2013 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

2013 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 7–26 vs. South Dakota State
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 15
FCS Coaches	No. 15
Record	9–3 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jerome Souers (16th season)
Offensive coordinator	Rich Scangarello (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Andy Thompson (5th season)
Home stadium	Walkup Skydome

2013 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
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 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 16th-year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 9–3, 7–1 in Big Sky play to finish in second place. They were received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to South Dakota State.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	8:00 pm	at Arizona*	No. 18	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	P12N	L 0–35	53,793
September 14	7:00 pm	at UC Davis*	No. 25	Aggie Stadium Davis, CA	BSTV	W 21–10	4,932
September 21	4:00 pm	South Dakota*	No. 25	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	FSAZ+/NAU-TV/BSTV	W 22–16	7,855
September 28	6:00 pm	No. 7 Montana	No. 24	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	Audience	W 34–16	12,640
October 5	2:35 pm	at No. 8 Montana State	No. 15	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	ESPN3	L 7–36	21,027
October 12	7:05 pm	at Sacramento State	No. 19	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	BSTV	W 39–38	6,108
October 19	4:00 pm	Idaho State	No. 19	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	FSAZ+/NAU-TV/BSTV	W 39–30	8,242
October 26	6:05 pm	at Cal Poly	No. 16	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	BSTV	W 17–13	9,882
November 2	3:00 pm	North Dakota	No. 14	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	FSAZ+/NAU-TV/BSTV	W 48–27	4,895
November 16	12:00 pm	Northern Colorado	No. 12	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	FSAZ+/NAU-TV/BSTV	W 24–7	6,737
November 23	1:05 pm	at No. 20 Southern Utah	No. 10	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT (Grand Canyon Rivalry)	BSTV	W 20–10	2,521
November 30	6:00 pm	No. 13 South Dakota State*	No. 8	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN3	L 7–26	5,077
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with UC Davis on September 14 is considered a non conference game and will have no effect on the Big Sky Standings.

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Sports Network	18	22	25	25	24	15	19	19	16	14	14	12	10	8	15
Coaches	18	24	24	22	22	17	21	21	19	14	14	13	12	9	15