2013 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

2013 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football

FCS Playoffs First Round vs Sam Houston State, L 20–51
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 21
FCS Coaches	No. 24
2013 record	8–5 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach	Ed Lamb (6th year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Justin Walterscheid (1st year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Teag Whiting (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Justin Ena (4th year)
Home stadium	Eccles Coliseum (Capacity: 8,500)

2013 Big Sky football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#3 Eastern Washington $^		8	–	0		12	–	3
#15 Northern Arizona ^		7	–	1		9	–	3
#8 Montana ^		6	–	2		10	–	3
#21 Southern Utah ^		5	–	3		8	–	5
#20 Montana State		5	–	3		7	–	5
Cal Poly		5	–	3		6	–	6
UC Davis		5	–	3		5	–	7
Sacramento State		4	–	4		5	–	7
Portland State		3	–	5		6	–	6
North Dakota		2	–	6		3	–	8
Idaho State		1	–	7		3	–	9
Weber State		1	–	7		2	–	10
Northern Colorado		0	–	8		1	–	11

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

The 2013 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth year head coach Ed Lamb and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum. This was their second year as a member of the Big Sky Conference. They fininshed the season 8–5, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a four way tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Sam Houston State.

Media

All Thunderbirds football games were broadcast live on KSUU. They were streamed online at power91radio. All conference road games and all home games not on Root were streamed via Big Sky TV.^[1]

Schedule

The 2013 schedule was the first 12-game schedule in Thunderbirds history.^[2] Even though the Thunderbirds played 9 conference opponents, only 8 of the games counted as conference games. The series with Sacramento State was scheduled before Southern Utah became a member of the Big Sky and did not count as a conference game for either team.^[3]

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	5:30 PM	at South Alabama*		Ladd-Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL	ESPN3	W 22–21	15,240
September 7	6:05 PM	Fort Lewis*		Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT	BSTV	W 49–0	5,872
September 14	4:30 PM	at Washington State*		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N	L 10–48	31,127
September 21	7:05 PM	at Sacramento State*		Hornet Stadium • Sacramento, CA	BSTV	W 24–21 ^OT	5,612
September 28	1:35 PM	at Northern Colorado		Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO	BSTV	W 27–21	4,361
October 5	1:05 PM	UC Davis		Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT	BSTV	L 3–21	3,558
October 12	2:05 PM	Portland State		Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT	BSTV	W 17–7	6,539
October 19	6:05 PM	at No. 4 Eastern Washington		Roos Field • Cheney, WA	BSTV	L 10–34	10,135
October 26	1:05 PM	Idaho State		Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT	BSTV	W 19–9	3,342
November 9	1:00 PM	at Weber State		Stewart Stadium • Ogden, UT	BSTV	W 27–21	4,978
November 16	4:00 PM	at No. 8 Montana State		Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT	ESPN3	W 22–14	18,187
November 23	1:05 PM	No. 10 Northern Arizona	No. 20	Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT (HintonBurdick Grand Canyon Trophy Game)	BSTV	L 10–20	2,521
November 30	1:00 PM	at No. 14 Sam Houston State	No. 22	Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	L 20–51	4,069
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Source: Schedule

Game summaries

South Alabama

Southern Utah at South Alabama

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Thunderbirds	10	0	3	9	22
Jaguars	0	7	7	7	21

Date: August 29
Location: Ladd-Peebles Stadium
Mobile, AL
Game start: 6:30 PM CST
Elapsed time: 3:12
Game attendance: 15,240
Game weather: 87 °F (31 °C), Sunny, winds S at 9mph
Referee: Steve Marlowe
TV announcers (ESPN3): Shawn Kenney and Cole Cubelic

Sources:

Scoring summary

1	5:52	Southern Utah	Colton Cook 33-yard field goal	3–0

1	1:16	Southern Utah	Raysean Martin 1-yard run (Colton Cook kick)	10–0

2	4:37	South Alabama	Brandon Bridge 40-yard run (Aleem Sunanon kick)	10–7

3	11:15	Southern Utah	Colton Cook 37-yard field goal	13–7

3	7:38	South Alabama	Jereme Jones 6-yard pass from Ross Metheny (Aleem Sunanon kick)	13–14

4	14:47	South Alabama	Danny Woodson 20-yard pass from Ross Metheny (Aleem Sunanon kick)	13–21

4	6:13	Southern Utah	Anthony Norris 2-yard pass from Aaron Cantu (two-point conversion failed)	19–21

