2013 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 football 2013 Southern Utah Thunderbirds Southern Utah Thunderbirds Script Logo.png 150 Big Sky Conference Big Sky 21 24 8–5 5–3 Ed Lamb 6th Justin Walterscheid 1st Teag Whiting 1st Justin Ena 4th Eccles Coliseum FCS Playoffs First Round vs Sam Houston State L 20–51 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. Schedule The 2013 schedule was the first 12-game schedule in Thunderbirds history.Southern Utah to Play 12-Game Schedule for First Time https://www.foxnews.com/sports/southern-utah-to-play-12-game-schedule-for-first-time/ Fox News February 21, 2013 February 21, 2013 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.Two FBS, Nine BSC Opponents Highlight 12-Game 2013 Football Slate http://www.suutbirds.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=95832&SPID=11715&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=20100&ATCLID=206472941 Southern Utah Athletics February 21, 2013 February 21, 2013 2013 NCAA Division I FCS The Sports Network Mountain August 29 5:30 pm w y y South Alabama Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL ESPN3 22–21 15,240 September 7 6:05 pm w y 2013 Fort Lewis Skyhawks Fort Lewis Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT http://www.bigskyconf.com/sports/2009/8/14/BigSKYTV81509.aspx BSTV 49–0 5,872 September 14 4:30 pm l y y Washington State Martin Stadium Pullman, WA P12N 10–48 31,127 September 21 7:05 pm w y y Sacramento State Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA BSTV 24–21 OT 5,612 September 28 1:35 pm w y Northern Colorado Nottingham Field Greeley, CO BSTV 27–21 4,361 October 5 1:05 pm l UC Davis Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT BSTV 3–21 3,558 October 12 2:05 pm w y Portland State Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT BSTV 17–7 6,539 October 19 6:05 pm l y Eastern Washington 4 Roos Field Cheney, WA BSTV 10–34 10,135 October 26 1:05 pm w Idaho State Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT BSTV 19–9 3,342 November 9 1:00 pm w y Weber State Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT BSTV 27–21 4,978 November 16 4:00 pm w y Montana State 8 Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT ESPN3 22–14 18,187 November 23 1:05 pm l 20 Northern Arizona 10 Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT Grand Canyon Rivalry BSTV 10–20 2,521 November 30 1:00 pm l y 22 Sam Houston State 14 Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX NCAA Division I First Round ESPN3 20–51 4,069 Game summaries South Alabama South Alabama Jaguars football 2013 South Alabama Jaguars football team Southern Utah at South Alabama Thunderbirds 10 0 3 9 Jaguars 0 7 7 7 August 29 Ladd–Peebles StadiumMobile, AL 6:30 PM CST 3:12 15,240 87 °F °C on, Sunny, winds S at 9mph Steve Marlowe Shawn Kenney and Cole Cubelic ESPN3Sources: yes 1 5:52 Southern Utah Colton Cook 33-yard field goal 3–0 1 1:16 Southern Utah Raysean Martin 1-yard run (Colton Cook kick) 10–0 2 4:37 South Alabama Brandon Bridge 40-yard run (Aleem Sunanon kick) 10–7 3 11:15 Southern Utah Colton Cook 37-yard field goal 13–7 3 7:38 South Alabama Jereme Jones 6-yard pass from Ross Metheny (Aleem Sunanon kick) 13–14 4 14:47 South Alabama Danny Woodson 20-yard pass from Ross Metheny (Aleem Sunanon kick) 13–21 4 6:13 Southern Utah Anthony Norris 2-yard pass from Aaron Cantu (two-point conversion failed) 19–21 4 0:00 Southern Utah Colton Cook 28-yard field goal 22–21 yes Ft. Lewis Fort Lewis Skyhawks football Ft. Lewis at Southern Utah Skyhawks 0 0 0 0 Thunderbirds 