2013 Valparaiso Crusaders football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 2013 Valparaiso Crusaders football Valparaiso Crusaders wordmark.svg 175 Pioneer Football League PFL 1–10 1–7 Dale Carlson 4th season first nine games Mike Gravier (interim) final game Bob Muckian Tyson Silveus Brown Field The 2013 Valparaiso Crusaders football team represented Valparaiso University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Dale Carlson and played their home games at Brown Field. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 1–10, 1–7 in PFL play to finish in a tie for ninth place.https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/_/id/2674/valparaiso-crusaders ESPN Valparaiso Crusaders (clubhouse) January 5, 2014 Assistant coach Mike Gravier was promoted to interim head coach for the final game of the season when head coach Carlson was fired.http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2013-11-10/valparaiso-fires-coach-dale-carlson-fired-crusaders-record-butler-football-dayton-mike-gravier The Sporting News Valparaiso fires football coach after 3-40 record November 10, 2013 Dan Barker January 4, 2014 January 6, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140106040127/http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2013-11-10/valparaiso-fires-coach-dale-carlson-fired-crusaders-record-butler-football-dayton-mike-gravier dead At the end of the season, Dave Cecchini was hired as a full-time replacement.http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/college/valparaiso-university/new-coach-dave-cecchini-eager-to-help-crusaders-turn-the/article_24e58053-6a66-59e0-9128-bf2bd5a5aa2e.html New coach Dave Cecchini eager to help Crusaders turn the corner January 5, 2014 December 11, 2013 Paul Oren Northwest Indiana Times Schedule 2013 The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Eastern August 29 8:00 pm l y y North Dakota Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND 10–69 9,269 September 7 1:00 pm l y y 2013 Saint Joseph's Pumas Saint Joseph's College (Indiana) Saint Joseph's (IN) Alumni Stadium Rensselaer, IN 31–34 2,865 September 14 2:00 pm l y 2013 William Jewell Cardinals William Jewell Brown Field Valparaiso, IN 34–36 1,574 September 28 2:00 pm w y Campbell Brown Field Valparaiso, IN 49–42 OT 3,357 October 5 12:00 pm l y Marist Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field Poughkeepsie, NY 0–37 2,089 October 12 12:00 pm l y Mercer Moye Complex Macon, GA 21–35 8,272 October 19 2:00 pm l Morehead State Brown Field Valparaiso, IN 28–42 2,287 October 26 2:00 pm l y Drake Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA 10–23 2,154 November 2 1:00 pm l San Diego Brown Field Valparaiso, IN 14–58 1,704 November 9 1:00 pm l y Butler Hoosier Helmet Trophy Butler Bowl Indianapolis, IN 12–72 3,049 November 16 2:00 pm l Dayton Brown Field Valparaiso, IN 20–45 1,668 References Valparaiso Category:Valparaiso Beacons football seasons Valparaiso Crusaders football