4	0:00	Southern Utah	Colton Cook 28-yard field goal	22–21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First Meeting

Ft. Lewis

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–10	2000	Southern Utah, 54–16

Washington State

Southern Utah at Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	3	7	0	0	10
• Cougars	14	14	13	7	48

Date: September 14
Location: Martin Stadium
Pullman, WA
Game start: 3:37 PM PST
Elapsed time: 3:11
Game attendance: 31,127
Game weather: 91 °F (33 °C), Thin & Whispy Clouds, winds E at 12mph
Referee: Mark Duddy
TV announcers (Pac-12): JB Long & Jeremy Bloom

Sources:

Scoring summary

1	13:03	Washington State	Dom Williams 43-yard pass from Connor Halliday (Andrew Fuerney kick)	0–7

1	6:02	Southern Utah	Colton Cook 40-yard field goal	3–7

1	3:56	Washington State	Isiah Myers 10-yard pass from Connor Halliday (Andrew Fuerney kick)	3–14

2	10:55	Southern Utah	Raysean Martin 3-yard run (Colton Cook kick good)	10–14

2	4:22	Washington State	Dom Williams 55-yard pass from Connor Halliday (Andrew Fuerney kick)	10–21

2	0:38	Washington State	Damante Horton 72-yard interception return (Andrew Fuerney kick)	10–28

3	8:38	Washington State	Andrew Fuerney 46-yard field goal	10–31

3	4:20	Washington State	Andrew Fuerney 30-yard field goal	10–34

3	2:53	Washington State	Gabe Marks 1-yard pass from Connor Halliday (Andrew Fuerney kick)	10–41

4	11:07	Washington State	Vince Mayle 3-yard pass from Connor Halliday (Andrew Fuerney kick)	10–48

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First Meeting

Sacramento State

Southern Utah at Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
• Thunderbirds	0	13	0	8	3	24
Hornets	7	14	0	0	0	21

Date: September 21
Location: Hornet Stadium
Sacramento, CA
Game start: 6:05 PM PST
Elapsed time: 2:51
Game attendance: 5,612
Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C), Overcast & Wet, winds at 6mph
Referee: Gregg Wilson
TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Jason Ross, Steve McElroy & Danny Sullivan

Sources:

Scoring summary

1	8:38	Sacramento State	Morris Norrise 33-yard pass from Garrett Safron (Jesse Aguilar kick)	0–7

2	13:32	Southern Utah	Raysean Martin 1-yard run (Colton Cook kick blocked)	6–7

2	10:53	Sacramento State	DeAndre Carter 20-yard pass from Garrett Safron (Jesse Aguilar kick)	6–14

2	7:14	Southern Utah	Raysean Martin 2-yard run (Colton Cook kick)	13–14

2	3:45	Sacramento State	Ezekiel Graham 11-yard run (Jesse Aguilar kick)	13–21

4	0:31	Southern Utah	Raysean Martin 1-yard run (Aaron Cantu pass to Griff McNabb for two-point conversion)	Tied 21–21

OT	0:00	Southern Utah	Colton Cook 38-yard field goal	24–21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–7	2012	Sacramento State, 27–22

Northern Colorado

Southern Utah at Northern Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Thunderbirds	3	14	7	3	27
Bears	0	7	7	7	21

Date: September 28
Location: Nottingham Field
Greeley, CO
Television network: Big Sky TV

Sources:

Scoring summary

1	2:47	Southern Utah	Colton Cook 48-yard field goal	3–0

2	10:37	Northern Colorado	Jace Davis 19-yard pass from Tim Tancik (Jamie Falloon kick)	3–7

2	1:02	Southern Utah	Levi Teo 1-yard run (Colton Cook kick)	10–7

2	0:15	Southern Utah	Griff McNabb 12-yard pass from Aaron Cantu (Colton Cook kick)	17–7

3	11:43	Northern Colorado	Tim Tancik 1-yard run (Jamie Falloon kick)	17–14

3	6:26	Southern Utah	Easton Pederson 17-yard pass from Aaron Cantu (Colton Cook kick)	24–14

4	6:08	Southern Utah	Colton Cook 36-yard field goal	27–14

4	0:58	Northern Colorado	Dimitri Stimphil 5-yard pass from Tim Tancik (Jamie Falloon kick)	27–21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2005	Southern Utah, 20–17

UC Davis

UC Davis at Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Aggies	0	14	7	0	21
Thunderbirds	3	0	0	0	3

Date: October 5
Location: Eccles Coliseum
Cedar City, UT
TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Art Challis and Matt Roan

