2013 Big South Conference football season

The 2013 Big South Conference football season began on Thursday, August 29 and concluded in December with the 2014 NCAA Division I Football Championship. The regular season concluded on November 23, and Coastal Carolina won the conference's regular season championship and automatic bid to the playoffs. The Chanticleers defeated Bethune-Cookman in the first round and Montana in the second round before falling to eventual champion North Dakota State in the quarterfinals.[1]

2013 Big South Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I FCS
Sport	Football
Duration	August 29, 2013–December 14, 2013
Number of teams	6
TV partner(s)	ESPN, ESPN3, MASN
2014 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	Walt Aikens
Picked by	Miami Dolphins
Conference champions	Coastal Carolina

2013 Big South Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 7 Coastal Carolina +^		4	–	1					12	–	3
Liberty +		4	–	1					8	–	4
No. 24 Charleston Southern		3	–	2					10	–	3
Gardner–Webb		2	–	3					7	–	5
Presbyterian		1	–	4					3	–	8
VMI		1	–	4					2	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Preseason Poll Results

First place votes in parentheses

Place	Team	Points
1	Coastal Carolina (9)	84
2	Liberty (6)	80
3	Gardner–Webb	58
4	Charleston Southern	39
T–5	VMI	27
T–5	Presbyterian	27
Reference:[2]

Preseason All-Conference Teams

Offensive Player of the Year: Lorenzo Taliaferro, Sr., RB (Coastal Carolina)
Defensive Player of the Year: Quinn Backus, Jr., LB (Coastal Carolina)

Position	Player	Class	Team
First Team Offense
QB	Alex Ross	R–So.	Coastal Carolina
RB	Lorenzo Taliaferro	Sr.	Coastal Carolina
RB	Christian Reyes	Jr.	Charleston Southern
WR	Kenny Cook	R–Jr.	Gardner–Webb
WR	Matt Hazel	Sr.	Coastal Carolina
WR	Darrin Peterson	So.	Liberty
TE	Brandon Apon	R–Sr.	Liberty
OL	Jamey Cheatwood	R–Sr.	Coastal Carolina
OL	Hunter Stewart	Sr.	Liberty
OL	Chad Hamilton	R–Jr.	Coastal Carolina
OL	Drew Herring	R–Sr.	Coastal Carolina
OL	Clayton Truitt	Jr.	Charleston Southern
First Team Defense
DL	Shaquille Riddick	Jr.	Gardner–Webb
DL	Preston Pemasa	Sr.	Gardner–Webb
DL	Chima Uzowihe	So.	Liberty
DL	O.J. Le’iatua Mau	So.	Gardner–Webb
LB	Quinn Backus	Jr.	Coastal Carolina
LB	Tanner Burch	Jr.	Gardner–Webb
LB	Nick Sigmon	R–Jr.	Liberty
LB	Calvin Bryant	Jr.	Charleston Southern
DB	Jacob Hagen	Jr.	Liberty
DB	Walt Aikens	R–Sr.	Liberty
DB	Kevin Fogg	R–Sr.	Liberty
DB	Keon Williams	Sr.	Gardner–Webb
First Team Special Teams
PK	Alex Catron	Jr.	Coastal Carolina
P	Jordan Day	R–Sr.	Gardner–Webb
LS	Richard Wright	R–Sr.	Liberty
KR	Devin Brown	Fr.	Coastal Carolina
PR	Jeremiah McKie	Jr.	Presbyterian
Reference:[3]

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Big South member won
Big South member lost
Big South teams in bold

All times Eastern time.