21 21 7 0 September 7 Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT 6:05 PM MST 3:24 5,872 73 °F °C on, Cloudy, winds SW at 6mph Bruce Palmer Art Challis and Matt Roan Big Sky TVSources: yes 1 8:38 Southern Utah Toa Afatasi 4-yard pass from Aaron Cantu (Colton Cook kick) 7–0 1 4:13 Southern Utah Matt Holley 19-yard fumble return (Colton Cook kick) 14–0 1 0:00 Southern Utah Miles Killebrew 89-yard fumble return (Colton Cook kick) 21–0 2 6:22 Southern Utah Anthony Norris 8-yard pass from Aaron Cantu (Colton Cook kick) 28–0 2 6:07 Southern Utah Anthony Norris 19-yard pass from Aaron Cantu (Colton Cook kick) 35–0 2 2:54 Southern Utah Easton Pederson 6-yard pass from Aaron Cantu (Colton Cook kick) 42–0 3 9:56 Southern Utah Malik Brown 5-yard run (Colton Cook kick) 49–0 yes Washington State Washington State Cougars football 2013 Washington State Cougars football team Southern Utah at Washington State Thunderbirds 3 7 0 0 Cougars 14 14 13 7 September 14 Martin StadiumPullman, WA 3:37 PM PST 3:11 31,127 91 °F °C on, Thin & Whispy Clouds, winds E at 12mph Mark Duddy JB Long & Jeremy Bloom Pac-12Sources: yes 1 13:03 Washington State Dom Williams 43-yard pass from Connor Halliday (Andrew Fuerney kick) 0–7 1 6:02 Southern Utah Colton Cook 40-yard field goal 3–7 1 3:56 Washington State Isiah Myers 10-yard pass from Connor Halliday (Andrew Fuerney kick) 3–14 2 10:55 Southern Utah Raysean Martin 3-yard run (Colton Cook kick good) 10–14 2 4:22 Washington State Dom Williams 55-yard pass from Connor Halliday (Andrew Fuerney kick) 10–21 2 0:38 Washington State Damante Horton 72-yard interception return (Andrew Fuerney kick) 10–28 3 8:38 Washington State Andrew Fuerney 46-yard field goal 10–31 3 4:20 Washington State Andrew Fuerney 30-yard field goal 10–34 3 2:53 Washington State Gabe Marks 1-yard pass from Connor Halliday (Andrew Fuerney kick) 10–41 4 11:07 Washington State Vince Mayle 3-yard pass from Connor Halliday (Andrew Fuerney kick) 10–48 yes Sacramento State Sacramento State Hornets football 2013 Sacramento State Hornets football team Southern Utah at Sacramento State Thunderbirds 0 13 0 8 3 Hornets 7 14 0 0 0 September 21 Hornet StadiumSacramento, CA 6:05 PM PST 2:51 5,612 65 °F °C on, Overcast & Wet, winds at 6mph Gregg Wilson Jason Ross, Steve McElroy & Danny Sullivan Big Sky TVSources: yes 1 8:38 Sacramento State Morris Norrise 33-yard pass from Garrett Safron (Jesse Aguilar kick) 0–7 2 13:32 Southern Utah Raysean Martin 1-yard run (Colton Cook kick blocked) 6–7 2 10:53 Sacramento State DeAndre Carter 20-yard pass from Garrett Safron (Jesse Aguilar kick) 6–14 2 7:14 Southern Utah Raysean Martin 2-yard run (Colton Cook kick) 13–14 2 3:45 Sacramento State Ezekiel Graham 11-yard run (Jesse Aguilar kick) 13–21 4 0:31 Southern Utah Raysean Martin 1-yard run (Aaron Cantu pass to Griff McNabb for two-point conversion) Tied 21–21 OT 0:00 Southern Utah Colton Cook 38-yard field goal 24–21 yes Northern Colorado Northern Colorado Bears football 2013 Northern Colorado Bears football team Southern Utah at Northern Colorado Thunderbirds 3 14 7 3 Bears 0 7 7 7 September 28 Nottingham FieldGreeley, CO MST Big Sky TVSources: yes 1 2:47 Southern Utah Colton Cook 48-yard field goal 3–0 2 10:37 Northern Colorado Jace Davis 19-yard pass from Tim Tancik (Jamie Falloon kick) 3–7 2 1:02 Southern Utah Levi Teo 1-yard run (Colton Cook kick) 10–7 2 0:15 Southern Utah Griff McNabb 12-yard pass from Aaron Cantu (Colton Cook kick) 17–7 3 11:43 Northern Colorado Tim Tancik 1-yard run (Jamie Falloon kick) 17–14 3 6:26 Southern Utah Easton Pederson 