# 2013 Lamar Cardinals football team

The 2013 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Cardinals were led by fourth-year head coach Ray Woodard and played their home games at Provost Umphrey Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 2–4 in Southland play to finish in sixth place.

## Media

All Cardinals football games were broadcast on KLVI AM 560 as part of the Lamar Cardinals Radio Network. At least 3 games, including 2 road games, were broadcast on Fox 4 KBTV as the Cardinals completed the fourth year of a five-year deal granting exclusive broadcast rights to select Cardinals games to KBTV. SLC TV will cover 1 game (with a possible option for a 2nd game to end the season), CSN Houston will cover 1 game, and ESPN3 will cover 1 game in addition to the KBTV games. Cardinals SLC TV games will air locally on KUIL-LD.

## Before the season
### 2013 recruits

Lamar signed 20 players on national letter of intent day. Recruits are listed here. Player profiles for each recruit are available at the signing day link below.
College recruiting information (2013) :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: Not Ranked Rivals: Not Ranked ESPN: Not Ranked |||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2013 Player Commitments – Lamar". ESPN.com. "2013 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. |||||||

### 3rd Crawfish Bowl

The 3rd Annual Red-White Crayfish Bowl was held Saturday, April 16 at 7 PM. The team was divided into a red and white team, and 4 12-minute quarters were played.
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| • Red | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| White | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
The Crawfish Bowl would need overtime to decide the winner. Just as in 2012, it was a Ryan Mossakowski pass that would determine the winner. In overtime, on 2nd and 10, a Mossakowski pass was picked off by Keith Wilson at the 20-yard line. He returned it 80-yards for the game-winning touchdown.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 7:00 pm | Oklahoma Panhandle State* | Provost Umphrey StadiumBeaumont, TX | | W 75–0 | 8,433 |
| September 7 | 6:00 pm | at Louisiana Tech* | Joe Aillet StadiumRuston, LA | | L 14–27 | 16,372 |
| September 14 | 6:30 pm | at No. 12 (FBS) Oklahoma State* | Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK | FSSW | L 3–59 | 59,061 |
| September 21 | 7:00 pm | Bacone* | Provost Umphrey StadiumBeaumont, TX | | W 53–0 | 8,056 |
| September 28 | 6:00 pm | at Grambling State* | Eddie Robinson StadiumGrambling, LA | | W 27–16 | 6,497 |
| October 12 | 2:00 pm | at No. 2 Sam Houston State | Bowers StadiumHuntsville, TX | BSN | L 3–14 | 9,156 |
| October 19 | 3:00 pm | No. 21 Central Arkansas | Provost Umphrey StadiumBeaumont, TX | CSNH | L 24–26 | 10,738 |
| October 26 | 7:00 pm | at Southeastern Louisiana | Strawberry StadiumHammond, LA | ESPN3 | L 34–56 | 6,877 |
| November 2 | 6:00 pm | Nicholls State | Provost Umphrey StadiumBeaumont, TX | | W 56–34 | 7,738 |
| November 9 | 6:00 pm | at Northwestern State | Harry Turpin StadiumNatchitoches, LA | SLC TV | L 28–37 | 3,357 |
| November 16 | 6:00 pm | Stephen F. Austin | Provost Umphrey StadiumBeaumont, TX | | W 46–45 | 7,681 |
| November 23 | 6:00 pm | No. 6 McNeese State | Provost Umphrey StadiumBeaumont, TX (Battle of the Border) | | L 38–42 | 7,627 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Oklahoma Panhandle State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • Cardinals | 28 | 28 | 9 | 10 | 75 |

### Louisiana Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| • Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 27 |

### Oklahoma State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| • #12 (FBS) Cowboys | 21 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 59 |

### Bacone

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Warriors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • Cardinals | 13 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 53 |

### Grambling State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Cardinals | 0 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| Tigers | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |

### Sam Houston State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| • #2 Bearkats | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |

### Central Arkansas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #21 Bears | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 26 |
| Cardinals | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |

### Southeastern Louisiana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 14 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| • Lions | 7 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 56 |

### Nicholls State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Colonels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Northwestern State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Demons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Stephen F. Austin

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lumberjacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### McNeese State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cowboys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
| Sports Network | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |