# 2013 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

The 2013 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth year head coach Ed Lamb and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum. This was their second year as a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a four way tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Sam Houston State.

## Schedule

The 2013 schedule was the first 12-game schedule in Thunderbirds history. Even though the Thunderbirds played 9 conference opponents, only 8 of the games counted as conference games. The series with Sacramento State was scheduled before Southern Utah became a member of the Big Sky and did not count as a conference game for either team.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 29 | 5:30 pm | at South Alabama* | | Ladd–Peebles StadiumMobile, AL | ESPN3 | W 22–21 | 15,240 |
| September 7 | 6:05 pm | Fort Lewis* | | Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT | BSTV | W 49–0 | 5,872 |
| September 14 | 4:30 pm | at Washington State* | | Martin StadiumPullman, WA | P12N | L 10–48 | 31,127 |
| September 21 | 7:05 pm | at Sacramento State* | | Hornet StadiumSacramento, CA | BSTV | W 24–21 $^{OT}$ | 5,612 |
| September 28 | 1:35 pm | at Northern Colorado | | Nottingham FieldGreeley, CO | BSTV | W 27–21 | 4,361 |
| October 5 | 1:05 pm | UC Davis | | Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT | BSTV | L 3–21 | 3,558 |
| October 12 | 2:05 pm | Portland State | | Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT | BSTV | W 17–7 | 6,539 |
| October 19 | 6:05 pm | at No. 4 Eastern Washington | | Roos FieldCheney, WA | BSTV | L 10–34 | 10,135 |
| October 26 | 1:05 pm | Idaho State | | Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT | BSTV | W 19–9 | 3,342 |
| November 9 | 1:00 pm | at Weber State | | Stewart StadiumOgden, UT | BSTV | W 27–21 | 4,978 |
| November 16 | 4:00 pm | at No. 8 Montana State | | Bobcat StadiumBozeman, MT | ESPN3 | W 22–14 | 18,187 |
| November 23 | 1:05 pm | No. 10 Northern Arizona | No. 20 | Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT (Grand Canyon Rivalry) | BSTV | L 10–20 | 2,521 |
| November 30 | 1:00 pm | at No. 14 Sam Houston State | No. 22 | Bowers StadiumHuntsville, TX (NCAA Division I First Round) | ESPN3 | L 20–51 | 4,069 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Mountain time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### South Alabama

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Thunderbirds | 10 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| Jaguars | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Ft. Lewis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Skyhawks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • Thunderbirds | 21 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 49 |

### Washington State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Thunderbirds | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| • Cougars | 14 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 48 |

### Sacramento State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| • Thunderbirds | 0 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 24 |
| Hornets | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |

### Northern Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Thunderbirds | 3 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| Bears | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### UC Davis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Aggies | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Thunderbirds | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

### Portland State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| • Thunderbirds | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |

### Eastern Washington

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Thunderbirds | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| • #4 Eagles | 14 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 34 |

### Idaho State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bengals | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| • Thunderbirds | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 19 |

### Weber State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Thunderbirds | 0 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 27 |
| Wildcats | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |

### Montana State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Thunderbirds | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 |
| #8 Bobcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |

### Northern Arizona

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Lumberjacks | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 20 |
| #20 Thunderbirds | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |

## FCS Playoffs
### At Sam Houston State (FCS Playoffs First Round)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #22 Thunderbirds | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| • #14 Bearkats | 7 | 16 | 7 | 21 | 51 |

## Media

All Thunderbirds football games were broadcast live on KSUU. They were streamed online at power91radio. All conference road games and all home games not on Root were streamed via Big Sky TV.