2013 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

The 2013 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team represented Jacksonville State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Bill Clark and played their home games at Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). Jacksonville Stat had a record of 11–4 on the season with a 5–3 mark in OVC play to finish in a tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs where they defeated Samford and McNeese State to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Eastern Washington.

2013 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 10
FCS CoachesNo. 12
2013 record11–4 (5–3 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJohn Grass (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorDuwan Walker (1st season)
Home stadiumJSU Stadium
(Capacity: 24,000)
2013 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 4 Eastern Illinois $^  8 0     12 2  
No. 17 Tennessee State ^  6 2     10 4  
No. 10 Jacksonville State ^  5 3     11 4  
UT Martin  5 3     7 5  
Eastern Kentucky  4 4     6 6  
Murray State  4 4     6 6  
Tennessee Tech  2 6     5 7  
Southeast Missouri State  2 6     3 9  
Austin Peay  0 8     0 12  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

On January 21, 2014, Clark resigned to become the head coach at UAB.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 315:00 pmat Alabama State*CSSW 24–221,580
September 76:00 pmJacksonville*WJXSW 48–1317,592
September 147:00 pmNorth Alabama*
  • JSU Stadium
  • Jacksonville, AL
WJXSW 24–21 2OT20,843
September 211:00 pmat Georgia State*ESPN3W 32–26 OT15,425
September 283:00 pmMurray State
  • JSU Stadium
  • Jacksonville, AL
WJXSL 34–35 OT14,382
October 53:00 pmat No. 22 UT MartinESPN3W 41–274,981
October 123:00 pmTennessee StateNo. 24
  • JSU Stadium
  • Jacksonville, AL
WJXSL 15–3119,092
October 261:30 pmat Tennessee TechOVCDNW 34–148,953
November 21:00 pmat Austin PeayOVCDNW 42–104,010
November 93:00 pmEastern Kentucky
  • JSU Stadium
  • Jacksonville, AL
WJXSW 68–1016,876
November 161:00 pmat No. 2 Eastern IllinoisNo. 22ESPN3L 14–526,693
November 233:00 pmSoutheast Missouri State
  • JSU Stadium
  • Jacksonville, AL
WJXSW 42–3412,927
November 307:00 pmNo. 18 Samford*No. 20
ESPN3W 55–148,992
December 76:00 pmat No. 6 McNeese State*No. 20ESPN3W 31–105,036
December 143:00 pmat No. 3 Eastern Washington*No. 20ESPN3L 24–354,277

Game summaries

@ Alabama State

Jacksonville State @ Alabama State
1 234Total
Gamecocks 0 0240 24
Hornets 0 6313 22

Jacksonville

Jacksonville @ Jacksonville State
1 234Total
Dolphins 7 303 13
Gamecocks 0 21243 48

North Alabama

North Alabama @ Jacksonville State
1 234OT2OTTotal
Lions 0 231330 21
Gamecocks 10 30533 24

@ Georgia State

Jacksonville State @ Georgia State
1 234OTTotal
Gamecocks 7 13336 32
Panthers 9 00170 26

Murray State

Murray State @ Jacksonville State
1 234OTTotal
Racers 10 10078 35
Gamecocks 0 101437 34

@ UT Martin

Jacksonville State @ UT Martin
1 234Total
Gamecocks 10 14314 41
#22 Skyhawks 7 3107 27

Tennessee State

Tennessee State @ Jacksonville State
1 234Total
Tigers 7 14010 31
#24 Gamecocks 6 072 15

@ Tennessee Tech

Jacksonville State @ Tennessee Tech
1 234Total
Gamecocks 7 1737 34
Golden Eagles 0 707 14

@ Austin Peay

Jacksonville State @ Austin Peay
1 234Total
Gamecocks 7 21140 42
Governors 0 370 10

Eastern Kentucky

Eastern Kentucky @ Jacksonville State
1 234Total
Colonels 3 070 10
Gamecocks 16 241414 68

@ Eastern Illinois

Jacksonville State @ Eastern Illinois
1 234Total
#22 Gamecocks 0 707 14
#2 Panthers 35 377 52

Southeast Missouri State

Southeast Missouri State @ Jacksonville State
1 234Total
Redhawks 6 0721 34
Gamecocks 21 7140 42

Samford

Samford @ Jacksonville State
1 234Total
#18 Bulldogs 0 077 14
#20 Gamecocks 17 21107 55

McNeese State

Jacksonville State @ McNeese State
1 234Total
#20 Gamecocks 7 1437 31
#6 Cowboys 0 037 10

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final 
Sports Network RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 RV RV RV RV 22 RV 20 10 
Coaches RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 RV RV RV RV 23 RV 21 12

References

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