2013 Stony Brook Seawolves football team

The 2013 Stony Brook Seawolves football team represented Stony Brook University in the sport of American football during the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Seawolves competed in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as first-year members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). This was the team's eighth season under the helm of Chuck Priore. They played their home games at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium in Stony Brook, New York and attempted to build on their second straight appearance in the FCS playoffs but missed the playoffs after a 3–5 CAA, 5–6 overall record.

2013 Stony Brook Seawolves football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Record5–6 (3–5 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Behrman (8th season)
Defensive coordinatorRob Nevaiser
Home stadiumKenneth P. LaValle Stadium
Seasons
← 2012
2014 →
2013 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 12 Maine $^   7 1     10 3  
No. 2 Towson ^   6 2     13 3  
No. 5 New Hampshire ^   6 2     10 5  
Villanova   5 3     6 5  
Delaware   4 4     7 5  
William & Mary   4 4     7 5  
Richmond   4 4     6 6  
James Madison   3 5     6 6  
Stony Brook   3 5     5 6  
Rhode Island   2 6     3 9  
Albany   0 8     1 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Before the season

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Losses

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RB Miguel Maysonet, QB Kyle Essington, WR Kevin Norrell, OL Michael Bamiro, DB Dominick Reyes and Cedrick Moore were among the major losses for the team. Bamiro being an unusual case in which he exhausted his collegiate eligibility but missed the NFL draft while being draft eligible. Maysonet, Norrell, Bamiro, and Moore were among those that signed free agent contracts with NFL teams. Maysonet played a crucial role in Stony Brook's running game being a finalist for the Walter Payton Award.

Broadcasting

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The 2013 season brought Stony Brook football to the ESPN Radio Network for the first time ever. ESPN Radio Network will broadcast all Seawolves football games in Long Island as it looks to expand its footprint in the region. Champions Radio Network (ESPN Network in Long Island) broadcast all Seawolves football games across the Island in two frequencies. Stony Brook will have one game displayed on ESPN3 and two games under the NBC network with the possibility of a third one being added on Rivalry week. Additional games streamed online in the Patriot League Sports Network (vs. Colgate) and Stony Brooks own streaming service.

Schedule

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Stony Brook joins the Colonial Athletic Association and will be facing eight conference opponents. The Seawolves will play a 12-game schedule, taking advantage of an NCAA rule that allows FBS teams to schedule 12 games in years when the period starting with the Thursday before Labor Day and ending with the final Saturday in November contains 14 Saturdays. Originally, Stony Brook scheduled Boston College for the first week of the season, however, due to a schedule conflict with the ACC, Boston College was forced to drop Stony Brook and picked up Villanova. As a result, Stony Brook scheduled Penn in an organized scrimmage with eleven regular season games.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 71:00 pmat Rhode IslandNo. 17W 24–04,302
September 143:30 pmat Buffalo[1]*No. 17ESPN3L 23–26 5OT24,013
September 213:00 pmat No. 20 VillanovaNo. 16SNY/CSNL 6–3511,617
September 286:00 pmNo. 3 Towson
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
SWTVL 21–357,859
October 56:00 pmBryant* 
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
SWTVW 21–1311,224
October 126:00 pmat Colgate*W 27–33,611
October 264:00 pmNo. 20 New Hampshire
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
SWTVL 13–315,420
November 212:30 pmat No. 10 MaineFCSL 14–194,068
November 91:00 pmRichmond
  • Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY
SWTVL 31–394,787
November 163:30 pmat James MadisonCSN/SNYW 41–3817,969
November 231:00 pmAlbany
  • Kanneth P. LaValle Stadium
  • Stony Brook, NY (Rivalry)
SWTVW 24–34,512

Game summaries

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Rhode Island

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Stony Brook at Rhode Island
1 234Total
• #17 Seawolves 3 7014 24
Rams 0 000 0

Stony Brook will travel to Kingston to open up their 2013 regular season against the Rams. Stony Brook looks to open up the season with a win for the second consecutive season while Rhode Island looks to earn their first victory since 2011 after a win less 2012 campaign. This will be the first ever meeting between both programs.

Buffalo

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Stony Brook at Buffalo
1 234OTTotal
#17 Seawolves 0 001013 23
• Bulls 3 07016 26

Stony Brook will travel to Amherst to face off against the Buffalo Bulls for the second time in three years. After a 35–7 loss at Amherst back in 2011, the Seawolves will look to upset their in-state SUNY rivals and even the series. Buffalo leads the all-time series 1–0.

Villanova

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Stony Brook at Villanova
1 234Total
#16 Seawolves 0 006 6
• #20 Wildcats 0 2177 35

What will be an exciting rematch of the first round of the 2012 FCS playoffs. The Seawolves look to win their second game in as many matches against Villanova. As first year members of the CAA, Stony Brook will travel to Villanova Stadium to face-off against the preseason top-picked Wildcats. Stony Brook leads all-time series 1–0.

Towson

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Towson at Stony Brook
1 234Total
• #3 Tigers 0 10718 35
Seawolves 14 700 21
  • Date: September 28
  • Location: Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
    Stony Brook, NY
  • Game start: TBA EDT

Bryant

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Bryant at Stony Brook
1 234Total
Bullodgs 7 006 13
• Seawolves 14 007 21
  • Date: October 5
  • Location: Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
    Stony Brook, NY
  • Game start: TBA EDT

Colgate

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Stony Brook at Colgate
1 234Total
• Seawolves 10 1403 27
Raiders 0 003 3

New Hampshire

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New Hampshire at Stony Brook
1 234Total
• Wildcats 9 796 31
Seawolves 3 370 13
  • Date: October 26
  • Location: Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
    Stony Brook, NY
  • Game start: TBA EDT
  • Game attendance: 5,420

Maine

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Stony Brook at Maine
1 234Total
Seawolves 0 077 14
• #10 Black Bears 3 1006 19

Richmond

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Richmond at Stony Brook
1 2Total
Spiders - - 0
Seawolves - - 0
  • Date: November 9
  • Location: Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
    Stony Brook, NY
  • Game start: TBA EST

James Madison

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Stony Brook at James Madison
1 2Total
Seawolves - - 0
Dukes - - 0

Albany

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Albany at Stony Brook
(Albany–Stony Brook rivalry game)
1 2Total
Great Danes - - 0
Seawolves - - 0
  • Date: November 23
  • Location: Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
    Stony Brook, NY
  • Game start: TBA EST

Stony Brook will face Albany, on rivalry week, at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium renewing a rivalry last played in 2011. Stony Brook and Albany previously played yearly as members of the Northeast Conference until 2007. Arguably the most heated rivalry between state universities in New York, Albany will look to continue its dominance of the series, while Stony Brook looks to extend their series streak after a 31–28 victory in the Football Championship Series playoffs in 2011. Albany leads the all-time series 9–5

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
Sports Network16171716RVRVRVRVRV
Coaches1313131223RVRVRVRV

References

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  1. ^ "Bulls to play at Ohio State in 2013 - Buffalo Athletics". Archived from the original on October 1, 2012. Retrieved December 20, 2012.