2013 Northern Colorado Bears football team

2013 Big Sky Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – FCS playoff participant; Rankings from The Sports Network poll

2013 Northern Colorado Bears football
2013 Northern Colorado Bears football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2013 record	1–11 (0–8 Big Sky)
Head coach	Earnest Collins Jr. (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Michael Armour (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Zach Shay (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Nottingham Field ; (Capacity: 6,500)
	Seasons ← 2012 2014 →

Last updated January 12, 2022

The 2013 Northern Colorado Bears football team represented the University of Northern Colorado in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Earnest Collins Jr. and played their home games at Nottingham Field. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 1–11, 0–8 in Big Sky play to finish in last place.

Schedule

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	1:35 pm	Langston *	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	BSTV	W 31–10	4,311
September 7	1:35 pm	No. 6 (D-II)^[2] CSU–Pueblo *	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	BSTV	L 36–41	4,619
September 14	2:00 pm	at Wyoming *	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY		L 7–35	19,091
September 21	1:35 pm	No. 7 Northern Iowa *	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	BSTV	L 7–26	3,025
September 28	1:35 pm	Southern Utah	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	BSTV	L 21–27	4,361
October 5	7:05 pm	at Sacramento State	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	BSTV	L 21–37	9,012
October 12	3:00 pm	at Idaho State	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	BSTV	L 26–40	4,574
October 19	1:35 pm	UC Davis	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	BSTV	L 18–34	4,196
November 2	12:05 pm	No. 5 Montana State	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	RTRM	L 28–35	3,478
November 9	12:00 pm	at North Dakota	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	BSTV	L 21–24	5,984
November 16	12:00 pm	at No. 12 Northern Arizona	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	NAU-TV/BSTV	L 7–24	6,737
November 23	12:05 pm	Cal Poly	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	BSTV	L 14–42	2,774
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Game summaries

Langston

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	3	0	0	7	10
Bears	0	10	14	7	31

CSU-Pueblo

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 (D-II) Thunderwolves	0	28	6	7	41
Bears	3	20	6	7	36

@ Wyoming

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	0	7	7
Cowboys	0	21	0	14	35

Northern Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Panthers	7	3	3	13	26
Bears	0	0	7	0	7

Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	3	14	7	3	27
Bears	0	7	7	7	21

@ Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	7	7	0	7	21
Hornets	10	21	6	0	37

@ Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	16	7	3	26
Bengals	7	20	10	3	40

UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	14	10	7	3	34
Bears	0	0	7	11	18

Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Bobcats	14	7	6	8	35
Bears	7	7	0	14	28

@ North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	7	0	14	0	21
UND	0	6	10	8	24

@ Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	0	7	7
#12 Lumberjacks	3	7	7	7	24

Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	0	21	7	14	42
Bears	0	0	7	7	14

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References

↑ "2013 NORTHERN COLORADO FOOTBALL - Northern Colorado". Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
↑ "Pack picked sixth in D2Football.com preseason poll, Kliesen is preseason All-America". CSU-Pueblo Thunderwolves. September 3, 2013. Archived from the original on October 9, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2014.

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[1] "2013 NORTHERN COLORADO FOOTBALL - Northern Colorado". Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2014-08-23.

[2] "Pack picked sixth in D2Football.com preseason poll, Kliesen is preseason All-America". CSU-Pueblo Thunderwolves. September 3, 2013. Archived from the original on October 9, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2014.

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2013 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t e	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