2013 Morgan State Bears football team
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| No. 16 Bethune–Cookman +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 South Carolina State +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morgan State | 5 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware State | 5 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina A&T | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hampton | 4 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina Central | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norfolk State | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida A&M | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Savannah State | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2013 Morgan State Bears football team represented Morgan State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 13th-year head coach Donald Hill-Eley and played their home games at Hughes Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).
Morgan State entered the 2013 with a new coordinators on both sides of the ball. Greg Gregory joined the team as the new offensive coordinator. Gregory came to Morgan State after being out of football in 2012. He was the offensive coordinator at the University of South Alabama from 2009 to 2011 and has previously been a head coach at Missouri Southern State University from 1998 to 1999. Jerry Holmes joined as the defensive coordinator. Holmes previously served as head coach at Hampton University in 2008 and has coached as defensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns (1999–2000), Washington Redskins (2001), San Diego Chargers (2002–2003), and Hampton (2004–2007).[1]
The Bears entered the 2013 season having been picked to finish ninth in the 2013 season.[2] Morgan State hoped to prove those predictions wrong with their 3 second All-MEAC Pre-season members.[3]
They finished the season 5–7, 5–3 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for third place. At the end of the season, Hill-Eley was fired.
Schedule
August 307:00 PMat Army*
CBSSNL 12–28 24,245 September 712:00 PMat Robert Morris*
L 14–31 1,485 September 147:00 PMat Liberty*
LFSNL 10–38 15,488 September 217:00 PMat WKU*
L 17–58 20,973 September 281:00 PMNorfolk State
L 21–27 856
October 51:00 PMFlorida A&M
- Hughes Stadium
- Baltimore, MD
W 34–21 1,259 October 192:00 PMat North Carolina Central
W 34–22 11,763 October 261:00 PMat Howard
L 14–28 7,053 November 21:00 PMHampton
- Hughes Stadium
- Baltimore, MD
W 30–27 5,789 November 91:00 PMNorfth Carolina A&T
- Hughes Stadium
- Baltimore, MD
W 24–23 6,478 November 147:30 PMat South Carolina State
ESPNUL 3–38 8,053 November 232:00 PMat Delaware State
W 31–26 1,394
- Source: Schedule
References
- ^ Haynes, Leonard (April 5, 2013). "Hill Announces New Members of Coaching Staff". MSU Athletics Media Relations. Baltimore, Maryland. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
- ^ McCann, John (July 26, 2013). "NCCU picked to finish 4th in MEAC, B.C. No. 1". The Herald-Sun (Durham, North Carolina). Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ^ Buchanan, Josh. "Phil Steele's College Football Preview". JBScouting.com. Retrieved September 9, 2013.