2013 Tennessee State Tigers football team

The 2013 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Rod Reed and played their home games at LP Field, with one home game played at Hale Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 10–4, 6–2 in OVC play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Butler to advance to the second round where they lost to Eastern Illinois.

2013 Tennessee State Tigers football
Black college football national champions
FCS Playoffs Second Round vs. Eastern Illinois, L 10–51
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 17
FCS CoachesNo. 17
2013 record10–4 (6–2 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Jones
Co-defensive coordinatorOsita Alaribe
Co-defensive coordinatorJustin Roberts
Home stadiumLP Field
(Capacity: 69,143)
Hale Stadium
(Capacity: 18,000)
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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 pmNo. 23 Bethune-Cookman*ESPN3L 9–1216,108
September 72:00 pmat Florida A&M*W 27–714,237
September 146:00 pmvs. Jackson State*FSSOW 26–1642,400
September 217:00 pmat Tennessee TechESPN3W 41–2110,044
September 282:00 pmvs. Central State*W 73–622,000
October 56:00 pmSoutheast Missouri State
  • LP Field
  • Nashville, TN
OVCDNW 40–167,374
October 123:00 pmat No. 24 Jacksonville StateOVCDNW 31–1519,092
October 191:00 pmat UT MartinNo. 24OVCDNW 29–154,166
October 264:00 pmNo. 3 Eastern IllinoisNo. 21
  • LP Field
  • Nashville, TN
OVCDNL 16–3422,157
November 21:00 pmat Eastern KentuckyNo. 23ESPN3L 0–445,700
November 92:00 pmAustin PeayOVCDNW 31–65,258
November 162:00 pmMurray State
  • LP Field
  • Nashville, TN
OVCDNW 17–106,412
November 3012:00 pmat Butler*No. 19ESPN3W 31–01,928
December 71:00 pmat No. 2 Eastern Illinois*No. 19ESPN3L 10–514,825

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