2013 Drake Bulldogs football team

2013 Pioneer Football League standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; ^ – FCS playoff participant; San Diego declared itself ineligible for conference title because of improper scholarships for football players; it will have an official conference record of 0–0 and will not have a place in the conference standings.;

The 2013 Drake Bulldogs football team represented Drake University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Chris Creighton and played their home games at Drake Stadium. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 6–5, 5–3 in PFL play to finish in a tie for fourth place.

At the end of the season, head coach Chris Creighton resigned to become the head coach at Eastern Michigan.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	6:00 pm	Grand View*	Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA		L 16–21	5,068
September 7	4:00 pm	at No. 9 Northern Iowa*	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	WOI 5.2	L 14–45	15,960
September 21	1:00 pm	Indianapolis*	Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA		W 31–14	4,259
September 28	12:00 pm	at Mercer	Moye Complex Macon, GA		L 17–31	8,150
October 5	1:00 pm	Jacksonville	Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA		W 27–17	3,121
October 12	12:00 pm	at Davidson	Richardson Stadium Davidson, NC		W 27–6	2,347
October 19	1:00 pm	at Butler	Butler Bowl Indianapolis, IN		L 14–24	1,576
October 26	1:00 pm	Valparaiso	Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA		W 23–10	2,154
November 2	1:00 pm	Morehead State	Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA		W 56–14	2,064
November 9	1:00 pm	Dayton	Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA		W 36–10	2,456
November 16	3:00 pm	at San Diego	Torero Stadium San Diego, CA		L 13–23	4,136
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

v t Drake Bulldogs football
Venues	Haskins Field/Drake Stadium (1904–1924) Drake Stadium (1925–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Butler Dayton Northern Iowa
Culture & lore	Johnny Bright incident
People	Honorees NFL draftees
Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1955 1957 1962 1972 1981 1995 1998 2000 2004 2006 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

2013 Pioneer Football League standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Butler +^		7	–	1		9	–	4
Marist +		7	–	1		8	–	3
Mercer		6	–	2		10	–	2
Dayton		5	–	3		7	–	4
Drake		5	–	3		6	–	5
Jacksonville		4	–	4		5	–	6
Morehead State		3	–	5		3	–	9
Campbell		2	–	6		3	–	9
Stetson		1	–	7		2	–	9
Valparaiso		1	–	7		1	–	10
Davidson		0	–	8		0	–	11
San Diego		0	–	0		8	–	3

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant San Diego declared itself ineligible for conference title because of improper scholarships for football players; it will have an official conference record of 0–0 and will not have a place in the conference standings.