2013 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

2013 Fresno State Bulldogs football

Mountain West champion MW West Division champion
MW Championship Game, W 24–17 vs. Utah State
Las Vegas Bowl vs. USC, L 20–45 vs. USC
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Division	West Division
2013 record	11–2 (7–1 MW)
Head coach	Tim DeRuyter (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Dave Schramm (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator	Nick Toth (2nd year)
Home stadium	Bulldog Stadium (Capacity: 41,031)

2013 Mountain West football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Mountain Division
Utah State x		7	–	1		9	–	5
Boise State		6	–	2		8	–	5
Colorado State		5	–	3		8	–	6
Wyoming		3	–	5		5	–	7
New Mexico		1	–	7		3	–	9
Air Force		0	–	8		2	–	10
West Division
Fresno State x$		7	–	1		11	–	2
San Diego State		6	–	2		8	–	5
UNLV		5	–	3		7	–	6
San Jose State		5	–	3		6	–	6
Nevada		3	–	5		4	–	8
Hawaii		0	–	8		1	–	11
Championship: Fresno State 24, Utah State 17
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented California State University, Fresno in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs were by second-year head coach Tim DeRuyter and played their home games at Bulldog Stadium. They were members of the Mountain West Conference in the West Division. They finished the season 11–2, 7–1 in Mountain West play to win the West Division. They defeated Utah State in the inaugural Mountain West Championship Game to be crowned Mountain West champions. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they were defeated by USC.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	7:30 PM	Rutgers*		Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	ESPNU	W 52–51 ^OT	33,098
September 7	7:00 PM	No. 12 (FCS) Cal Poly*		Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	ESPN3	W 41–25	33,260
September 14	11:00 AM	at Colorado*		Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	P12N	Cancelled^A
September 20	6:00 PM	Boise State	No. 25	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA (Battle for the Milk Can)	ESPN	W 41–40	41,031
September 28	9:00 PM	at Hawaii	No. 23	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	KSEE	W 42–37	28,755
October 5	2:00 PM	at Idaho*	No. 21	Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID	KSEE	W 61–14	14,747
October 19	7:00 PM	UNLV	No. 19	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA		W 38–14	37,604
October 26	7:30 PM	at San Diego State	No. 18	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA (Battle for the Oil Can)	ESPN2	W 35–28 ^OT	32,707
November 2	7:30 PM	Nevada	No. 18	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	ESPNU	W 41–23	41,031
November 9	7:15 PM	at Wyoming	No. 17	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	ESPN2	W 48–10	15,700
November 23	4:00 PM	New Mexico	No. 16	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	ESPNews	W 69–28	41,031
November 29	12:30 PM	at San Jose State	No. 13	Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA (Valley Cup)	CBSSN	L 52–62	23,574
December 7	8:00 PM	Utah State	No. 22	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA (MW Championship Game)	CBS	W 24–17	31,362
December 21	12:30 PM	USC*	No. 20	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV (Las Vegas Bowl)	ABC	L 20–45	42,178
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

^[1]

^A September 15's game against Colorado was canceled due to effects from the Boulder Creek flash floods.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	23	21	17	15	16	17	16	15	16	24	21	RV
Coaches'	RV	RV	RV	25	23	21	22	19	18	18	17	14	16	13	22	20	RV
Harris	Not released							18	18	18	17	13	14	13	22	20	Not released
BCS	Not released								17	16	16	14	15	16	23	20	Not released

Game notes

Rutgers

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Scarlet Knights	10	10	11	14	6	51
Bulldogs	7	14	7	17	7	52

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2008	FRES, 24–7

Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 (FCS) Mustangs	0	0	10	15	25
Bulldogs	10	24	7	0	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
31–10–2	2012	FRES, 38–17

@ Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs					0
Buffaloes					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–4	2012	FRES, 69–14

This game was cancelled due to effects from the Boulder Creek flash floods.

