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2013 McNeese

10–⁠2 (6–⁠1 Southland Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 10–⁠3, over 13 games to the 12 on file here.

Schedule and results

McNeese in 2013, game by game: won at South Florida 53–21; won vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff 58–14; won vs. West Alabama 44–42; won vs. Weber State 43–6; lost at Northern Iowa 6–41; won at Central Arkansas 59–28; won vs. Sam Houston 31–23; won at Nicholls 55–30; lost vs. SE Louisiana 7–41; won at Stephen F. Austin 69–38; won vs. Northwestern State 43–17; won at Lamar 42–38+44−35Won 53–21 at South Florida+32South FloridaWon 58–14 vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff+44Arkansas–Pine B…Won 44–42 vs. West Alabama+2West AlabamaWon 43–6 vs. Weber State+37Weber StateLost 6–41 at Northern Iowa-35Northern IowaWon 59–28 at Central Arkansas+31Central ArkansasWon 31–23 vs. Sam Houston+8Sam HoustonWon 55–30 at Nicholls+25NichollsLost 7–41 vs. SE Louisiana-34SE LouisianaWon 69–38 at Stephen F. Austin+31Stephen F. Aust…Won 43–17 vs. Northwestern State+26Northwestern St…Won 42–38 at Lamar+4Lamar
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31atSouth FloridaW 53–⁠2132%
Sep 7vsArkansas–Pine BluffW 58–⁠1465%
Sep 14vsWest AlabamaW 44–⁠4285%
Sep 21vsWeber StateW 43–⁠677%
Sep 28atNorthern IowaL 6–⁠4143%
Oct 5atCentral ArkansasW 59–⁠2846%
Oct 19vsSam HoustonW 31–⁠2352%
Oct 26atNichollsW 55–⁠3076%
Nov 2vsSE LouisianaL 7–⁠4171%
Nov 9atStephen F. AustinW 69–⁠3867%
Nov 16vsNorthwestern StateW 43–⁠1781%
Nov 23atLamarW 42–⁠3871%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Lamar 42–⁠38; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southland Conference.

In program history: The 8th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 47 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of McNeese’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.

DateOpponentResultSource
Dec 7vsJacksonville StateL 10–⁠31Jacksonville State’s article
Record
10–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠1 2nd in Southland Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
510–⁠339
Coach
—
Elo
1484 +124 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−9.9 No. 11 of 126 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 171
Offensive coordinator
Tim Leger
Defensive coordinator
Lance Guidry

Top recruits in the 2013 class

Jay Washington S★★No. 2193
Grant Ashcraft PRO★★No. 2277
Thor Miller OC★★No. 3312

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

The 2013 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks12.00.780
Offensive line12.00.700
Defensive backs12.00.783
Whole class32.00.754

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.

2013 Southland Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
SE Louisiana7–⁠010–⁠2
McNeese6–⁠110–⁠2
Sam Houston4–⁠39–⁠4
Central Arkansas4–⁠37–⁠5
Northwestern State3–⁠46–⁠6
Lamar2–⁠55–⁠7
Nicholls1–⁠64–⁠8
Stephen F. Austin1–⁠63–⁠9

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