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2013 McNeese State Cowboys football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 11
FCS CoachesNo. 9
Record10–3 (6–1 Southland)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTim Leger (7th season)
Defensive coordinatorLance Guidry (1st season)
Home stadiumCowboy Stadium
Seasons
← 2012
2014 →
2013 Southland Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 6 Southeastern Louisiana $^   7 – 0     11 – 3  
No. 11 McNeese State ^   6 – 1     10 – 3  
No. 14 Sam Houston State ^   4 – 3     9 – 5  
Central Arkansas   4 – 3     7 – 5  
Northwestern State   3 – 4     6 – 6  
Lamar   2 – 5     5 – 7  
Nicholls State   1 – 6     4 – 8  
Stephen F. Austin   1 – 6     3 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2013 McNeese State Cowboys football team represented McNeese State University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Matt Viator, the Cowboys compiled an overall record of 10–3 with a mark of 6–1 in conference play, placing second in the Southland. McNeese State received an at-large bid to NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where, after a first-round bye, the Cowboys lost in the second round to Jacksonville State. The team played home games at Cowboy Stadium in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:00 pmat South Florida*
ESPN3W 53–2135,470
September 77:30 pmArkansas-Pine Bluff*No. 18
CSNHW 58–1415,217
September 147:00 pmWest Alabama*No. 13
  • Cowboy Stadium
  • Lake Charles, LA
W 44–4210,107
September 217:00 pmWeber State*No. 12
  • Cowboy Stadium
  • Lake Charles, LA
W 43–68,893
September 284:00 pmat No. 5 Northern Iowa*No. 9
L 6–4112,325
October 53:00 pmat No. 14 Central ArkansasNo. 11
SLCTVW 59–2810,247
October 197:00 pmNo. 2 Sam Houston StateNo. 9
  • Cowboy Stadium
  • Lake Charles, LA
ESPN3W 31–2315,352
October 263:00 pmat Nicholls StateNo. 4
W 55–305,988
November 27:00 pmNo. 25 Southeastern LouisianaNo. 4
  • Cowboy Stadium
  • Lake Charles, LA
L 7–4114,898
November 93:00 pmat Stephen F. AustinNo. 11
W 69–386,312
November 167:00 pmNorthwestern StateNo. 9
  • Cowboy Stadium
  • Lake Charles, LA (rivalry)
ESPN3W 43–1715,003
November 233:00 pmat LamarNo. 6
W 42–387,627
December 76:00 pmNo. 20 Jacksonville State*No. 6
ESPN3L 10–315,036

[1][2]

Game summaries[edit]

South Florida[edit]

See also: South Florida Bulls football and 2013 South Florida Bulls football team
McNeese State at USF
1 234Total
• Cowboys 2 311010 53
Bulls 7 077 21
Sources:
Scoring summary
112:47USFMarcus Shaw 80-yard touchdown run, Marvin Kloss kick goodUSF 7–0
17:55MCN30-yard Team SafetyUSF 7–2
211:02MCNKelvin Bennett 7-yard touchdown run, Ryan Rome kick goodMCN 9–7
210:38MCNDylan Long 7-yard touchdown run, Ryan Rome kick goodMCN 16–7
26:47MCNNic Jacobs 22-yard touchdown pass from Cody Stroud, Ryan Rome kick goodMCN 23–7
23:13MCNJean Breaux 47-yard Field GoalMCN 26–7
20:12MCNGuy Morgan 76-yard Interception return for a touchdown, Ryan Rome kick goodMCN 33–7
312:46MCNDylan Long 1-yard touchdown run, Ryan Rome kick goodMCN 40–7
311:23USFStephen Bravo-Brown 59-yard touchdown pass from Bobby Eveld, Marvin Kloss kick goodMCN 40–14
34:23MCNRyan Rome 32-yard Field GoalMCN 43–14
413:57USFAndre Davis 7-yard touchdown pass from Bobby Eveld, Marvin Kloss kick goodMCN 43–21
412:59MCNNic Jacobs 22-yard touchdown pass from Cody Stroud, Ryan Rome kick goodMCN 50–21
45:37MCNRyan Rome 24-yard Field GoalMCN 53–21

McNeese State received $400,000 to play the upper division (FBS) USF Bulls to open the 2013 season for both programs.[3] The Bulls prior record as an FBS team playing against FCS teams was 23–0; USF was a 20.5 point favorite before the game.[3][4] The Cowboys spoiled Willie Taggart's debut as the Bulls' head coach, winning 53–21. The 32-point margin was the largest margin of victory by any FCS team over an FBS team since Division I was split into FBS and FCS in 1978.[4]

Arkansas-Pine Bluff[edit]