Boise State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	10	9	7	14	40
#25 Bulldogs	10	14	10	7	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–11	2012	BSU, 20–10

@ Hawaii

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Bulldogs	14	7	21	0	42
Warriors	0	3	14	20	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–21–1	2012	FRES, 45–10

@ Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Bulldogs	28	19	7	7	61
Vandals	0	0	0	14	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–4	2011	FRES, 48–24

UNLV

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rebels	0	14	0	0	14
#19 Bulldogs	14	14	10	0	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–4	1997	FRES, 46–28

San Diego State

#18 Fresno State at San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
• Fresno St	7	0	7	14	7	35
San Diego St	0	7	7	14	0	28

Date: October 26
Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA
Game start: 10:30 p.m. EST
Television network: ESPN2

Scoring summary

Q1	7:46	FRES	Burse 10 yard run (McGuire kick)	FRES 7–0

Q2	7:38	SDSU	Muema 10 yard run (McMorrow kick)	Tie 7–7

Q3	5:45	SDSU	Muema 1 yard run (McMorrow kick)	SDSU 14–7

Q3	1:50	FRES	Adams 11 yard pass from Carr (McGuire kick)	Tie 14–14

Q4	11:39	FRES	Adams 16 yard pass from Carr (McGuire kick)	FRES 21–14

Q4	9:51	FRES	Ederaine 78 yard fumble return (McGuire kick)	FRES 28–14

Q4	8:54	SDSU	Boesch 1 yard run (McMorrow kick)	FRES 28–21

Q4	6:15	SDSU	Young 27 yard run (McMorrow kick)	Tie 28–28

OT		FRES	Waller 1 yard run (McGuire kick)	FRES 35–28

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Nevada

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolf Pack	7	0	9	7	23
#18 Bulldogs	14	10	0	17	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–18–1	2012	FRES, 52–36

@ Wyoming

	1	2	3	4	Total
#17 Bulldogs	0	14	14	20	48
Cowboys	10	0	0	0	10

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–4	2012	FRES, 42–14

New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	0	0	21	7	28
#16 Bulldogs	14	21	28	6	69

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–4	2012	FRES, 49–32

@ San Jose State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Bulldogs	27	14	3	8	52
Spartans	21	21	10	10	62

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
39–34–3	2011	SJSU, 27–24

Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	7	0	10	17
#22 Bulldogs	3	14	7	0	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–10	2011	FRES, 31–21

USC–Las Vegas Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans	14	21	3	7	45
#20 Bulldogs	6	0	7	7	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2005	USC, 50–42

USC technically vacated the win in 2005. This is the second time the two teams have met in a bowl game with the other coming in the 1992 Freedom Bowl. Tracy Jones of the American Athletic Conference is the referee.

1st quarter scoring: USC - Marqise Lee 10-yard pass from Cody Kessler (Andre Heidari kick); FS - Isaiah Burse 8-yard pass from Derek Carr (Colin McGuire kick blockd); USC - Nelson Agholor 40-yard pass from Kessler (Heidari kick)

2nd quarter scoring: USC - Agholor 17-yard pass from Kessler (Heidari kick); USC - Javorius Allen 24-yard run (Heidari kick); USC - Lee 40-yard pass from Kessler (Heidari kick)

3rd quarter scoring: FS - Davante Adams 23-yard pass from Carr (McGuire kick); USC - Heidari 39-yard field goal

4th quarter scoring: FS - Derron Smith 41-yard interception return (McGuire kick) ; USC - Allen 1-yard run (Heidari kick)

Statistics

Derek Carr 424/605, 4866 Yds, 50 TD, 8 INT^[3]

References

↑ "2013 Schedule". Fresno State Athletics. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
↑ ESPN. Retrieved 2014-Sep-23.
↑ CBS Sports. Retrieved 2014-Sep-22.

Fresno State Bulldogs football

Venues	Ratcliffe Stadium (1926–1979) Bulldog Stadium (1980–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Boise State (Milk Can) San Diego State (Battle for the Oil Can) San Jose State (Valley Cup)

Culture & lore	Timeout Bulldog Marching Band

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders

Seasons	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Mountain West Conference football champions

BYU, Colorado State, & Utah (1999) Colorado State (2000) BYU (2001) Colorado State (2002) Utah (2003) Utah (2004) TCU (2005) BYU (2006) BYU (2007) Utah (2008) TCU (2009) TCU (2010) TCU (2011) Boise State, Fresno State, & San Diego State (2012) Fresno State (2013) Boise State (2014) San Diego State (2015)

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