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2013 Southern

8–⁠4 (7–⁠2 Southwestern Athletic Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 9–⁠4, over 13 games to the 12 on file here.

Schedule and results

Southern in 2013, game by game: lost at Houston 13–62; lost at Northwestern State 14–55; won vs. Prairie View A&M 62–59; won at Mississippi Valley State 17–7; lost vs. Jackson State 14–19; won vs. Alabama A&M 20–17; won at Arkansas–Pine Bluff 29–21; lost vs. Alcorn State 38–44; won vs. Texas Southern 31–24; won vs. Alabama State 31–28; won vs. Clark Atlanta 53–0; won vs. Grambling 40–17+53−49Lost 13–62 at Houston-49HoustonLost 14–55 at Northwestern State-41Northwestern St…Won 62–59 vs. Prairie View A&M+3Prairie View A&MWon 17–7 at Mississippi Valley State+10Mississippi Val…Lost 14–19 vs. Jackson State-5Jackson StateWon 20–17 vs. Alabama A&M+3Alabama A&MWon 29–21 at Arkansas–Pine Bluff+8Arkansas–Pine B…Lost 38–44 vs. Alcorn State-6Alcorn StateWon 31–24 vs. Texas Southern+7Texas SouthernWon 31–28 vs. Alabama State+3Alabama StateWon 53–0 vs. Clark Atlanta+53Clark AtlantaWon 40–17 vs. Grambling+23Grambling
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30atHoustonL 13–⁠6216%
Sep 7atNorthwestern StateL 14–⁠5536%
Sep 14vsPrairie View A&MW 62–⁠5950%
Sep 21atMississippi Valley StateW 17–⁠750%
Sep 28vsJackson StateL 14–⁠1943%
Oct 12vsAlabama A&MW 20–⁠1762%
Oct 19atArkansas–Pine BluffW 29–⁠2142%
Oct 26vsAlcorn StateL 38–⁠4457%
Nov 1vsTexas SouthernW 31–⁠2458%
Nov 9vsAlabama StateW 31–⁠2831%
Nov 16vsClark AtlantaW 53–⁠073%
Nov 30vsGramblingAt New OrleansW 40–⁠1777%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Grambling 40–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; Southwestern Athletic Conference champions.

In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 26 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list one game of Southern’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. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

DateOpponentResultSource
Dec 7vsJackson StateW 34–⁠27Jackson State’s article, Southern’s article

Southwestern Athletic Conference champions7–⁠2 in the conference

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
7–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Southwestern Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
362–⁠353
Coach
—
Elo
1312 +71 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−39.1 No. 108 of 126 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 160
Offensive coordinators
Chennis Berry and Chad Germany

Leaders

Passing yardsDray Joseph QB268 yds
Passing touchdownsDray Joseph QB2 TD
Rushing yardsDarrius Coleman WR91 yds
Receiving yardsWillie Quinn WR77 yds
Receiving touchdownsSamuel Altman WR1 TD

Top recruits in the 2013 class

Kylum Favorite APB★★No. 3010

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

The 2013 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Running backs12.00.750

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 Southwestern Athletic Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Jackson State7–⁠17–⁠3
Alcorn State7–⁠28–⁠3
Alabama State7–⁠28–⁠3
Southern7–⁠28–⁠4
Prairie View A&M4–⁠45–⁠6
Alabama A&M3–⁠53–⁠8
Texas Southern2–⁠62–⁠8
Mississippi Valley State2–⁠72–⁠9
Arkansas–Pine Bluff2–⁠72–⁠9
Grambling1–⁠61–⁠9

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