See also: Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football and 2013 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team
Arkansas–Pine Bluff at McNeese State
1 234Total
Golden Lions 7 700 14
• #18 Cowboys 14 23147 58
  • Date: September 7
  • Location: Cowboy Stadium
    Lake Charles, LA
  • Game start: 7:37 PM CST
  • Elapsed time: 2:48
  • Game attendance: 15,217
  • Game weather: 82 °F (28 °C), Cloudy, Winds SSW @ 6mph
  • Referee: Ken Ray
  • TV announcers (CSNH): David Saltzman, ND Kalu & Bart Enis
Sources:
Scoring summary
111:40MCNMarcus Wiltz 12-yard touchdown run, Ryan Rome kick goodMCN 7–0
16:00UAPBJamie Smith 7-yard touchdown run, Tyler Strickland kick goodTied 7–7
10:24MCNDylan Long 1-yard touchdown run, Ryan Rome kick goodMCN 14–7
214:30UAPBJeremiah Young 2-yard touchdown run, Tyler Strickland kick goodTied 14–14
212:32MCNTyler Bolfing 7-yard touchdown run, Ryan Rome kick goodMCN 21–14
211:42MCN1-yard Team SafetyMCN 23–14
210:11MCNMarcus Wiltz 22-yard touchdown run, Ryan Rome kick goodMCN 30–14
20:41MCNMarcus Wiltz 6-yard touchdown run, Ryan Rome kick goodMCN 37–14
314:12MCNErnest Celestie 33-yard touchdown pass from Cody Stroud, Ryan Rome kick goodMCN 44–14
31:56MCNDylan Long 12-yard touchdown pass from Cody Stroud, Ryan Rome kick goodMCN 51–14
49:58MCNJontrey Tillman 9-yard touchdown run, Ryan Rome kick goodMCN 58–14

West Alabama[edit]

See also: West Alabama Tigers football
West Alabama at McNeese State
1 234Total
Tigers 14 7147 42
• #13 Cowboys 14 10713 44
  • Date: September 14
  • Location: Cowboy Stadium
    Lake Charles, LA
  • Game start: 7:00 PM CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:05
  • Game attendance: 10,107
  • Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C), Partly Cloudy, Winds E @ 6mph
  • Referee: Ross Smith
Sources:
Scoring summary
114:48UWAChad Toocheck 75-yard touchdown pass from Kyle Caldwell, Mark Grant kick goodUWA 7–0
110:35MCNZach Hetrick 3-yard touchdown pass from Cody Stroud, Ryan Rome kick goodTied 7–7
17:40UWASeth Roberts 26-yard touchdown pass from Kyle Caldwell, Mark Grant kick goodUWA 14–7
11:49MCNWes Briscoe 16-yard touchdown pass from Cody Stroud, Ryan Rome kick goodTied 14–14
213:11UWAGary Johnston 1-yard touchdown run, Mark Grant kick goodUWA 21–14
210:39MCNRyan Rome 31-yard Field GoalUWA 21–17
24:17MCNNic Jacobs 4-yard touchdown pass from Cody Stroud, Ryan Rome kick goodMCN 24–21
312:49UWATy Morgan 57-yard touchdown pass from Kyle Caldwell, Mark Grant kick goodUWA 28–24
36:34MCNDylan Long 1-yard touchdown run, Ryan Rome kick goodMCN 31–28
30:22UWAKedrick Rhodes 29-yard touchdown run, Mark Grant kick goodUWA 35–31
412:58MCNJereon McGilvery 28-yard touchdown pass from Cody Stroud, Ryan Rome kick goodMCN 38–35
43:41UWAGary Johnston 2-yard touchdown run, Mark Grant kick goodUWA 42–38
40:46MCNDiontae Spencer 20-yard touchdown pass from Cody Stroud, Ryan Rome kick blockedMCN 44–42

Weber State[edit]

See also: Weber State Wildcats football and 2013 Weber State Wildcats football team
Weber State at McNeese State
1 234Total
Wildcats 6 000 6
• #12 Cowboys 7 101313 43
  • 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:
Scoring summary
19:41WSUCam Livingston 48-yard touchdown pass from Austin Chipoletti, Austin Chipoletti rush failedWSU 6–0
12:55MCNWallace Scott 69-yard Interception returned for a touchdown, Ryan Rome kick goodMCN 7–6
214:45MCNKelvin Bennett 48-yard touchdown run, Ryan Rome kick goodMCN 14–6
25:40MCNRyan Rome 35-yard Field GoalMCN 17–6
37:15MCNErnest Celestie 43-yard touchdown pass from Cody Stroud, Ryan Rome kick goodMCN 24–6
31:36MCNMarcus Wiltz 11-yard touchdown run, Ryan Rome kick blockedMCN 30–6
414:49MCNErnest Celestie 60-yard touchdown run, Ryan Rome kick failedMCN 36–6
49:55MCNKelvin Bennett 50-yard touchdown run, Jean Breaux kick goodMCN 43–6

