2013 Weber State Wildcats football team

2013 Weber State Wildcats football
2013 Weber State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	2–10 (1–7 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jody Sears (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Robin Pflugrad (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Eric Lewis (1st season)
Home stadium	Stewart Stadium; (Capacity: 17,312)
	Seasons ← 2012 2014 →

2013 Big Sky Conference football standings
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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

The 2013 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Jody Sears returned as the head coach for the 2013 season, after being the interim head coach during 2012,^[1] and will be working with a new offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator in Robin Pflugrad and Eric Lewis.^[2] Weber State played their home games at Stewart Stadium. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 2–10, 1–7 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for 11th place.

On November 26, head coach Jody Sears was fired after a two-season record of 4–19. It was part of Sears' three-year contract, signed after his first year as interim head coach, that he could be fired without compensation if the Wildcats failed to win four games in a season.^[3]

Roster

2013 Weber State Wildcats football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Jody Sears (Washington State)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Robin Pflugrad (Portland State)
Offensive Coordinator
Eric Lewis (San Diego State)
Defensive Coordinator
Steve Morton (Washington State)
Assistant Head Coach, Offensive Line
Jason Belford (Washington State)
Defensive Line
Justin Rascati (James Madison)
Quarterbacks
Ryan Smaha (Eastern Oregon)
Special Teams
Ted Stanley (Utah)
Tight Ends
Craig Stutzmann (Hawaiʻi)
Wide Receivers
Colton Swan (Weber State)
Linebackers

^[4]

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 9, 2013

Media

All Wildcats games can be heard on KLO (Ogden) and KLO (Salt Lake City), nicknamed KLO AM/FM. KLO is a move from the previous radio broadcast group of 1280 AM, but radio broadcasts will still be done online via Big Sky TV for non-televised home games and on KLOradio.com for all games. Carl Arky and Ty Sparrow will call every game.^[5]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 PM	Stephen F. Austin*	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	BSTV	W 50–40	6,181
September 7	12:00 PM	at Utah*	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	L 7–70	45,053
September 14	6:00 PM	at Utah State*	Romney Stadium Logan, UT	ESPN3	L 6–70	25,513
September 21	6:00 PM	at No. 12 McNeese State*	Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA		L 6–43	8,893
September 28	6:00 PM	Sacramento State	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	BSTV	L 3–31	6,610
October 5	5:00 PM	at No. 6 Eastern Washington	Roos Field Cheney, WA	BSTV	L 19–41	9,734
October 12	7:00 PM	at Cal Poly	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	BSTV	L 0–47	5,824
October 19	5:00 PM	No. 5 Montana State	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	RTUT	L 16–34	5,616
November 2	2:00 PM	at Portland State	Jeld-Wen Field Portland, OR	BSTV	L 24–45	4,285
November 9	1:00 PM	Southern Utah	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	BSTV	L 21–27	4,978
November 16	12:00 PM	at No. 7 Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	ESPN3	L 6–42	23,609
November 23	1:00 PM	Idaho State	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	BSTV	W 32–7	5,396
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Game summaries

Stephen F. Austin

Stephen F. Austin at Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	7	3	17	13	40
• Wildcats	23	0	20	7	50

Date: August 31
Location: Stewart Stadium
Ogden, UT
Game start: 6:05 PM MST
Elapsed time: 3:30
Game attendance: 6,181
Game weather: 86 °F (30 °C), Sunny, winds calm
Referee: Jim Crowley
TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Carl Arky and Ty Sparrow

Sources:^[6]

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First Meeting

Utah

Weber State at Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	7	0	7
• Utes	14	35	14	7	70

Date: September 7
Location: Rice-Eccles Stadium
Salt Lake City, UT
Game start: 12:07 PM MST
Elapsed time: 3:06
Game attendance: 45,053
Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C), Partly Cloudy, winds WNW @ 8mph
Referee: Land Clark
TV announcers (Pac-12): Matt McConnell and Jamal Anderson

Sources:^[7]

