2013 Northern Colorado Bears football team

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.

2013 Northern Colorado Bears football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
2013 record1–11 (0–8 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMichael Armour (3rd season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorZach Shay (3rd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumNottingham Field
(Capacity: 6,500)
2013 Big Sky Conference football standings
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

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 311:35 pmLangston*
BSTVW 31–104,311
September 71:35 pmNo. 6 (D-II)[2] CSU–Pueblo*
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
BSTVL 36–414,619
September 142:00 pmat Wyoming*
L 7–3519,091
September 211:35 pmNo. 7 Northern Iowa*
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
BSTVL 7–263,025
September 281:35 pmSouthern Utah
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
BSTVL 21–274,361
October 57:05 pmat Sacramento State
BSTVL 21–379,012
October 123:00 pmat Idaho State
BSTVL 26–404,574
October 191:35 pmUC Davis
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
BSTVL 18–344,196
November 212:05 pmNo. 5 Montana State
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
RTRML 28–353,478
November 912:00 pmat North Dakota
BSTVL 21–245,984
November 1612:00 pmat No. 12 Northern Arizona
NAU-TV/BSTVL 7–246,737
November 2312:05 pmCal Poly
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
BSTVL 14–422,774

Game summaries

Langston
1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 3 0 0 7 10
Bears 0 10 14 7 31
See also: Langston Lions football

CSU-Pueblo
1 2 3 4 Total
#2 (D-II) Thunderwolves 0 28 6 7 41
Bears 3 20 6 7 36
See also: CSU-Pueblo ThunderWolves football

@ Wyoming
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 0 7 7
Cowboys 0 21 0 14 35
See also: 2013 Wyoming Cowboys football team

Northern Iowa
1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Panthers 7 3 3 13 26
Bears 0 0 7 0 7
See also: 2013 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

Southern Utah
1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 3 14 7 3 27
Bears 0 7 7 7 21
See also: 2013 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

@ Sacramento State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 7 7 0 7 21
Hornets 10 21 6 0 37
See also: 2013 Sacramento State Hornets football team

@ Idaho State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 16 7 3 26
Bengals 7 20 10 3 40
See also: 2013 Idaho State Bengals football team

UC Davis
1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 14 10 7 3 34
Bears 0 0 7 11 18
See also: 2013 UC Davis Aggies football team

Montana State
1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Bobcats 14 7 6 8 35
Bears 7 7 0 14 28
See also: 2013 Montana State Bobcats football team

@ North Dakota
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 7 0 14 0 21
UND 0 6 10 8 24
See also: 2013 University of North Dakota football team

@ Northern Arizona
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 0 7 7
#12 Lumberjacks 3 7 7 7 24
See also: 2013 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

Cal Poly
1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 0 21 7 14 42
Bears 0 0 7 7 14
See also: 2013 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2014-08-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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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