2013 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

The 2013 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team represented South Dakota State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 16th year head coach John Stiegelmeier and played their home games at Coughlin–Alumni Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 9–5, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a four way tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs where they defeated Northern Arizona in the first round before losing in the second round to Eastern Washington.

2013 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football
FCS Playoffs Second Round vs. Eastern Washington, L 17–41
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 13
FCS Coaches	No. 14
2013 record	9–5 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach	John Stiegelmeier (17th season)
Offensive coordinator	Eric Eidsness
Defensive coordinator	Clint Brown
Home stadium	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium (Capacity: 15,000)

2013 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 North Dakota State $^		8	–	0					15	–	0
No. 13 South Dakota Sate ^		5	–	3					9	–	5
No. 18 Youngstown State		5	–	3					8	–	4
Southern Illinois		5	–	3					7	–	5
Missouri State		5	–	3					5	–	7
Illinois State		4	–	4					5	–	6
South Dakota		3	–	5					4	–	8
Northern Iowa		3	–	5					7	–	5
Western Illinois		2	–	6					4	–	8
Indiana State		0	–	8					1	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 pm	Butler*	No. 6	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Brookings, SD	Midco SN	W 55–14	9,729
September 7	6:00 pm	at North Dakota*	No. 6	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND		W 35–28	10,038
September 14	6:00 pm	Southeastern Louisiana*	No. 6	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Brookings, SD		W 34–26	13,456
September 21	2:30 pm	at Nebraska*	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	BTN	L 20–59	90,614
September 28	2:00 pm	No. 1 North Dakota State	No. 6	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Brookings, SD (Dakota Marker)	Midco SN	L 0–20	16,498
October 5	2:00 pm	Southern Illinois	No. 7	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Brookings, SD	ESPN3	L 24–27	11,250
October 12	3:00 pm	at Western Illinois	No. 13	Hanson Field Macomb, IL	ESPN3	W 38–14	10,232
October 19	1:00 pm	at Missouri State	No. 15	Plaster Sports Complex Springfield, MO	ESPN3	L 21–35	12,321
October 26	2:00 pm	No. 17 Northern Iowa	No. 25	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Brookings, SD	Midco SN	W 37–34 ^2OT	7,912
November 9	2:00 pm	Indiana State	No. 19	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Brookings, SD		W 29–0	5,317
November 16	1:00 pm	at South Dakota	No. 19	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	Midco SN	W 27–12	10,845
November 23	1:00 pm	at No. 15 Youngstown State	No. 16	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	ESPN3	W 42–13	8,973
November 30	7:00 pm	at No. 8 Northern Arizona*	No. 13	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 26–7	5,077
December 7	3:00 pm	at No. 3 Eastern Washington*	No. 13	Roos Field Cheney, WA (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	L 17–41	6,127
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

[1]

The Dakota Marker matchup against North Dakota State set a new single-game home attendance record (16,498).[2]

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	6	6	6	6	6	7	13	15	25	19	19	19	16	13	13
Coaches	7	7	6	6	6	9	18	18	24–T	20	20	19	17	13	14

References

1. "Schedule". South Dakota State Athletics. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
2. "SDSU Sets Attendance Record During Dakota Marker Game". KSFY. Sioux Falls. September 28, 2013. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved October 29, 2013.