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2013 North Dakota

3–⁠8 (2–⁠7 Big Sky).

Schedule and results

North Dakota in 2013, game by game: won vs. Valparaiso 69–10; lost vs. South Dakota State 28–35; lost vs. Montana 17–55; lost vs. Montana State 20–63; won at Idaho State 28–25; lost vs. Eastern Washington 14–35; lost vs. Sacramento State 7–31; lost vs. Portland State 10–14; lost at Northern Arizona 27–48; won vs. Northern Colorado 24–21; lost at UC Davis 18–34+59−43Won 69–10 vs. Valparaiso+59ValparaisoLost 28–35 vs. South Dakota State-7South Dakota St…Lost 17–55 vs. Montana-38MontanaLost 20–63 vs. Montana State-43Montana StateWon 28–25 at Idaho State+3Idaho StateLost 14–35 vs. Eastern Washington-21Eastern Washing…Lost 7–31 vs. Sacramento State-24Sacramento StateLost 10–14 vs. Portland State-4Portland StateLost 27–48 at Northern Arizona-21Northern ArizonaWon 24–21 vs. Northern Colorado+3Northern Colora…Lost 18–34 at UC Davis-16UC Davis
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 29vsValparaisoW 69–⁠1082%
Sep 7vsSouth Dakota StateL 28–⁠3545%
Sep 14vsMontanaL 17–⁠5542%
Sep 28vsMontana StateL 20–⁠6343%
Oct 5atIdaho StateW 28–⁠2547%
Oct 12vsEastern WashingtonL 14–⁠3540%
Oct 19vsSacramento StateL 7–⁠3147%
Oct 26vsPortland StateL 10–⁠1436%
Nov 2atNorthern ArizonaL 27–⁠4821%
Nov 9vsNorthern ColoradoW 24–⁠2169%
Nov 16atUC DavisL 18–⁠3437%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to UC Davis 34–⁠18; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Big Sky.

In program history: The 23rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 62 on file).

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠7 10th in Big Sky
AP final
Unranked
Points
262–⁠371
Coach
—
Elo
1175 −141 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−35.3 No. 95 of 126 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 208
Offensive coordinator
Luke Schleusner
Defensive coordinator
Josh Kotelnicki
Defense
Greg Hardin

Top recruits in the 2013 class

Dan Bell OT★★No. 2564

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

The 2013 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Offensive line12.00.767

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 Big Sky standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Eastern Washington8–⁠010–⁠3
Northern Arizona8–⁠19–⁠3
Montana7–⁠210–⁠2
Southern Utah6–⁠38–⁠5
Montana State5–⁠37–⁠5
Cal Poly5–⁠36–⁠6
UC Davis5–⁠55–⁠7
Portland State4–⁠56–⁠6
Sacramento State4–⁠55–⁠7
North Dakota2–⁠73–⁠8
Idaho State1–⁠73–⁠9
Weber State1–⁠72–⁠10
Northern Colorado0–⁠81–⁠11

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