17-yard pass from Aaron Cantu (Colton Cook kick) 24–14 4 6:08 Southern Utah Colton Cook 36-yard field goal 27–14 4 0:58 Northern Colorado Dimitri Stimphil 5-yard pass from Tim Tancik (Jamie Falloon kick) 27–21 yes UC Davis UC Davis Aggies football 2013 UC Davis Aggies football team UC Davis at Southern Utah Aggies 0 14 7 0 Thunderbirds 3 0 0 0 October 5 Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT MST Art Challis and Matt Roan Big Sky TVSources: yes 1 5:36 Southern Utah Colton Cook 30-yard field goal 3–0 2 11:01 UC Davis Gabe Manzanares 16-yard run (Brady Stuart kick) 3–7 2 4:27 UC Davis Gabe Manzanares 1-yard run (Brady Stuart kick) 3–14 3 9:11 UC Davis TJ King 19-yard pass from Randy Wright (Brady Stuart kick) 3–21 yes Portland State Portland State Vikings football 2013 Portland State Vikings football team Portland State at Southern Utah Vikings 0 7 0 0 Thunderbirds 0 10 0 7 October 12 Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT MST Art Challis and Matt Roan Big Sky TVSources: yes 2 13:08 Southern Utah Colton Cook 48-yard field goal 3–0 2 5:15 Southern Utah Fatu Moala 5-yard pass from Aaron Cantu (Colton Cook kick) 10–0 2 0:01 Portland State Paris Penn 4-yard run (Nick Fernandez kick) 10–7 4 6:01 Southern Utah Aaron Cantu 1-yard run (Colton Cook kick) 17–7 yes Eastern Washington Eastern Washington Eagles football 2013 Eastern Washington Eagles football team Southern Utah at Eastern Washington Thunderbirds 0 3 0 7 #4 Eagles 14 0 13 7 October 19 Roos FieldCheney, WA MST Big Sky TVSources: yes 1 8:02 Eastern Washington Samson Ebukam 21-yard interception return (Kevin Miller kick) 0–7 1 2:01 Eastern Washington Ashton Clark 12-yard pass from Vernon Adams (Kevin Miller kick) 0–14 2 0:12 Southern Utah Colton Cook 34-yard field goal 3–14 3 5:33 Eastern Washington Kendrick Bourne 31-yard pass from Vernon Adams (Kevin Miller kick) 3–21 3 2:43 Eastern Washington Cooper Kupp 52-yard pass from Vernon Adams (Kevin Miller kick missed) 3–27 4 13:18 Eastern Washington Mario Brown 11-yard run (Kevin Miller kick) 3–34 4 0:45 Southern Utah C.J. Morgan 29-yard pass from Mike Sharp (Colton Cook kick good) 10–34 yes Idaho State Idaho State Bengals football 2013 Idaho State Bengals football team Idaho State at Southern Utah Bengals 0 6 0 3 Thunderbirds 3 10 0 6 October 26 Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT MST Art Challis and Matt Roan Big Sky TVSources: yes 1 6:16 Southern Utah Colton Cook 38-yard field goal 3–0 2 12:15 Southern Utah Mike Sharp 1-yard run (Colton Cook kick) 10–0 2 6:37 Southern Utah Colton Cook 30-yard field goal 13–0 2 4:27 Idaho State Cameron Richard 4-yard pass from Justin Arias (Brendon Gracias kick missed) 13–6 4 10:53 Southern Utah Colton Cook 38-yard field goal 16–6 4 5:27 Idaho State Brendon Gracias 34-yard field goal 16–9 4 0:27 Southern Utah Colton Cook 22-yard field goal 19–9 yes Weber State Weber State Wildcats football 2013 Weber State Wildcats football team Southern Utah at Weber State Thunderbirds 0 7 10 10 Wildcats 7 0 0 14 November 9 Stewart StadiumOgden, UT MST Carl Arky and Ty Sparrow Big Sky TVSources: yes 1 5:39 Weber State Cameron Livingston 31-yard pass from Austin Chipoletti (Shaun McClain kick) 0–7 2 0:22 Southern Utah Levi Te'o 1-yard run (Colton Cook kick) Tied 7–7 3 9:22 Southern Utah Mike Sharp 1-yard run (Colton Cook kick) 14-7 3 2:00 Southern Utah Colton Cook 23 yard field goal 17–7 4 6:27 Southern Utah Griff McNabb 12-yard pass from Aaron Cantu (Colton Cook kick) 24–7 4 5:16 Weber State Gamal Fowler 22-yard pass from Austin Chipoletti (Shaun McClain kick) 