Sources:

Scoring summary

1	5:36	Southern Utah	Colton Cook 30-yard field goal	3–0

2	11:01	UC Davis	Gabe Manzanares 16-yard run (Brady Stuart kick)	3–7

2	4:27	UC Davis	Gabe Manzanares 1-yard run (Brady Stuart kick)	3–14

3	9:11	UC Davis	TJ King 19-yard pass from Randy Wright (Brady Stuart kick)	3–21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–10	2011	Southern Utah, 34–3

Portland State

Portland State at Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	7	0	0	7
• Thunderbirds	0	10	0	7	17

Date: October 12
Location: Eccles Coliseum
Cedar City, UT
TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Art Challis and Matt Roan

Sources:

Scoring summary

2	13:08	Southern Utah	Colton Cook 48-yard field goal	3–0

2	5:15	Southern Utah	Fatu Moala 5-yard pass from Aaron Cantu (Colton Cook kick)	10–0

2	0:01	Portland State	Paris Penn 4-yard run (Nick Fernandez kick)	10–7

4	6:01	Southern Utah	Aaron Cantu 1-yard run (Colton Cook kick)	17–7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–8	2012	Southern Utah, 49–42

Eastern Washington

Southern Utah at Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	0	3	0	7	10
• #4 Eagles	14	0	13	7	34

Date: October 19
Location: Roos Field
Cheney, WA
Television network: Big Sky TV

Sources:

Scoring summary

1	8:02	Eastern Washington	Samson Ebukam 21-yard interception return (Kevin Miller kick)	0–7

1	2:01	Eastern Washington	Ashton Clark 12-yard pass from Vernon Adams (Kevin Miller kick)	0–14

2	0:12	Southern Utah	Colton Cook 34-yard field goal	3–14

3	5:33	Eastern Washington	Kendrick Bourne 31-yard pass from Vernon Adams (Kevin Miller kick)	3–21

3	2:43	Eastern Washington	Cooper Kupp 52-yard pass from Vernon Adams (Kevin Miller kick missed)	3–27

4	13:18	Eastern Washington	Mario Brown 11-yard run (Kevin Miller kick)	3–34

4	0:45	Southern Utah	C.J. Morgan 29-yard pass from Mike Sharp (Colton Cook kick good)	10–34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–4	2012	Southern Utah, 30–27

Idaho State

Idaho State at Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	6	0	3	9
• Thunderbirds	3	10	0	6	19

Date: October 26
Location: Eccles Coliseum
Cedar City, UT
TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Art Challis and Matt Roan

Sources:

Scoring summary

1	6:16	Southern Utah	Colton Cook 38-yard field goal	3–0

2	12:15	Southern Utah	Mike Sharp 1-yard run (Colton Cook kick)	10–0

2	6:37	Southern Utah	Colton Cook 30-yard field goal	13–0

2	4:27	Idaho State	Cameron Richard 4-yard pass from Justin Arias (Brendon Gracias kick missed)	13–6

4	10:53	Southern Utah	Colton Cook 38-yard field goal	16–6

4	5:27	Idaho State	Brendon Gracias 34-yard field goal	16–9

4	0:27	Southern Utah	Colton Cook 22-yard field goal	19–9

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–9–1	2005	Idaho State, 38–13

Weber State

Southern Utah at Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Thunderbirds	0	7	10	10	27
Wildcats	7	0	0	14	21

Date: November 9
Location: Stewart Stadium
Ogden, UT
TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Carl Arky and Ty Sparrow

Sources:

Scoring summary

1	5:39	Weber State	Cameron Livingston 31-yard pass from Austin Chipoletti (Shaun McClain kick)	0–7

2	0:22	Southern Utah	Levi Te'o 1-yard run (Colton Cook kick)	Tied 7–7

3	9:22	Southern Utah	Mike Sharp 1-yard run (Colton Cook kick)	14-7

3	2:00	Southern Utah	Colton Cook 23 yard field goal	17–7

4	6:27	Southern Utah	Griff McNabb 12-yard pass from Aaron Cantu (Colton Cook kick)	24–7

4	5:16	Weber State	Gamal Fowler 22-yard pass from Austin Chipoletti (Shaun McClain kick)	24–14

4	1:32	Southern Utah	Colton Cook 36-yard field goal	27–14

4	0:02	Weber State	Cameron Livingston 7-yard pass from Austin Chipoletti (Shaun McClain kick)	27–21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–21–1	2012	Weber State, 24–22

