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2013 Furman

8–⁠5 (6–⁠2 Southern Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 8–⁠6, over 14 games to the 13 on file here.

Schedule and results

Furman in 2013, game by game: lost at Gardner-Webb 21–28; lost at Coastal Carolina 28–35; won vs. Presbyterian 21–20; won at The Citadel 24–17; lost vs. Elon 25–28; lost at Chattanooga 9–31; won vs. App State 27–10; lost at No. 13 LSU 16–48; won at Georgia Southern 16–14; won vs. Samford 35–17; won at Western Carolina 32–20; won vs. Wofford 27–14; won at South Carolina State 30–20+18−32Lost 21–28 at Gardner-Webb-7Gardner-WebbLost 28–35 at Coastal Carolina-7Coastal CarolinaWon 21–20 vs. Presbyterian+1PresbyterianWon 24–17 at The Citadel+7The CitadelLost 25–28 vs. Elon-3ElonLost 9–31 at Chattanooga-22ChattanoogaWon 27–10 vs. App State+17App StateLost 16–48 at No. 13 LSU-32No. 13 LSUWon 16–14 at Georgia Southern+2Georgia SouthernWon 35–17 vs. Samford+18SamfordWon 32–20 at Western Carolina+12Western CarolinaWon 27–14 vs. Wofford+13WoffordWon 30–20 at South Carolina State+10South Carolina …
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31atGardner-WebbL 21–⁠2851%
Sep 7atCoastal CarolinaL 28–⁠3531%
Sep 14vsPresbyterianW 21–⁠2058%
Sep 28atThe CitadelW 24–⁠1736%
Oct 5vsElonL 25–⁠2869%
Oct 12atChattanoogaL 9–⁠3127%
Oct 19vsApp StateW 27–⁠1050%
Oct 26at13LSUL 16–⁠485%
Nov 2atGeorgia SouthernW 16–⁠1426%
Nov 9vsSamfordW 35–⁠1738%
Nov 16atWestern CarolinaW 32–⁠2069%
Nov 23vsWoffordW 27–⁠1455%
Nov 30atSouth Carolina StateNCAA Division I Football Championship – First RoundW 30–⁠2031%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat South Carolina State 30–⁠20 in the NCAA Division I Football Championship – First Round; unranked in the final AP poll; Southern Conference champions.

In program history: The 40th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list one game of Furman’s 2013 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’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 7atNorth Dakota StateL 7–⁠38North Dakota State’s article, Furman’s article

Southern Conference champions6–⁠2 in the conference, shared with Chattanooga and Samford

Record
8–⁠5
Conference
6–⁠2 shared first in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
311–⁠302
Coach
—
Elo
1401 +119 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−20.5 No. 39 of 126 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 136
Offensive coordinator
Jimmy Kiser
Defensive coordinator
John Windham
Captains
Reese Hannon, Greg Worthy and Dakota Dozier

Top recruits in the 2013 class

Aaron Black TE★★No. 1907
James Elliott DT★★No. 2040
Adekunle Olusanya S★★No. 2564
Nic McBride OLB★★No. 2564
Nathaniel Miller ATH★★No. 3140

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

The 2013 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Receivers12.00.797
Defensive line22.00.762
Linebackers12.00.767
Defensive backs12.00.767
Athletes and specialists12.00.733
Whole class62.00.764

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 4Dakota Dozier OTNew York Jets

2013 Southern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Chattanooga6–⁠28–⁠4
Furman6–⁠28–⁠5
Samford6–⁠28–⁠5
Georgia Southern4–⁠47–⁠4
Wofford4–⁠45–⁠6
The Citadel4–⁠45–⁠7
App State4–⁠44–⁠8
Elon1–⁠72–⁠10
Western Carolina1–⁠72–⁠10

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