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2013 Sam Houston

9–⁠4 (4–⁠3 Southland Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 9–⁠5, over 14 games to the 13 on file here.

Schedule and results

Sam Houston in 2013, game by game: won vs. Houston Christian 74–0; lost at No. 7 Texas A&M 28–65; won vs. Texas Southern 55–17; won vs. Incarnate Word 52–21; won vs. Eastern Washington 49–34; won vs. Lamar 14–3; lost at McNeese 23–31; won vs. Northwestern State 44–10; won vs. Stephen F. Austin 56–49; won vs. Nicholls 49–24; lost at SE Louisiana 21–34; lost at Central Arkansas 31–49; won vs. Southern Utah 51–20+74−37Won 74–0 vs. Houston Christian+74Houston Christi…Lost 28–65 at No. 7 Texas A&M-37No. 7 Texas A&MWon 55–17 vs. Texas Southern+38Texas SouthernWon 52–21 vs. Incarnate Word+31Incarnate WordWon 49–34 vs. Eastern Washington+15Eastern Washing…Won 14–3 vs. Lamar+11LamarLost 23–31 at McNeese-8McNeeseWon 44–10 vs. Northwestern State+34Northwestern St…Won 56–49 vs. Stephen F. Austin+7Stephen F. Aust…Won 49–24 vs. Nicholls+25NichollsLost 21–34 at SE Louisiana-13SE LouisianaLost 31–49 at Central Arkansas-18Central ArkansasWon 51–20 vs. Southern Utah+31Southern Utah
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vsHouston ChristianW 74–⁠077%
Sep 7at7Texas A&ML 28–⁠6516%
Sep 14vsTexas SouthernW 55–⁠1788%
Sep 21vsIncarnate WordW 52–⁠2187%
Sep 28vsEastern WashingtonW 49–⁠3470%
Oct 12vsLamarW 14–⁠381%
Oct 19atMcNeeseL 23–⁠3148%
Oct 26vsNorthwestern StateW 44–⁠1085%
Nov 2vsStephen F. AustinAt HoustonW 56–⁠4978%
Nov 9vsNichollsW 49–⁠2489%
Nov 16atSE LouisianaL 21–⁠3446%
Nov 23atCentral ArkansasL 31–⁠4959%
Nov 30vsSouthern UtahNCAA Division I Football Championship – First RoundW 51–⁠2072%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Southern Utah 51–⁠20 in the NCAA Division I Football Championship – First Round; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southland Conference.

In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 57 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Sam Houston’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 7atSE LouisianaL 29–⁠30SE Louisiana’s article
Record
9–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Southland Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
547–⁠357
Coach
—
Elo
1465 +8 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−13.3 No. 19 of 126 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 164
Offensive coordinator
Doug Ruse
Defensive coordinator
Mike Collins
Offense
Spread option
Defense
3–⁠4

Leaders

Passing yardsBrian Bell QB137 yds
Passing touchdownsBrian Bell QB2 TD
Rushing yardsTimothy Flanders WR170 yds
Rushing touchdownsTimothy Flanders WR2 TD
Receiving yardsTorrance Williams WR86 yds
Receiving touchdownsTimothy Flanders WR1 TD

Top recruits in the 2013 class

A.J. Davis ILB★★★No. 1610
Demontrai Lewis WDE★★★No. 1802

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

The 2013 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Defensive line13.00.801
Linebackers13.00.810
Whole class23.00.805

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

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.