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	2008	Utah, 37–21

Utah State

Weber State at Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	0	6	6
• Aggies	21	28	21	0	70

Date: September 14
Location: Romney Stadium
Logan, UT
Game start: 6:04 MST
Elapsed time: 3:05
Game attendance: 25,513
Game weather: Warm and Muggy
Referee: Eddy Shelton
TV announcers (ESPN3): Joel Meyers & Kevin O'Connell

Sources:

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–12	2011	Utah State, 54–17

McNeese State

Weber State at McNeese State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	6	0	0	0	6
• #12 Cowboys	7	10	13	13	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:

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2012	McNeese State, 35–21

Sacramento State

Sacramento State at Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Hornets	0	14	17	0	31
Wildcats	0	0	3	0	3

Date: September 28
Location: Stewart Stadium
Ogden, UT
TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Carl Arky and Ty Sparrow

Sources:

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–6	2012	Sacramento State, 19–14

Eastern Washington

Weber State at Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	6	6	0	7	19
• #6 Eagles	13	14	14	0	41

Date: October 5
Location: Roos Field
Cheney, WA
Game attendance: 9,734
Television network: Big Sky TV

Sources:

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–17	2012	Eastern Washington, 32–26

Cal Poly

Weber State at Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0
• Mustangs	6	14	14	13	47

Date: October 12
Location: Alex G. Spanos Stadium
San Luis Obispo, CA
Television network: Big Sky TV

Sources:

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–4	2012	Cal Poly, 45–23

Montana State

Montana State at Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	0	0	0	0	0
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0

Date: October 19
Location: Stewart Stadium
Ogden, UT
Television network: ROOT

Sources:

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–28–1	2012	Montana State, 44–24

Portland State

Weber State at Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0
Vikings	0	0	0	0	0

Date: November 2
Location: Jeld-Wen Field
Portland, OR
Television network: Big Sky TV

Sources:

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–12	2012	Weber State, 48–33

Southern Utah

Southern Utah at Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	0	0	0	0	0
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0

Date: November 9
Location: Stewart Stadium
Ogden, UT
TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Carl Arky and Ty Sparrow

Sources:

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–5–1	2012	Weber State, 24–22

Montana

Weber State at Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0
Grizzlies	0	0	0	0	0

Date: November 16
Location: Washington–Grizzly Stadium
Missoula, MT
Television network: ESPN3

Sources:

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–39	2012	Montana, 24–21

Idaho State

Idaho State at Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	0	0	0	0
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0

Date: November 23
Location: Stewart Stadium
Ogden, UT
TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Carl Arky and Ty Sparrow

Sources:

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
38–14	2012	Weber State, 40–14

References

^ "Sears Promoted to Weber State Head Coach". Fox News. November 21, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
^ "Pflugard Officially Named OC at Weber State". Missoulian. February 14, 2013. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Weber State Men's Football Staff". Weber State Athletics. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
^ "Weber State broadcast Home Changes". The Salt Lake Tribune. July 1, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
^ "Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks at Weber State Wildcats (August 31, 2013)". Statbroadcast.com. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
^ "Weber State Wildcats at Utah Utes (September 7, 2013)". Statbroadcast.com. Retrieved September 7, 2013.

External links

2013 Weber State Football Schedule

[1] "Sears Promoted to Weber State Head Coach". Fox News. November 21, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2012.

[2] "Pflugard Officially Named OC at Weber State". Missoulian. February 14, 2013. Retrieved February 14, 2013.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "Weber State Men's Football Staff". Weber State Athletics. Retrieved September 9, 2013.

[5] "Weber State broadcast Home Changes". The Salt Lake Tribune. July 1, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013.

[stephenfaustingamestats-6] "Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks at Weber State Wildcats (August 31, 2013)". Statbroadcast.com. Retrieved August 31, 2013.

[utahgamestats-7] "Weber State Wildcats at Utah Utes (September 7, 2013)". Statbroadcast.com. Retrieved September 7, 2013.

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