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2013 Coastal Carolina

11–⁠2 (4–⁠1 Big South). The season’s Wikipedia article records 12–⁠3, over 15 games to the 13 on file here.

Schedule and results

Coastal Carolina in 2013, game by game: won at South Carolina State 27–20; won vs. Furman 35–28; won at Eastern Kentucky 51–32; won vs. Hampton 50–17; won at Elon 53–28; won vs. Gardner-Webb 42–7; won at Liberty 55–52; won vs. VMI 66–27; won vs. Charlotte 50–25; lost at Charleston Southern 26–31; won vs. Presbyterian 46–13; lost at No. 12 South Carolina 10–70; won vs. Bethune-Cookman 48–24+39−60Won 27–20 at South Carolina State+7South Carolina …Won 35–28 vs. Furman+7FurmanWon 51–32 at Eastern Kentucky+19Eastern KentuckyWon 50–17 vs. Hampton+33HamptonWon 53–28 at Elon+25ElonWon 42–7 vs. Gardner-Webb+35Gardner-WebbWon 55–52 at Liberty+3LibertyWon 66–27 vs. VMI+39VMIWon 50–25 vs. Charlotte+25CharlotteLost 26–31 at Charleston Southern-5Charleston Sout…Won 46–13 vs. Presbyterian+33PresbyterianLost 10–70 at No. 12 South Carolina-60No. 12 South CarolinaWon 48–24 vs. Bethune-Cookman+24Bethune-Cookman
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31atSouth Carolina StateW 27–⁠2037%
Sep 7vsFurmanW 35–⁠2869%
Sep 14atEastern KentuckyW 51–⁠3237%
Sep 21vsHamptonW 50–⁠1783%
Sep 28atElonW 53–⁠2868%
Oct 12vsGardner-WebbW 42–⁠776%
Oct 19atLibertyW 55–⁠5257%
Oct 26vsVMIW 66–⁠2791%
Nov 2vsCharlotteW 50–⁠2582%
Nov 9atCharleston SouthernL 26–⁠3160%
Nov 16vsPresbyterianW 46–⁠1385%
Nov 23at12South CarolinaL 10–⁠7013%
Nov 30vsBethune-CookmanNCAA Division I Football Championship – First RoundW 48–⁠2451%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Bethune-Cookman 48–⁠24 in the NCAA Division I Football Championship – First Round; unranked in the final AP poll; Big South champions.

In program history: The 8th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 24 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list two games of Coastal Carolina’s 2013 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

DateOpponentResultSource
Dec 7atMontanaW 42–⁠35Coastal Carolina’s articleNot in Montana’s season article.
Dec 14atNorth Dakota StateL 14–⁠48North Dakota State’s article, Coastal Carolina’s article

Big South champions4–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Liberty

Record
11–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠1 shared first in Big South
AP final
Unranked
Points
559–⁠374
Coach
—
Elo
1479 +162 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−11.4 No. 16 of 126 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 137
Offensive coordinator
Dave Patenaude
Defensive coordinator
Clayton Carlin
Offense
Pro spread
Defense
4–⁠2–⁠5

Player leaders are hidden for this season: our source’s player stats for Coastal Carolina are missing players (they add up to less than 85% of the team’s passing or rushing yards).

Top recruits in the 2013 class

Nicholas Bonaparte OG★★★No. 1739
A.J. Sattinger TE★★★No. 1789
Chris Jones ATH★★No. 3101

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2013 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Receivers13.00.801
Offensive line13.00.804
Athletes and specialists12.00.740
Whole class32.70.782

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2014

The 2014 draft
Rd 4Lorenzo Taliaferro RBBaltimore Ravens
Rd 6Matt Hazel WRMiami Dolphins

2013 Big South standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Coastal Carolina4–⁠111–⁠2
Liberty4–⁠18–⁠4
Charleston Southern3–⁠210–⁠3
Gardner-Webb2–⁠37–⁠5
Presbyterian1–⁠43–⁠8
VMI1–⁠42–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.