24–14 4 1:32 Southern Utah Colton Cook 36-yard field goal 27–14 4 0:02 Weber State Cameron Livingston 7-yard pass from Austin Chipoletti (Shaun McClain kick) 27–21 yes Montana State Montana State Bobcats football 2013 Montana State Bobcats football team Southern Utah at Montana State Thunderbirds 3 6 6 7 #8 Bobcats 0 0 0 14 November 16 Bobcat StadiumBozeman, MT 4:07 PM MST 2:45 18,187 29F • Wind: WSW 5-20 • Weather: snow flurries, wind Kelly Holman Big Sky TVSources:http://www.suutbirds.com/pdf9/2568400.pdf Archived copy 2013-11-17 2014-07-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20140724110603/http://www.suutbirds.com/pdf9/2568400.pdf dead yes 1 4:18 Southern Utah Colton Cook 29-yard field goal 3–0 2 0:48 Southern Utah Chris Robison 5-yard run (Colton Cook kick missed) 9–0 3 9:12 Southern Utah Aaron Cantu 1-yard run (two-point conversion failed) 15–0 4 9:18 Montana State Chad Newell 13-yard run (Rory Perez kick) 15–7 4 5:11 Southern Utah Aaron Cantu 1-yard run (Colton Cook kick) 22–7 4 2:47 Montana State DeNarius McGhee 1-yard run (Rory Perez kick) 22–14 yes Northern Arizona Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football 2013 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team Northern Arizona at Southern Utah Lumberjacks 0 0 3 17 #20 Thunderbirds 0 7 3 0 November 23 Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT 1:05 PM MST 2:40 2,521 36F • Wind: N@5mph • Light snow Art Challis and Matt Roan Big Sky TVSources: yes 1 2:22 Southern Utah Raysean Martin 4-yard run (Colton Cook kick) 7–0 3 8:15 Southern Utah Colton Cook 32-yard field goal 10–0 3 4:11 Northern Arizona Andy Wilder 29-yard field goal 10–3 4 8:40 Northern Arizona Nick Cole 25-yard pass from Kyren Poe (Andy Wilder kick) Tied 10–10 4 5:43 Northern Arizona Andy Wilder 20-yard field goal 10–13 4 0:10 Northern Arizona Blair Wishom 52-yard interception return (Andy Wilder kick) 10–20 yes FCS Playoffs At Sam Houston State (FCS Playoffs First Round) Sam Houston State Bearkats football 2013 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team #22 Southern Utah at #14 Sam Houston State #22 Thunderbirds 10 0 10 0 #14 Bearkats 7 16 7 21 November 30 Bowers StadiumHuntsville, TX 1:00 PM MST ESPN3Sources: yes 1 5:19 Southern Utah Colton Cook 42-yard field goal 3–0 1 3:36 Southern Utah Anthony Norris 38-yard pass from Aaron Cantu (Colton Cook kick) 10–0 1 1:31 Sam Houston State Chance Nelson 32-yard pass from Brian Bell (Luc Swimberghe kick) 10–7 2 11:02 Sam Houston State Keshawn Hill 3-yard run (two-point conversion failed) 10–13 2 0:59 Sam Houston State Brian Bell 1-yard run (Luc Swimberghe kick) 10–20 2 0:00 Sam Houston State Luc Swimberghe 24-yard field goal 10–23 3 8:38 Sam Houston State Ragan Henderson 7-yard pass from Brian Bell (Luc Swimberghe kick) 10–30 3 5:26 Southern Utah Colton Cook 38-yard field goal 13–30 3 4:46 Southern Utah Robert Torgerson 39-yard fumble return (Colton Cook kick) 20–30 4 14:57 Sam Houston State Timothy Flanders 2-yard run (Luc Swimberghe kick) 20–37 4 7:57 Sam Houston State Timothy Flanders 1-yard run (Luc Swimberghe kick) 20–44 4 5:10 Sam Houston State Keshawn Hill 2-yard run (Luc Swimberghe kick) 20–51 yes Media 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.http://b2tv.com/upcoming_events.asp?q=v&value=bigsky Big Sky TV 2013-06-27 2012-08-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20120811190534/http://b2tv.com/upcoming_events.asp?q=v&value=bigsky dead References Southern Utah Category:Southern Utah Thunderbirds football seasons Southern Utah Southern Utah Thunderbirds football