2013 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Eastern Washington $^		8	–	0					12	–	3
No. 5 Northern Arizona ^		7	–	1					9	–	3
No. 8 Montana ^		6	–	2					10	–	3
No. 21 Southern Utah ^		5	–	3					8	–	5
No. 20 Montana State		5	–	3					7	–	5
Cal Poly		5	–	3					6	–	6
UC Davis		5	–	3					5	–	7
Sacramento State		4	–	4					5	–	7
Portland State		3	–	5					6	–	6
North Dakota		2	–	6					3	–	8
Idaho State		1	–	7					3	–	9
Weber State		1	–	7					2	–	10
Northern Colorado		0	–	8					1	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

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.

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]

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

Southern Utah at South Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total • Thunderbirds 10 0 3 9 22 Jaguars 0 7 7 7 21 Date: August 29 Location: Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL Game start: 6:30 PM CST Elapsed time: 3:12 Game attendance: 15,240 Game weather: 87 °F (31 °C), Sunny, winds S at 9mph Referee: Steve Marlowe TV announcers (ESPN3): Shawn Kenney and Cole Cubelic Sources:

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Ft. Lewis at Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total Skyhawks 0 0 0 0 0 • Thunderbirds 21 21 7 0 49 Date: September 7 Location: Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT Game start: 6:05 PM MST Elapsed time: 3:24 Game attendance: 5,872 Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C), Cloudy, winds SW at 6mph Referee: Bruce Palmer TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Art Challis and Matt Roan Sources:

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Southern Utah at Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 3 7 0 0 10 • Cougars 14 14 13 7 48 Date: September 14 Location: Martin Stadium Pullman, WA Game start: 3:37 PM PST Elapsed time: 3:11 Game attendance: 31,127 Game weather: 91 °F (33 °C), Thin & Whispy Clouds, winds E at 12mph Referee: Mark Duddy TV announcers (Pac-12): JB Long & Jeremy Bloom Sources:

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Southern Utah at Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 OT Total • Thunderbirds 0 13 0 8 3 24 Hornets 7 14 0 0 0 21 Date: September 21 Location: Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA Game start: 6:05 PM PST Elapsed time: 2:51 Game attendance: 5,612 Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C), Overcast & Wet, winds at 6mph Referee: Gregg Wilson TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Jason Ross, Steve McElroy & Danny Sullivan Sources:

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Southern Utah at Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total • Thunderbirds 3 14 7 3 27 Bears 0 7 7 7 21 Date: September 28 Location: Nottingham Field Greeley, CO Television network: Big Sky TV Sources:

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UC Davis at Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total • Aggies 0 14 7 0 21 Thunderbirds 3 0 0 0 3 Date: October 5 Location: Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Art Challis and Matt Roan Sources:

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Portland State at Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 0 7 0 0 7 • Thunderbirds 0 10 0 7 17 Date: October 12 Location: Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Art Challis and Matt Roan Sources:

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Southern Utah at Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 0 3 0 7 10 • #4 Eagles 14 0 13 7 34 Date: October 19 Location: Roos Field Cheney, WA Television network: Big Sky TV Sources:

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Idaho State at Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total Bengals 0 6 0 3 9 • Thunderbirds 3 10 0 6 19 Date: October 26 Location: Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Art Challis and Matt Roan Sources:

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Southern Utah at Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total • Thunderbirds 0 7 10 10 27 Wildcats 7 0 0 14 21 Date: November 9 Location: Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Carl Arky and Ty Sparrow Sources:

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Southern Utah at Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total • Thunderbirds 3 6 6 7 22 #8 Bobcats 0 0 0 14 14 Date: November 16 Location: Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT Game start: 4:07 PM MST Elapsed time: 2:45 Game attendance: 18,187 Game weather: 29F • Wind: WSW 5-20 • Weather: snow flurries, wind Referee: Kelly Holman Television network: Big Sky TV Sources:[3]

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Northern Arizona at Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total • Lumberjacks 0 0 3 17 20 #20 Thunderbirds 0 7 3 0 10 Date: November 23 Location: Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT Game start: 1:05 PM MST Elapsed time: 2:40 Game attendance: 2,521 Game weather: 36F • Wind: N@5mph • Light snow TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Art Challis and Matt Roan Sources:

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#22 Southern Utah at #14 Sam Houston State

1 2 3 4 Total #22 Thunderbirds 10 0 10 0 20 • #14 Bearkats 7 16 7 21 51 Date: November 30 Location: Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX Game start: 1:00 PM MST Television network: ESPN3 Sources:

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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]