2013 Western Michigan Broncos football team

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2013 Western Michigan Broncos football
Western Michigan Broncos text logo.svg
Conference Mid-American Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record1–11 (1–7 MAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Kirk Ciarrocca (1st season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator Ed Pinkham (1st season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Waldo Stadium
Seasons
←  2012
2014  →
2013 Mid-American Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Bowling Green x$  7 –1   10 –4  
Buffalo  6 –2   8 –5  
Ohio  4 –4   7 –6  
Akron  4 –4   5 –7  
Kent State  3 –5   4 –8  
UMass  1 –7   1 –11  
Miami (OH)  0 –8   0 –12  
West Division
Northern Illinois x  8 –0   12 –2  
Ball State  7 –1   10 –3  
Toledo  5 –3   7 –5  
Central Michigan  5 –3   6 –6  
Eastern Michigan  1 –7   2 –10  
Western Michigan  1 –7   1 –11  
Championship: Bowling Green 47, Northern Illinois 27
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions

The 2013 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University (WMU) in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by first-year head coach P. J. Fleck [1] and played their home games at Waldo Stadium as a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). In 2013, the Broncos finished at 1–11 (1–7 MAC), and last place in the MAC West division.

Contents

Off-season

WMU was picked to finish fifth in the West division by members of the media. [2]

The Broncos gained national notoriety during the offseason from Fleck, the youngest head coach in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision. [3] Fleck introduced the "Row The Boat" theme, focusing on a group of people working together to reach a common goal. [4] He participated in a "polar plunge" to raise money for Special Olympics [5] and created a Harlem Shake video. [6]

Holly Anderson of Sports Illustrated and Grantland chose WMU as the "MAC team you should root for". [7] [8] Deadspin posted an article commenting on a YouTube video [9] WMU produced introducing new traditions that were planned for Broncos home games. [10]

Season

WMU started the season with eight consecutive losses before winning their first game. They fell to Michigan State University and Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) member Nicholls State University. Nicholls had won two games the previous two seasons. Both their wins came against National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) member Evangel College.

WMU finished the non-conference portion of the schedule losing to No. 17 Northwestern followed by a 59–3 blowout loss to Iowa. The Broncos then lost their first four MAC games.

Western Michigan defeated Massachusetts 31–30 in week nine of the season after Massachusetts failed to convert a two-point conversion with 22 seconds left in the game that would have given the Minutemen the lead. [11]

The Broncos failed to win consecutive games losing to Eastern Michigan (EMU) 35–32 the following week in overtime. The loss occurred a day after EMU fired head coach Ron English. [12] The loss also eliminated WMU from winning the Michigan MAC Trophy.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 308:00 pmat Michigan State *
 BTN L 13–2671,214 [13]
September 77:00 pm Nicholls *
 ESPN3 L 23–2724,163 [14]
September 149:00 pmat No. 17 Northwestern *
BTNL 17–3833,128 [15]
September 21Noonat Iowa *
BTNL 3–5966,886 [16]
September 287:00 pm Kent State
  • Waldo Stadium
  • Kalamazoo, MI
ESPN3L 14–3215,503 [17]
October 53:00 pmat Toledo
ESPN3L 20–4717,621 [18]
October 122:00 pm Buffalo Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Waldo Stadium
  • Kalamazoo, MI
ESPN3L 0–3314,722 [19]
October 192:00 pm Ball State
  • Waldo Stadium
  • Kalamazoo, MI
ESPN3L 17–3810,274 [20]
October 263:00 pmat Massachusetts
ESPN3W 31–3020,571 [21]
November 91:00 pmat Eastern Michigan
ESPN3L 32–35 OT2,177 [12]
November 16Noon Central Michigan
ESPN Plus L 22–2722,071 [22]
November 267:00 pmat No. 18 Northern Illinois
ESPN2 L 14–3317,679 [23]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[24]

Awards

Donald Celiscar

Junior defensive back Donald Celiscar was named the MAC West Division Defensive Player of the Week for Week 1. He had 10 tackles and two pass breakups in WMU's 26–13 loss to Michigan State. [25]

Corey Davis

Freshman wide receiver Corey Davis was named to the Fred Biletnikoff Award watchlist after the third week of the season. [26] Through five games, Davis has 16 receptions for 335 yards and two touchdowns. [27]

Andrew Haldeman

Sophomore placekicker Andrew Haldeman was named the MAC West Division Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 9. Haldeman made a 36-yard field goal along with four extra points in the Broncos first win of the season, a 31–30 victory over Massachusetts. [28]

J. Schroeder

Sophomore punter J. Schroeder received an honorable mention from the College Football Performance Awards for Week 1. He punted the ball 11 times (third most in the nation for the week) and had the 11th longest punt in the nation for the week. [29] Schroeder was named 1 of 85 candidates for the 2013 Ray Guy Award. [30]

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