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 finished 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.

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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
Record	8–5 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach	Ed Lamb (6th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Justin Walterscheid (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Teag Whiting (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Justin Ena (4th season)
Home stadium	Eccles Coliseum
Seasons ← 2012 2014 →

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The 2013 schedule was the first 12-game schedule in Thunderbirds history.^[1] 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.^[2]

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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 (Grand Canyon Rivalry)	BSTV	L 10–20	2,521
November 30	1:00 pm	at No. 14 Sam Houston State	No. 22	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN3	L 20–51	4,069
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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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.^[4]