2013 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

2013 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football

FCS Playoffs Second Round vs. Eastern Washington, L 17–41
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 13
FCS Coaches	No. 14
2013 record	9–5 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach	John Stiegelmeier (17th year)
Offensive coordinator	Eric Eidsness
Defensive coordinator	Clint Brown
Home stadium	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium (Capacity: 15,000)

2013 MVFC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#1 North Dakota St. $^		8	–	0		15	–	0
#13 South Dakota St. ^		5	–	3		9	–	5
#18 Youngstown State		5	–	3		8	–	4
Southern Illinois		5	–	3		7	–	5
Missouri State		5	–	3		5	–	7
Illinois State		4	–	4		5	–	6
South Dakota		3	–	5		4	–	8
Northern Iowa		3	–	5		7	–	5
Western Illinois		2	–	6		4	–	8
Indiana State		0	–	8		1	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2013 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team represented South Dakota State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 16th year head coach John Stiegelmeier and played their home games at Coughlin–Alumni Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 9–5, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a four way tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs where they defeated Northern Arizona in the first round before losing in the second round to Eastern Washington.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 PM	Butler*	No. 6	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD	Midco SN	W 55–14	9,729
September 7	6:00 PM	at North Dakota*	No. 6	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND		W 35–28	10,038
September 14	6:00 PM	Southeastern Louisiana*	No. 6	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD		W 34–26	13,456
September 21	2:30 PM	at Nebraska*	No. 6	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	BTN	L 20–59	90,614
September 28	2:00 PM	No. 1 North Dakota State	No. 6	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD (Dakota Marker)	Midco SN	L 0–20	16,498
October 5	2:00 PM	Southern Illinois	No. 7	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPN3	L 24–27	11,250
October 12	3:00 PM	at Western Illinois	No. 13	Hanson Field • Macomb, IL	ESPN3	W 38–14	10,232
October 19	1:00 PM	at Missouri State	No. 15	Plaster Sports Complex • Springfield, MO	ESPN3	L 21–35	12,321
October 26	2:00 PM	No. 17 Northern Iowa	No. 25	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD	Midco SN	W 37–34 ^2OT	7,912
November 9	2:00 PM	Indiana State	No. 19	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD		W 29–0	5,317
November 16	1:00 PM	at South Dakota	No. 19	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	Midco SN	W 27–12	10,845
November 23	1:00 PM	at No. 15 Youngstown State	No. 16	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	ESPN3	W 42–13	8,973
November 30	7:00 PM	at No. 8 Northern Arizona*	No. 13	Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 26–7	5,077
December 7	3:00 PM	at No. 3 Eastern Washington*	No. 13	Roos Field • Cheney, WA (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	L 17–41	6,127
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

^[1]

The Dakota Marker matchup against North Dakota State set a new single-game home attendance record (16,498).^[2]

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Sports Network	6	6	6	6	6	7	13	15	25	19	19	19	16	13	13
Coaches	7	7	6	6	6	9	18	18	24–T	20	20	19	17	13	14

References

↑ "Schedule". South Dakota State Athletics. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
↑ "SDSU Sets Attendance Record During Dakota Marker Game". KSFY. Sioux Falls. September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 29, 2013.

South Dakota State Jackrabbits football

Venues	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium (1962–2015) Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium (2016–present)

Bowls & rivalries	South Dakota Dakota Marker (North Dakota State)

Culture & lore	Jack Rabbit "Ring the Bell"

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

2013 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Bethune-Cookman Butler Coastal Carolina Eastern Illinois Eastern Washington Fordham Furman Jacksonville State Lafayette Maine McNeese State Montana New Hampshire North Dakota State Northern Arizona Sacred Heart Sam Houston State Samford South Carolina State South Dakota State Southeastern Louisiana Southern Utah Tennessee State Towson

Champion – North Dakota State

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