2013 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

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2013 Georgia Southern Eagles football
Georgia Southern Eagles wordmark.svg
Conference Southern Conference
Record5–4, 2 wins vacated (4–4 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrent Davis (4th season)
Offensive scheme Triple option
Co-defensive coordinators
  • Jack Curtis (3rd season)
  • Kevin Corless (1st season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Paulson Stadium
Seasons
←  2012
2014  →
2013 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
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 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented Georgia Southern University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Jeff Monken and played their home games at Paulson Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. This was Georgia Southern's final year in the Southern Conference and the FCS. They joined the FBS and the Sun Belt Conference for the 2014 season. They finished the season 7–4, 4–4 in SoCon play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place.

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In the final game of the season, against the Florida Gators, the Eagles upset the FBS Gators, 26–20, without completing a pass. The win marked the first time a FCS team defeated the Gators. [1]

At the end of the season, head coach Jeff Monken resigned to become the head coach at Army.

On July 22, 2016, the university announced that it was ordered by the NCAA to vacate two wins from the 2013 season and one win from the 2014 season, due to academically ineligible student-athletes participating in those games. The wins affected in the 2013 season were against the Savannah State Tigers and St. Francis Red Flash. [2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:00 pm Savannah State *No. 9
W 77–9 (vacated)16,528
September 76:00 pm Saint Francis (PA) *No. 10
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
GSAAW 59–17 (vacated)13,758
September 147:00 pmat No. 16 Wofford No. 10
GSAAL 20–308,153
September 286:00 pm Chattanooga No. 15
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
GSAAW 23–2116,827
October 53:00 pmat Samford No. 16
L 34–447,896
October 121:00 pm The Citadel No. 22
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
GSAAW 28–2116,128
October 263:30 pmat Appalachian State No. 24
 ESPN3 L 14–3823,901
November 22:00 pm Furman
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
GSAAL 14–1612,220
November 92:00 pm Western Carolina Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
GSAAW 35–1913,507
November 163:00 pmat Elon
W 38–206,104
November 232:00 pmat Florida *
 PPV W 26–2082,459

[3] [4] [5]

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
Sports Network 91010141516222324RVRVRVRVRVRV
Coaches N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Ineligible for FCS Coaches Poll [6]

Game summaries

At Florida

Georgia Southern Eagles at Florida Gators – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Eagles0713626
Gators3701020

at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Florida

  • Date: November 23
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Sunny, 81 °F (27 °C)
  • Game attendance: 82,459
  • Referee: Marc Curles
  • TV: PPV
  • Box score, Recap
Game information
First quarter
  • FLA – Francisco Velez 27-yard field goal, 8:34. Gators 3–0. Drive: 13 plays, 63 yards, 6:26.

Second quarter

  • FLA – Solomon Patton 3-yard pass from Skyler Mornhinweg (Francisco Velez kick), 13:31. Gators 10–0. Drive: 5 plays, 14 yards, 1:39.
  • GASO – Kevin Ellison 45-yard run (Younghoe Koo kick), 2:01. Gators 10–7. Drive: 1 play, 45 yards, 0:10.

Third quarter

  • GASO – Kevin Ellison 1-yard run (Younghoe Koo kick), 12:24. Eagles 14–10. Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:36.
  • GASO – William Banks 3-yard run (kick failed), 0:32. Eagles 20–10. Drive: 8 plays, 49 yards, 4:02.

Fourth quarter

  • FLA – Francisco Velez 22-yard field goal, 12:02. Eagles 20–13. Drive: 8 plays, 32 yards, 3:30.
  • FLA – Solomon Patton 46-yard pass from Skyler Mornhinweg (Francisco Velez kick), 5:41. Tied 20–20. Drive: 3 plays, 59 yards, 1:04.
  • GASO – Jerick McKinnon 14-yard run (kick failed), 2:57. Eagles 26–20. Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:44.
StatisticsGASOFLA
First downs1615
Total yards429279
Rushing yards429157
Passing yards0122
Turnovers20
Time of possession30:2329:37
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Georgia SouthernPassing Kevin Ellison 0/3, 0 yards
Rushing Jerick McKinnon 9 rushes, 125 yards, TD
ReceivingNone
FloridaPassingSkyler Mornhinweg14/25, 122 yards, 2 TD
Rushing Kelvin Taylor 22 rushes, 92 yards
Receiving Solomon Patton 4 receptions, 69 yards, 2 TD

References

  1. ↑ Long, Mark (November 23, 2013). "Georgia Southern beats Florida in Swamp without completing a pass". Kingsport Times-News . Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Georgia Southern Football To Vacate Three Games From 2013–14 Seasons". Georgia Southern Eagles. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Georgia Southern Eagles Schedule 2013". ESPN . Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  4. ↑ "2013 Football Schedule". Georgia Southern University . Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  5. ↑ "2024 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Georgia Southern University. p. 128. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Jacksonville State, Samford, Alabama State receive votes in preseason FCS Coaches Poll". August 6, 2013.
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