221	^[22]
September 14	7:00 PM	Georgia Southern	Wofford	Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC	WOF 30–20	8,153	^[23]

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 21	2:00 PM	Southeastern Louisiana	Samford	Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL		L 31–34	4,598	^[24]
September 21	3:30 PM	Mars Hill	Western Carolina	E. J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC		W 30–23	7,490	^[25]
September 21	6:00 PM	Appalachian State	Elon	Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC		ASU 31–21	9,782	^[26]
September 21	6:00 PM	The Citadel	Old Dominion	Foreman Field • Norfolk, VA	COX	L 58–59	20,118	^[27]
September 21	7:00 PM	Gardner–Webb	Wofford	Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC		L 0–3	6,207	^[28]

Conference	Record
Big Sky	0–1
Big South	1–4
CAA	0–0
Ivy League	0–0
Independents	0–1
MEAC	2–2
MVFC	0–0
NEC	1–0
OVC	1–1
Patriot	0–0
Pioneer	0–0
Southland	0–1
SWAC	0–0
Total	5–10

Conference	Record
American	0–0
ACC	0–2
Big 12	0–1
C-USA	0–1
Independents	0–0
MAC	0–0
SEC	0–1
Sun Belt	2–0
Total	2–5

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium	30,856	25,723		25,723	25,723	83%
Chattanooga	Finley Stadium	20,668	11,163	9,189	20,352	10,176	49%
The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium	21,000	12,196	14,545	26,741	13,371	64%
Elon	Rhodes Stadium	13,000	7,112	9,782	16,894	8,447	65%
Furman	Paladin Stadium	16,000	6,500		6,500	6,500	41%
Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium	18,000	16,528	13,758	30,286	15,143	84%
Samford	Seibert Stadium	6,700	4,598		4,598	4,598	69%
Western Carolina	E.J. Whitmire Stadium	13,742	9,345	7,490	16,835	8,418	61%
Wofford	Gibbs Stadium	13,000	8,153	6,207	14,360	7,180	55%

v t e Southern Conference football
Teams	Chattanooga Mocs The Citadel Bulldogs East Tennessee State Buccaneers Furman Paladins Mercer Bears Samford Bulldogs VMI Keydets Western Carolina Catamounts Wofford Terriers
Former teams	Former Southern Conference teams
Championships & awards	Conference champions All-time standings (1921–1971), (1972–present) All-Southern team Champ Pickens Trophy
Seasons	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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

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