American college football season
The 2013 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team represented Jacksonville State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by first-year head coach Bill Clark and played their home games at Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium . They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). Jacksonville Stat had a record of 11–4 on the season with a 5–3 mark in OVC play to finish in a tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs where they defeated Samford and McNeese State to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Eastern Washington .
On January 21, 2014, Clark resigned to become the head coach at UAB .
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 5:00 pm at Alabama State * CSS W 24–221,580
September 7 6:00 pm Jacksonville * WJXS W 48–1317,592
September 14 7:00 pm North Alabama * JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL WJXS W 24–21 2OT 20,843
September 21 1:00 pm at Georgia State * ESPN3 W 32–26 OT 15,425
September 28 3:00 pm Murray State JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL WJXS L 34–35 OT 14,382
October 5 3:00 pm at No. 22 UT Martin ESPN3 W 41–274,981
October 12 3:00 pm Tennessee State No. 24 JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL WJXS L 15–3119,092
October 26 1:30 pm at Tennessee Tech OVCDN W 34–148,953
November 2 1:00 pm at Austin Peay OVCDN W 42–104,010
November 9 3:00 pm Eastern Kentucky JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL WJXS W 68–1016,876
November 16 1:00 pm at No. 2 Eastern Illinois No. 22 ESPN3 L 14–526,693
November 23 3:00 pm Southeast Missouri State JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL WJXS W 42–3412,927
November 30 7:00 pm No. 18 Samford * No. 20 JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL (FCS Playoffs First Round ) ESPN3 W 55–148,992
December 7 6:00 pm at No. 6 McNeese State * No. 20 ESPN3 W 31–105,036
December 14 3:00 pm at No. 3 Eastern Washington * No. 20 ESPN3 L 24–354,277
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Game summaries [ ]
@ Alabama State [ ]
Jacksonville State @ Alabama State
1
2 3 4 Total
• Gamecocks
0
0 24 0
24
Hornets
0
6 3 13
22
Jacksonville [ ]
Jacksonville @ Jacksonville State
1
2 3 4 Total
Dolphins
7
3 0 3
13
• Gamecocks
0
21 24 3
48
Date: September 7Location: JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL Game start: 6:00 PM CDT Game attendance: 17,592Television network: WJXS
North Alabama [ ]
North Alabama @ Jacksonville State
1
2 3 4 OT 2OT Total
Lions
0
2 3 13 3 0
21
• Gamecocks
10
3 0 5 3 3
24
Date: September 14Location: JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL Game start: 7:00 PM CDT Game attendance: 20,843Television network: WJXS
@ Georgia State [ ]
Jacksonville State @ Georgia State
1
2 3 4 OT Total
• Gamecocks
7
13 3 3 6
32
Panthers
9
0 0 17 0
26
Murray State [ ]
Murray State @ Jacksonville State
1
2 3 4 OT Total
• Racers
10
10 0 7 8
35
Gamecocks
0
10 14 3 7
34
Date: September 28Location: JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL Game start: 3:00 PM CDT Television network: WJXS
@ UT Martin [ ]
Jacksonville State @ UT Martin
1
2 3 4 Total
• Gamecocks
10
14 3 14
41
#22 Skyhawks
7
3 10 7
27
Tennessee State [ ]
Tennessee State @ Jacksonville State
1
2 3 4 Total
• Tigers
7
14 0 10
31
#24 Gamecocks
6
0 7 2
15
Date: October 12Location: JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL Game start: 3:00 PM CDT Television network: WJXS
@ Tennessee Tech [ ]
Jacksonville State @ Tennessee Tech
1
2 3 4 Total
• Gamecocks
7
17 3 7
34
Golden Eagles
0
7 0 7
14
@ Austin Peay [ ]
Jacksonville State @ Austin Peay
1
2 3 4 Total
• Gamecocks
7
21 14 0
42
Governors
0
3 7 0
10
Date: November 2Location: Governors Stadium Clarksville, TN Game start: 1:00 PM CDT Television network: OVCDN
See also: 2013 Austin Peay State Governors football team
Eastern Kentucky [ ]
Eastern Kentucky @ Jacksonville State
1
2 3 4 Total
Colonels
3
0 7 0
10
• Gamecocks
16
24 14 14
68
Date: November 9Location: JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL Game start: 3:00 PM CST Television network: WJXS
@ Eastern Illinois [ ]
Jacksonville State @ Eastern Illinois
1
2 3 4 Total
#22 Gamecocks
0
7 0 7
14
• #2 Panthers
35
3 7 7
52
Southeast Missouri State [ ]
Southeast Missouri State @ Jacksonville State
1
2 3 4 Total
Redhawks
6
0 7 21
34
• Gamecocks
21
7 14 0
42
Date: November 24Location: JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL Game start: 3:00 PM CST Television network: WJXS
Samford [ ]
Samford @ Jacksonville State
1
2 3 4 Total
#18 Bulldogs
0
0 7 7
14
• #20 Gamecocks
17
21 10 7
55
Date: November 24Location: JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL Game start: 7:00 PM CST Television network: ESPN3
McNeese State [ ]
Jacksonville State @ McNeese State
1
2 3 4 Total
• #20 Gamecocks
7
14 3 7
31
#6 Cowboys
0
0 3 7
10
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Sports Network
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
24
RV
RV
RV
RV
22
RV
20
10
Coaches
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
24
RV
RV
RV
RV
23
RV
21
12
References [ ]
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