2013_Tennessee_State_Tigers_football_team

2013 Tennessee State Tigers football
2013 Tennessee State Tigers football
Black college national champion
NCAA Division I Second Round, L 10–51 vs. Eastern Illinois
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 17
FCS Coaches	No. 17
Record	10–4 (6–2 OVC)
Head coach	Rod Reed (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Jones (4th season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Osita Alaribe (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Justin Roberts (3rd season)
Home stadium	LP Field; Hale Stadium
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2013 Tennessee State Tigers football team

American college football season

The 2013 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Rod Reed and played their home games at LP Field and at Hale Stadium. Tennessee State finished the season 10–4 overall and 6–2 in OVC play to place second. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where they defeated Butler in the first round before losing to Eastern Illinois in the second round.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 pm	No. 23 Bethune–Cookman*		LP Field Nashville, TN (John Merritt Classic)	ESPN3	L 9–12	16,108
September 7	2:00 pm	at Florida A&M*		Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL		W 27–7	14,237
September 14	6:00 pm	vs. Jackson State*		Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Southern Heritage Classic)	FSSO	W 26–16	42,400
September 21	7:00 pm	at Tennessee Tech		Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	ESPN3	W 41–21	10,044
September 28	2:00 pm	vs. Central State (OH)*		Edward Jones Dome St. Louis, MO		W 73–6	22,000
October 5	6:00 pm	Southeast Missouri State		LP Field Nashville, TN	OVCDN	W 40–16	7,374
October 12	3:00 pm	at No. 24 Jacksonville State		JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL	OVCDN	W 31–15	19,092
October 19	1:00 pm	at UT Martin	No. 24	Graham Stadium Martin, TN	OVCDN	W 29–15	4,166
October 26	4:00 pm	No. 3 Eastern Illinois	No. 21	LP Field Nashville, TN	OVCDN	L 16–34	22,157
November 2	1:00 pm	at Eastern Kentucky	No. 23	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY	ESPN3	L 0–44	5,700
November 9	2:00 pm	Austin Peay		Hale Stadium Nashville, TN	OVCDN	W 31–6	5,258
November 16	2:00 pm	Murray State		LP Field Nashville, TN	OVCDN	W 17–10	6,412
November 30	12:00 pm	at Butler*	No. 19	Butler Bowl Indianapolis, IN (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN3	W 31–0	1,928
December 7	1:00 pm	at No. 2 Eastern Illinois*	No. 19	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL (NCAA Division I Second Round)	ESPN3	L 10–51	4,825
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

2013 Tennessee State Tigers football team

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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Eastern Illinois $^	8	–	0	12	–	2
No. 17 Tennessee State ^	6	–	2	10	–	4
No. 10 Jacksonville State ^	5	–	3	11	–	4
UT Martin	5	–	3	7	–	5
Eastern Kentucky	4	–	4	6	–	6
Murray State	4	–	4	6	–	6
Tennessee Tech	2	–	6	5	–	7
Southeast Missouri State	2	–	6	3	–	9
Austin Peay	0	–	8	0	–	12

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