2013 Weber State Wildcats football team

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2013 Weber State Wildcats football
Weber State Wildcats wordmark.svg
Conference Big Sky Conference
Record2–10 (1–7 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Robin Pflugrad (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorEric Lewis (1st season)
Home stadium Stewart Stadium
Seasons
  2012
2014  
2013 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

The 2013 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Jody Sears returned as the head coach for the 2013 season, after being the interim head coach during 2012, [1] and will be working with a new offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator in Robin Pflugrad and Eric Lewis. [2] Weber State played their home games at Stewart Stadium. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 2–10, 1–7 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for 11th place.

Contents

On November 26, head coach Jody Sears was fired after a two-season record of 4–19. It was part of Sears' three-year contract, signed after his first year as interim head coach, that he could be fired without compensation if the Wildcats failed to win four games in a season. [3]

Roster

2013 Weber State Wildcats football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

[4]


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 9, 2013

Media

All Wildcats games can be heard on KLO (Ogden) and KLO-FM (Salt Lake City), nicknamed KLO AM/FM. KLO is a move from the previous radio broadcast group of 1280 AM, but radio broadcasts will still be done online via Big Sky TV for non-televised home games and on KLOradio.com for all games. Carl Arky and Ty Sparrow will call every game. [5]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:00 pm Stephen F. Austin * BSTV W 50–406,181
September 712:00 pmat Utah * P12N L 7–7045,053
September 146:00 pmat Utah State * ESPN3 L 6–7025,513
September 216:00 pmat No. 12 McNeese State *L 6–438,893
September 286:00 pm Sacramento State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Stewart Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
BSTVL 3–316,610
October 55:00 pmat No. 6 Eastern Washington BSTVL 19–419,734
October 127:00 pmat Cal Poly BSTVL 0–475,824
October 195:00 pmNo. 5 Montana State
  • Stewart Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
RTUT L 16–345,616
November 22:00 pmat Portland State BSTVL 24–454,285
November 91:00 pm Southern Utah
  • Stewart Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
BSTVL 21–274,978
November 1612:00 pmat No. 7 Montana ESPN3 L 6–4223,609
November 231:00 pm Idaho State
  • Stewart Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
BSTVW 32–75,396

Game summaries

Stephen F. Austin

Stephen F. Austin at Weber State
1234Total
Lumberjacks73171340
Wildcats23020750
  • Date: August 31
  • Location: Stewart Stadium
    Ogden, UT
  • Game start: 6:05 PM MST
  • Elapsed time: 3:30
  • Game attendance: 6,181
  • Game weather: 86 °F (30 °C), Sunny, winds calm
  • Referee: Jim Crowley
  • TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Carl Arky and Ty Sparrow
Sources: [6]

Utah

Weber State at Utah
1234Total
Wildcats00707
Utes143514770
Sources: [7]

Utah State

Weber State at Utah State
1234Total
Wildcats00066
Aggies212821070
Sources:

McNeese State

Weber State at McNeese State
1234Total
Wildcats60006
#12 Cowboys710131343
  • Date: September 21
  • Location: Cowboy Stadium
    Lake Charles, LA
  • Game start: 7:00 PM CST
  • Elapsed time: 2:53
  • Game attendance: 8,893
  • Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C), Cloudy w/ 70% chance of rain, Winds NNE @ 12mph
  • Referee: C. Castleberry
Sources:

Sacramento State

Sacramento State at Weber State
1234Total
Hornets01417031
Wildcats00303
  • Date: September 28
  • Location: Stewart Stadium
    Ogden, UT
  • TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Carl Arky and Ty Sparrow
Sources:

Eastern Washington

Weber State at Eastern Washington
1234Total
Wildcats660719
#6 Eagles131414041
Sources:

Cal Poly

Weber State at Cal Poly
1234Total
Wildcats00000
Mustangs614141347
Sources:

Montana State

Montana State at Weber State
1234Total
Bobcats00000
Wildcats00000
  • Date: October 19
  • Location: Stewart Stadium
    Ogden, UT
  • Television network: ROOT
Sources:

Portland State

Weber State at Portland State
1234Total
Wildcats00000
Vikings00000
Sources:

Southern Utah

Southern Utah at Weber State
1234Total
Thunderbirds00000
Wildcats00000
  • Date: November 9
  • Location: Stewart Stadium
    Ogden, UT
  • TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Carl Arky and Ty Sparrow
Sources:

Montana

Weber State at Montana
1234Total
Wildcats00000
Grizzlies00000
Sources:

Idaho State

Idaho State at Weber State
1234Total
Bengals00000
Wildcats00000
  • Date: November 23
  • Location: Stewart Stadium
    Ogden, UT
  • TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Carl Arky and Ty Sparrow
Sources:

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