Week One

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
August 29	6:00 PM	Liberty	Kent State	Dix Stadium • Kent, OH	ESPN3	L 10–17	20,790	[4]
August 29	6:30 PM	Presbyterian	Wake Forest	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN3	L 7–31	26,202	[5]
August 31	6:00 PM	Coastal Carolina	South Carolina State	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium • Orangeburg, SC		W 27–20	10,048	[6]
August 31	6:00 PM	Charleston Southern	The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC		W 32–29	12,196	[7]
August 31	6:00 PM	VMI	Richmond	Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA		L 0–34	8,700	[8]
August 31	6:45 PM	Furman	Gardner–Webb	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC	ESPN3	W 28–21	3,876	[9]

Week Two

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 7	11:00 AM	Shorter	Charleston Southern	Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC		W 23–15	3,812	[10]
September 7	1:30 PM	Glenville State	VMI	Alumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VA		W 34–27	5,316	[11]
September 7	2:00 PM	Brevard	Presbyterian	Bailey Memorial Stadium • Clinton, SC		W 42–24	4,027	[12]
September 7	6:00 PM	Furman	Coastal Carolina	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC	ESPN3	W 35–28	8,636	[13]
September 7	6:30 PM	Gardner–Webb	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV		L 0–55	26,317	[14]
September 7	7:00 PM	Monmouth	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	ESPN3	W 45–15	18,467	[15]

Week Three

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 14	12:00 PM	Presbyterian	Furman	Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC		L 20–21	6,500	[16]
September 14	1:30 PM	North Greenville	VMI	Alumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VA		L 24–37	4,494	[17]
September 14	6:00 PM	Charleston Southern	Campbell	Barker-Lane Stadium • Buies Creek, NC		W 30–10	6,044	[18]
September 14	6:00 PM	Coastal Carolina	Eastern Kentucky	Roy Kidd Stadium • Richmond, KY		W 51–32	14,500	[19]
September 14	6:00 PM	Richmond	Gardner–Webb	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC	ESPN3	W 12–10	5,590	[20]
September 14	7:00 PM	Morgan State	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	ESPN3	W 38–10	15,488	[21]

Week Four

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 21	3:30 PM	VMI	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA		L 0–49	40,165	[22]
September 21	4:00 PM	Charleston Southern	Norfolk State	Dick Price Stadium • Norfolk, VA		W 20–12	5,963	[23]
September 21	6:00 PM	Liberty	Richmond	Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA		L 21–30	8,076	[24]
September 21	6:00 PM	Hampton	Coastal Carolina	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC		W 50–17	9,386	[25]
September 21	6:00 PM	Gardner–Webb	Wofford	Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC		W 3–0	6,207	[26]

Week Five

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 28	1:30 PM	Robert Morris	VMI	Alumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VA		L 31–37 ^2OT	4,821	[27]
September 28	1:30 PM	Coastal Carolina	Elon	Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC		W 53–28	10,277	[28]
September 28	2:00 PM	Charlotte	Presbyterian	Bailey Memorial Stadium • Clinton, SC	ESPN3	L 21–45	5,268	[29]
September 28	3:30 PM	Charleston Southern	Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC		W 27–24	29,145	[30]
September 28	6:00 PM	Point	Gardner–Webb	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC		W 55–7	4,890	[31]
September 28	7:00 PM	Kentucky Wesleyan	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	ESPN3	W 73–7	15,807	[32]

Week Six

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 5	11:00 AM	North Greenville	Charleston Southern	Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC		W 28–14	4,523	[33]
October 5	12:00 PM	Gardner–Webb	Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC		L 51–53	12,222	[34]
October 5	1:30 PM	Presbyterian	Wofford	Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC		L 14–55	7,820	[35]
October 5	6:00 PM	Liberty	Old Dominion	S.B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA		L 17–21	20,118	[36]

Week Seven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 12	1:30 PM	Charleston Southern	VMI	Alumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VA		CSU 25–17	5,902	[37]
October 12	6:00 PM	Gardner–Webb	Coastal Carolina	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC	ESPN3	CCU 42–7	7,819	[38]