Northern Iowa[edit]

See also: Northern Iowa Panthers football and 2013 Northern Iowa Panthers football team
McNeese State at Northern Iowa
1 234Total
#9 Cowboys 0 060 6
• #5 Panthers 7 101410 41
Sources:

Central Arkansas[edit]

See also: 2012 Central Arkansas Bears football team
McNeese State at Central Arkansas
1 234Total
• #11 Cowboys 7 35710 59
#14 Bears 7 1470 28
Sources:

Sam Houston State[edit]

See also: Sam Houston State Bearkats football and 2013 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team
McNeese State at Sam Houston State
1 234Total
#9 Cowboys 0 000 0
#2 Bearkats 0 000 0
Sources:

Nicholls State[edit]

See also: Nicholls State Colonels football and 2013 Nicholls State Colonels football team
McNeese State at Nicholls State
1 234Total
Cowboys 0 000 0
Colonels 0 000 0
Sources:

Southeastern Louisiana[edit]

See also: Southeastern Louisiana Lions football and 2013 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team
Southeastern Louisiana at McNeese State
1 234Total
Lions 0 000 0
Cowboys 0 000 0
  • Date: November 2
  • Location: Cowboy Stadium
    Lake Charles, LA
Sources:

Stephen F. Austin[edit]

See also: Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football and 2013 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team
McNeese State at Stephen F. Austin
1 234Total
• #11 Cowboys 21 24177 69
Lumberjacks 24 077 38
Sources:
Scoring summary
19:37SFATyler Boyd 62-yard touchdown pass from Brady Attaway, Jordan Wiggs kickSFA 7–0
19:25MCNSDiontae Spencer 93-yard kickoff return, Ryan Rome kickTied 7–7
17:16SFAJordan Wiggs 20-yard field goalSFA 10–7
15:07SFATyler Boyd 17-yard touchdown pass from Brady Attaway, Jordan Wiggs kickSFA 17–7
14:53MCNSDiontae Spencer 85-yard kickoff return, Ryan Rome kickSFA 17–14
14:39SFAMike Brooks 100-yard kickoff return, Jordan Wiggs kickSFA 24–14
12:09MCNSMarcus Wiltz 2-yard touchdown run, Ryan Rome kickSFA 24–21
28:08MCNSErnest Celestie 71-yard touchdown pass from Cody Stroud, Ryan Rome kickMCNS 28–24
27:24MCNSZack Hetrick 4-yard touchdown pass from Cody Stroud, Ryan Rome kickMCNS 35–24
22:37MCNSDiontae Spencer 10-yard touchdown pass from Cody Stroud, Ryan Rome kickMCNS 42–24
20:05MCNSRyan Rome 22-yard field goalMCNS 45–24
37:54MCNSRyan Rome 23-yard field goalMCNS 48–24
37:20SFAMarquis Mosley 51-yard touchdown pass from Tyler Boyd, Jordan Wiggs kickMCNS 48–31
35:29MCNSDylan Long 1-yard touchdown run, Ryan Rome kickMCNS 55–31
33:29MCNSDiontae Spencer 9-yard touchdown pass from Cody Stroud, Ryan Rome kickMCNS 62–31
48:36MCNSDiontae Spencer 35-yard punt return, Ryan Rome kickMCNS 69–31
43:38MCNSBraxton Beardon 11-yard pass from Joe Minden, Jordan Wiggs kickMCNS 69–38

Northwestern State[edit]

See also: Northwestern State Demons football and 2013 Northwestern State Demons football team
Northwestern State at McNeese State
1 234Total
Demons 0 000 0
Cowboys 0 000 0
  • Date: November 16
  • Location: Cowboy Stadium
    Lake Charles, LA
  • Television network: ESPN3
Sources:

Lamar[edit]

See also: Lamar Cardinals football and 2013 Lamar Cardinals football team
McNeese State at Lamar
1 234Total
Demons 0 000 0
Cowboys 0 000 0
Sources:

Ranking movements[edit]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
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Media[edit]

All McNeese State games were broadcast on Gator 99.5 FM. KVHP 30.2 is the local affiliate for SLC TV and aired McNeese State games on SLC TV.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "McNeese Cowboys Schedule 2013". ESPN. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  2. ^ "2013 Football Schedule". McNeese State University Athletics. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Auman, Greg (August 31, 2013). "McNeese State Hands USF Bulls Humbling Loss". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  4. ^ a b Auman, Greg (August 31, 2013). "McNeese State Ranks Among USF Bulls' Worst Losses". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
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