2013 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

The 2013 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented Georgia Southern University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Jeff Monken and played their home games at Paulson Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. This was Georgia Southern's final year in the Southern Conference and the FCS. They joined the FBS and the Sun Belt Conference for the 2014 season. They finished the season 7–4, 4–4 in SoCon play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place.

2013 Georgia Southern Eagles football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
2013 record5–4, 2 wins vacated (4–4 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrent Davis (4th season)
Offensive schemeTriple option
Co-defensive coordinatorJack Curtis (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorKevin Corless (1st season)
Home stadiumPaulson Stadium
(Capacity: 18,000)
2013 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 23 Chattanooga +  6 –2     8 –4  
No. 19 Samford +^  6 –2     8 –5  
No. 22 Furman +^  6 –2     8 –6  
Georgia Southern*  4 –4     7 –4  
Wofford  4 –4     5 –6  
The Citadel  4 –4     5 –7  
Appalachian State*  4 –4     4 –8  
Elon  1 –7     2 –10  
Western Carolina  1 –7     2 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Appalachian State and Georgia Southern ineligible for conference championship and FCS playoffs as part of FBS transition
Rankings from The Sports Network Poll

In the final game of the season, against the Florida Gators, the Eagles upset the FBS Gators, 26–20, without completing a pass. The win marked the first time a FCS team defeated the Gators.[1]

At the end of the season, head coach Jeff Monken resigned to become the head coach at Army.

On July 22, 2016, the university announced that it was ordered by the NCAA to vacate two wins from the 2013 season and one win from the 2014 season, due to academically ineligible student-athletes participating in those games. The wins affected in the 2013 season were against the Savannah State Tigers and St. Francis Red Flash.[2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:00 pmSavannah State*No. 9
W 77–9 (vacated)16,528
September 76:00 pmSaint Francis (PA)*No. 10
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
GSAAW 59–17 (vacated)13,758
September 147:00 pmat No. 16 WoffordNo. 10
GSAAL 20–308,153
September 286:00 pmChattanoogaNo. 15
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
GSAAW 23–2116,827
October 53:00 pmat SamfordNo. 16
L 34–447,896
October 121:00 pmThe CitadelNo. 22
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
GSAAW 28–2116,128
October 263:30 pmat Appalachian StateNo. 24
ESPN3L 14–3823,901
November 22:00 pmFurman
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
GSAAL 14–1612,220
November 92:00 pmWestern Carolina
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
GSAAW 35–1913,507
November 163:00 pmat Elon
W 38–206,104
November 232:00 pmat Florida*
PPVW 26–2082,459

Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final 
Sports Network 9 10 10 14 15 16 22 23 24 RV RV RV RV RV RV 
Coaches N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Ineligible for FCS Coaches Poll[3]

References
  1. Long, Mark (November 23, 2013). "Georgia Southern beats Florida in Swamp without completing a pass". Kingsport Times-News. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  2. "Georgia Southern Football To Vacate Three Games From 2013-14 Seasons". Georgia Southern Eagles. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  3. http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/08/jacksonville_state_samford_ala.html


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