2013 SE Louisiana

10–⁠2 (7–⁠0 Southland Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 11–⁠3, over 14 games to the 12 on file here.

Schedule and results

SE Louisiana in 2013, game by game: won vs. Southeast Missouri State 45–7; lost at No. 24 TCU 17–38; lost vs. South Dakota State 26–34; won at Samford 34–31; won vs. Incarnate Word 35–3; won vs. Stephen F. Austin 56–14; won at Northwestern State 37–22; won vs. Lamar 56–34; won at McNeese 41–7; won at Central Arkansas 58–31; won vs. Sam Houston 34–21; won vs. Nicholls 52–27+42−21Won 45–7 vs. Southeast Missouri State+38Southeast Misso…Lost 17–38 at No. 24 TCU-21No. 24 TCULost 26–34 vs. South Dakota State-8South Dakota St…Won 34–31 at Samford+3SamfordWon 35–3 vs. Incarnate Word+32Incarnate WordWon 56–14 vs. Stephen F. Austin+42Stephen F. Aust…Won 37–22 at Northwestern State+15Northwestern St…Won 56–34 vs. Lamar+22LamarWon 41–7 at McNeese+34McNeeseWon 58–31 at Central Arkansas+27Central ArkansasWon 34–21 vs. Sam Houston+13Sam HoustonWon 52–27 vs. Nicholls+25Nicholls
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Nicholls 52–⁠27; unranked in the final AP poll; Southland Conference champions.

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

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list two games of SE Louisiana’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 7vsSam HoustonW 30–⁠29SE Louisiana’s article
Dec 14vsNew HampshireL 17–⁠20SE Louisiana’s article, New Hampshire’s article

Southland Conference champions7–⁠0 in the conference

Record
10–⁠2
Conference
7–⁠0 first in Southland Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
491–⁠269
Coach
—
Elo
1508 +233 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−3.7 No. 3 of 126 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 169
Offensive coordinator
Greg Stevens
Defensive coordinator
Pete Golding
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠2–⁠5

Leaders

Passing yardsBryan Bennett QB132 yds
Passing touchdownsBryan Bennett QB1 TD
Rushing yardsBryan Bennett QB132 yds
Rushing touchdownsBryan Bennett QB1 TD
Receiving yardsJeff Smiley WR72 yds
Receiving touchdownsJeff Smiley WR1 TD

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.