Montana State

Southern Utah at Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Thunderbirds	3	6	6	7	22
#8 Bobcats	0	0	0	14	14

Date: November 16
Location: Bobcat Stadium
Bozeman, MT
Game start: 4:07 PM MST
Elapsed time: 2:45
Game attendance: 18,187
Game weather: 29F • Wind: WSW 5-20 • Weather: snow flurries, wind
Referee: Kelly Holman
Television network: Big Sky TV

Sources: ^[4]

Scoring summary

1	4:18	Southern Utah	Colton Cook 29-yard field goal	3–0

2	0:48	Southern Utah	Chris Robison 5-yard run (Colton Cook kick missed)	9–0

3	9:12	Southern Utah	Aaron Cantu 1-yard run (two-point conversion failed)	15–0

4	9:18	Montana State	Chad Newell 13-yard run (Rory Perez kick)	15–7

4	5:11	Southern Utah	Aaron Cantu 1-yard run (Colton Cook kick)	22–7

4	2:47	Montana State	DeNarius McGhee 1-yard run (Rory Perez kick)	22–14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	2012	Montana State, 24–17

Northern Arizona

Northern Arizona at Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Lumberjacks	0	0	3	17	20
#20 Thunderbirds	0	7	3	0	10

Date: November 23
Location: Eccles Coliseum
Cedar City, UT
Game start: 1:05 PM MST
Elapsed time: 2:40
Game attendance: 2,521
Game weather: 36F • Wind: N@5mph • Light snow
TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Art Challis and Matt Roan

Sources:

Scoring summary

1	2:22	Southern Utah	Raysean Martin 4-yard run (Colton Cook kick)	7–0

3	8:15	Southern Utah	Colton Cook 32-yard field goal	10–0

3	4:11	Northern Arizona	Andy Wilder 29-yard field goal	10–3

4	8:40	Northern Arizona	Nick Cole 25-yard pass from Kyren Poe (Andy Wilder kick)	Tied 10–10

4	5:43	Northern Arizona	Andy Wilder 20-yard field goal	10–13

4	0:10	Northern Arizona	Blair Wishom 52-yard interception return (Andy Wilder kick)	10–20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–11	2012	Southern Utah, 35–29 ^3OT

FCS Playoffs

at Sam Houston State (FCS Playoffs First Round)

#22 Southern Utah at #14 Sam Houston State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#22 Thunderbirds	10	0	10	0	20
• #14 Bearkats	7	16	7	21	51

Date: November 30
Location: Bowers Stadium
Huntsville, TX
Game start: 1:00 PM MST
Television network: ESPN3

Sources:

Scoring summary

1	5:19	Southern Utah	Colton Cook 42-yard field goal	3–0

1	3:36	Southern Utah	Anthony Norris 38-yard pass from Aaron Cantu (Colton Cook kick)	10–0

1	1:31	Sam Houston State	Chance Nelson 32-yard pass from Brian Bell (Luc Swimberghe kick)	10–7

2	11:02	Sam Houston State	Keshawn Hill 3-yard run (two-point conversion failed)	10–13

2	0:59	Sam Houston State	Brian Bell 1-yard run (Luc Swimberghe kick)	10–20

2	0:00	Sam Houston State	Luc Swimberghe 24-yard field goal	10–23

3	8:38	Sam Houston State	Ragan Henderson 7-yard pass from Brian Bell (Luc Swimberghe kick)	10–30

3	5:26	Southern Utah	Colton Cook 38-yard field goal	13–30

3	4:46	Southern Utah	Robert Torgerson 39-yard fumble return (Colton Cook kick)	20–30

4	14:57	Sam Houston State	Timothy Flanders 2-yard run (Luc Swimberghe kick)	20–37

4	7:57	Sam Houston State	Timothy Flanders 1-yard run (Luc Swimberghe kick)	20–44

4	5:10	Sam Houston State	Keshawn Hill 2-yard run (Luc Swimberghe kick)	20–51

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First Meeting

References

↑ Big Sky TV
↑ "Southern Utah to Play 12-Game Schedule for First Time". Fox News. February 21, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
↑ "Two FBS, Nine BSC Opponents Highlight 12-Game 2013 Football Slate". Southern Utah Athletics. February 21, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
↑ http://www.suutbirds.com/pdf9/2568400.pdf

Southern Utah Thunderbirds football

Venues	Eccles Coliseum (1967–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Grand Canyon Rivalry (Northern Arizona) Beehive Bowl (Weber State)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	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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