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2013 North Dakota State

13–⁠0 (8–⁠0 Missouri Valley Football Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 15–⁠0, over 15 games to the 13 on file here.

Schedule and results

North Dakota State in 2013, game by game: won at Kansas State 24–21; won vs. Ferris State 56–10; won vs. Delaware State 51–0; won vs. South Dakota State 20–0; won vs. Northern Iowa 24–23; won vs. Missouri State 41–26; won at Southern Illinois 31–10; won at Indiana State 56–10; won vs. Illinois State 28–10; won at Youngstown State 35–17; won vs. South Dakota 42–0; won vs. New Hampshire 52–14; won vs. Towson 35–7+51Won 24–21 at Kansas State+3Kansas StateWon 56–10 vs. Ferris State+46Ferris StateWon 51–0 vs. Delaware State+51Delaware StateWon 20–0 vs. South Dakota State+20South Dakota St…Won 24–23 vs. Northern Iowa+1Northern IowaWon 41–26 vs. Missouri State+15Missouri StateWon 31–10 at Southern Illinois+21Southern Illino…Won 56–10 at Indiana State+46Indiana StateWon 28–10 vs. Illinois State+18Illinois StateWon 35–17 at Youngstown State+18Youngstown StateWon 42–0 vs. South Dakota+42South DakotaWon 52–14 vs. New Hampshire+38New HampshireWon 35–7 vs. Towson+28Towson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30atKansas StateW 24–⁠2124%
Sep 7vsFerris StateW 56–⁠1090%
Sep 21vsDelaware StateW 51–⁠089%
Sep 28vsSouth Dakota StateW 20–⁠064%
Oct 5vsNorthern IowaW 24–⁠2368%
Oct 12vsMissouri StateW 41–⁠2690%
Oct 19atSouthern IllinoisW 31–⁠1067%
Oct 26atIndiana StateW 56–⁠1083%
Nov 9vsIllinois StateW 28–⁠1083%
Nov 16atYoungstown StateW 35–⁠1763%
Nov 23vsSouth DakotaW 42–⁠094%
Dec 20Bowls & playoffvsNew HampshireW 52–⁠1476%
Jan 4Bowls & playoffvsTowsonW 35–⁠762%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Towson 35–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; Missouri Valley Football Conference champions.

In program history: The tied 5th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 51 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list two games of North Dakota State’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 7vsFurmanW 38–⁠7North Dakota State’s article, Furman’s article
Dec 14vsCoastal CarolinaW 48–⁠14North Dakota State’s article, Coastal Carolina’s article

Missouri Valley Football Conference champions8–⁠0 in the conference

Record
13–⁠0
Conference
8–⁠0 first in Missouri Valley Football Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
495–⁠148
Coach
—
Elo
1671 +172 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.0 No. 2 of 126 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 218
Offensive coordinator
Brent Vigen
Defensive coordinator
Chris Klieman
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Leaders

Passing yardsBrock Jensen QB165 yds
Passing touchdownsBrock Jensen QB2 TD
Rushing yardsSam Ojuri WR127 yds
Rushing touchdownsBrock Jensen QB1 TD
Receiving yardsRyan Smith WR72 yds
Receiving touchdownsKevin Vaadeland WR1 TD

Top recruits in the 2013 class

Tre’ Dempsey CB★★No. 3312

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

The 2013 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Defensive backs12.00.700

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 3Billy Turner OTMiami Dolphins

2013 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Dakota State8–⁠013–⁠0
South Dakota State5–⁠39–⁠4
Youngstown State5–⁠38–⁠4
Southern Illinois5–⁠37–⁠5
Missouri State5–⁠35–⁠7
Illinois State4–⁠45–⁠6
Northern Iowa3–⁠57–⁠5
South Dakota3–⁠54–⁠8
Western Illinois2–⁠64–⁠8
Indiana State0–⁠81–⁠11

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