Week Eight

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 19	2:00 PM	VMI	Presbyterian	Bailey Memorial Stadium • Clinton, SC		PC 49–35	3,032	[39]
October 19	2:00 PM	Charleston Southern	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO		L 10–43	36,730	[40]
October 19	3:00 PM	Coastal Carolina	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	ESPN3	CCU 55–52 ^2OT	18,911	[41]

Week Nine

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 26	1:00 PM	Charlotte	Charleston Southern	Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC		W 36–14	4,319	[42]
October 26	1:30 PM	Liberty	Gardner–Webb	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC	ESPN3	LU 24–0	6,430	[43]
October 26	2:00 PM	Point	Presbyterian	Bailey Memorial Stadium • Clinton, SC		W 49–19	4,689	[44]
October 26	6:00 PM	VMI	Coastal Carolina	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC		CCU 66–27	7,174	[45]

Week Ten

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 2	1:30 PM	Warner University Royals	Gardner–Webb	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC		W 51–14	3,150	[46]
November 2	2:00 PM	Charleston Southern	Presbyterian	Bailey Memorial Stadium • Clinton, SC	ESPN3	CSU 27–16	3,181	[47]
November 2	3:00 PM	Charlotte	Coastal Carolina	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC		W 50–25	9,221	[48]
November 2	3:30 PM	VMI	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	ESPN3/MASN	LU 17–7	18,334	[49]

Week Eleven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 9	1:00 PM	Coastal Carolina	Charleston Southern	Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC		CSU 31–26	6,135	[50]
November 9	1:00 PM	Gardner–Webb	VMI	Alumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VA	ESPN3	VMI 27–9	4,832	[51]
November 9	3:30 PM	Presbyterian	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	ESPN3	LU 35–14	10,654	[52]

Week Twelve

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 16	1:00 PM	VMI	The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC		L 10–31	12,069	[53]
November 16	1:00 PM	Presbyterian	Coastal Carolina	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC	ESPN3	CCU 46–13	7,035	[54]
November 16	1:30 PM	Charleston Southern	Gardner–Webb	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC		GWU 27–10	4,890	[55]
November 16	3:30 PM	Brevard	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	ESPN3	W 59–21	7,554	[56]

Week Thirteen

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 23	11:00 AM	Liberty	Charleston Southern	Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC	ESPN3	LU 56–14	3,756	[57]
November 23	1:00 PM	Gardner–Webb	Presbyterian	Bailey Memorial Stadium • Clinton, SC		GWU 20–13	3,333	[58]
November 23	1:00 PM	Coastal Carolina	#12 South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	ESPN3	L 10–70	81,411	[59]
November 23	1:30 PM	Bucknell	VMI	Alumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VA		L 23–35	4,913	[60]

2014 NFL Draft

	Rnd.	Pick #	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
	4	125	Miami Dolphins	Walt Aikens	CB	Liberty	Big South	from San Diego
	4	138	Baltimore Ravens	Lorenzo Taliaferro	RB	Coastal Carolina	Big South
	6	190		Matt Hazel	WR	Coastal Carolina	Big South

Attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Charleston Southern	Buccaneer Field	4,000	3,812	4,523	4,319	6,135	3,756	—	—	22,545	4,509	110.3%
Coastal Carolina	Brooks Stadium	9,112	8,636	9,386	7,819	7,147	9,221	7,035	—	49,244	8,207	90.1%
Gardner–Webb	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium	7,800	3,876	5,590	4,890	6,430	3,150	4,890	—	28,826	4,804	61.6%
Liberty	Williams Stadium	19,200	18,467	15,488	15,807	18,911	18,334	10,654	7,554	105,215	15,031	78.3%
Presbyterian	Bailey Memorial Stadium	6,000	4,027	5,268	3,032	4,689	3,181	3,333	—	23,530	3,922	65.4%
VMI	Alumni Memorial Field	10,000	5,316	4,494	4,821	5,902	4,832	4,913	—	30,278	5,046	50.5%

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