2013 Tennessee State Tigers football team
Appearance
2013 Tennessee State Tigers football | |
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Black college national champion | |
NCAA Division I Second Round, L 10–51 vs. Eastern Illinois | |
Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
Ranking | |
Sports Network | No. 17 |
FCS Coaches | No. 17 |
Record | 10–4 (6–2 OVC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Mike Jones (4th season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Osita Alaribe (3rd season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Justin Roberts (3rd season) |
Home stadium | LP Field Hale Stadium |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2013 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) 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 and at Hale Stadium. Tennessee State finished the season 10–4 overall and 6–2 in OVC play to place second. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where they defeated Butler in the first round before losing to Eastern Illinois in the second round.
Schedule
[edit]Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 7:00 pm | No. 23 Bethune–Cookman* | ESPN3 | L 9–12 | 16,108 | ||
September 7 | 2:00 pm | at Florida A&M* | W 27–7 | 14,237 | |||
September 14 | 6:00 pm | vs. Jackson State* | FSSO | W 26–16 | 42,400 | ||
September 21 | 7:00 pm | at Tennessee Tech | ESPN3 | W 41–21 | 10,044 | ||
September 28 | 2:00 pm | vs. Central State (OH)* | W 73–6 | 22,000 | |||
October 5 | 6:00 pm | Southeast Missouri State |
| OVCDN | W 40–16 | 7,374 | |
October 12 | 3:00 pm | at No. 24 Jacksonville State | OVCDN | W 31–15 | 19,092 | ||
October 19 | 1:00 pm | at UT Martin | No. 24 | OVCDN | W 29–15 | 4,166 | |
October 26 | 4:00 pm | No. 3 Eastern Illinois | No. 21 |
| OVCDN | L 16–34 | 22,157 |
November 2 | 1:00 pm | at Eastern Kentucky | No. 23 | ESPN3 | L 0–44 | 5,700 | |
November 9 | 2:00 pm | Austin Peay |
| OVCDN | W 31–6 | 5,258 | |
November 16 | 2:00 pm | Murray State |
| OVCDN | W 17–10 | 6,412 | |
November 30 | 12:00 pm | at Butler* | No. 19 | ESPN3 | W 31–0 | 1,928 | |
December 7 | 1:00 pm | at No. 2 Eastern Illinois* | No. 19 |
| ESPN3 | L 10–51 | 4,825 |
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