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2013 Southern Illinois

7–⁠5 (5–⁠3 Missouri Valley Football Conference).

Schedule and results

Southern Illinois in 2013, game by game: lost at Illinois 34–42; lost vs. Eastern Illinois 37–40; won vs. Charleston (WV) 31–10; won vs. Southeast Missouri State 36–19; lost vs. Youngstown State 27–28; won vs. South Dakota State 27–24; won at Northern Iowa 24–17; lost vs. North Dakota State 10–31; won at Western Illinois 34–28; lost vs. Missouri State 27–37; won vs. Illinois State 24–17; won at Indiana State 31–9+22−21Lost 34–42 at Illinois-8IllinoisLost 37–40 vs. Eastern Illinois-3Eastern IllinoisWon 31–10 vs. Charleston (WV)+21Charleston (WV)Won 36–19 vs. Southeast Missouri State+17Southeast Misso…Lost 27–28 vs. Youngstown State-1Youngstown StateWon 27–24 vs. South Dakota State+3South Dakota St…Won 24–17 at Northern Iowa+7Northern IowaLost 10–31 vs. North Dakota State-21North Dakota St…Won 34–28 at Western Illinois+6Western IllinoisLost 27–37 vs. Missouri State-10Missouri StateWon 24–17 vs. Illinois State+7Illinois StateWon 31–9 at Indiana State+22Indiana State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31atIllinoisL 34–⁠4236%
Sep 7vsEastern IllinoisL 37–⁠4053%
Sep 14vsCharleston (WV)W 31–⁠1076%
Sep 21vsSoutheast Missouri StateAt St. LouisW 36–⁠1967%
Sep 28vsYoungstown StateL 27–⁠2849%
Oct 5vsSouth Dakota StateW 27–⁠2439%
Oct 12atNorthern IowaW 24–⁠1726%
Oct 19vsNorth Dakota StateL 10–⁠3133%
Nov 2atWestern IllinoisW 34–⁠2869%
Nov 9vsMissouri StateL 27–⁠3765%
Nov 16vsIllinois StateW 24–⁠1754%
Nov 23atIndiana StateW 31–⁠968%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Indiana State 31–⁠9; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

In program history: The 19th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 62 on file).

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 2nd in Missouri Valley Football Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
342–⁠302
Coach
—
Elo
1383 +43 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−8.8 No. 10 of 126 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 151
Offensive coordinator
Kalen DeBoer
Defensive coordinator
Bubba Schweigert

Leaders

Passing yardsKory Faulkner QB312 yds
Passing touchdownsKory Faulkner QB3 TD
Rushing yardsMika’il McCall RB24 yds
Rushing touchdownsMika’il McCall RB1 TD
Receiving yardsJohn Lantz WR99 yds
Receiving touchdownsJohn Lantz WR1 TD

Top recruits in the 2013 class

Ki-Jana Evans OC★★★No. 1772
John Gardner WR★★No. 2089
Gerrett Pougnet PRO★★No. 2564

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

The 2013 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks12.00.767
Receivers12.00.789
Offensive line13.00.802
Whole class32.30.786

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 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

Conference page
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.