2013 Weber State Wildcats football team

The 2013 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Jody Sears returned as the head coach for the 2013 season, after being the interim head coach during 2012, and will be working with a new offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator in Robin Pflugrad and Eric Lewis. Weber State played their home games at Stewart Stadium. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 2–10, 1–7 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for 11th place.

2013 Weber State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	2–10 (1–7 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jody Sears (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Robin Pflugrad (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Eric Lewis (1st season)
Home stadium	Stewart Stadium

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

On November 26, head coach Jody Sears was fired after a two-season record of 4–19. It was part of Sears' three-year contract, signed after his first year as interim head coach, that he could be fired without compensation if the Wildcats failed to win four games in a season.

Roster

2013 Weber State Wildcats football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Jody Sears (Washington State) Coordinators/assistant coaches Robin Pflugrad (Portland State) Offensive coordinator Eric Lewis (San Diego State) Defensive coordinator Steve Morton (Washington State) Assistant head coach, offensive line Jason Belford (Washington State) Defensive line Justin Rascati (James Madison) Quarterbacks Ryan Smaha (Eastern Oregon) Special teams Ted Stanley (Utah) Tight ends Craig Stutzmann (Hawaiʻi) Wide receivers Colton Swan (Weber State) Linebackers Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: September 9, 2013

Media

All Wildcats games can be heard on KLO (Ogden) and KLO-FM (Salt Lake City), nicknamed KLO AM/FM. KLO is a move from the previous radio broadcast group of 1280 AM, but radio broadcasts will still be done online via Big Sky TV for non-televised home games and on KLOradio.com for all games. Carl Arky and Ty Sparrow will call every game.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 pm	Stephen F. Austin*	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	BSTV	W 50–40	6,181
September 7	12:00 pm	at Utah*	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	L 7–70	45,053
September 14	6:00 pm	at Utah State*	Romney Stadium Logan, UT	ESPN3	L 6–70	25,513
September 21	6:00 pm	at No. 12 McNeese State*	Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA		L 6–43	8,893
September 28	6:00 pm	Sacramento State	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	BSTV	L 3–31	6,610
October 5	5:00 pm	at No. 6 Eastern Washington	Roos Field Cheney, WA	BSTV	L 19–41	9,734
October 12	7:00 pm	at Cal Poly	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	BSTV	L 0–47	5,824
October 19	5:00 pm	No. 5 Montana State	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	RTUT	L 16–34	5,616
November 2	2:00 pm	at Portland State	Jeld-Wen Field Portland, OR	BSTV	L 24–45	4,285
November 9	1:00 pm	Southern Utah	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	BSTV	L 21–27	4,978
November 16	12:00 pm	at No. 7 Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	ESPN3	L 6–42	23,609
November 23	1:00 pm	Idaho State	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	BSTV	W 32–7	5,396
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Game summaries

Stephen F. Austin

See also: Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football and 2013 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team

Stephen F. Austin at Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total Lumberjacks 7 3 17 13 40 • Wildcats 23 0 20 7 50 Date: August 31 Location: Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT Game start: 6:05 PM MST Elapsed time: 3:30 Game attendance: 6,181 Game weather: 86 °F (30 °C), Sunny, winds calm Referee: Jim Crowley TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Carl Arky and Ty Sparrow Sources:

Scoring summary 1 13:21 WSU Erik Walker 39-yard touchdown run, Jordan Adamcyzk pass to Cordero Dixon for a 2-point conversion WSU 8–0 1 9:35 WSU DJ Walker 70-yard interception returned for a touchdown, Kela Marciel rush for a 2-point conversion WSU 16–0 1 5:17 SFA JDJ Ward 36-yard touchdown pass from Brady Attaway, Fred Ford kick good WSU 16–7 1 5:03 WSU Bo Bolen 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, Carson Fackrell kick good WSU 23–7 2 0:18 SFA Jordan Wiggins 22-yard Field Goal WSU 23–10 3 14:35 SFA Mike Brooks 14-yard touchdown pass from Brady Attaway, Jordan Wiggs kick good WSU 23–17 3 13:11 WSU Erik Walker 27-yard touchdown pass from Jordan Adamczyk, Carson fackrell kick good WSU 30–17 3 11:37 SFA Aaron Thomas 34-yard touchdown pass from Brady Attaway, Jordan Wiggs kick good WSU 30–24 3 8:19 WSU Bo Bolen 1-yard touchdown rush, conversion failed WSU 36–24 3 5:19 SFA Jordan Wiggs 40-yard Field Goal WSU 36–27 3 0:52 WSU Bo Bolen 19-yard touchdown rush, Carson Fackrell kick good WSU 43–27 4 13:53 SFA Mike Brooks 21-yard touchdown pass from Brady Attaway, Jordan Wiggs kick good WSU 43–34 4 11:42 SFA Gus Johnson 2-yard touchdown rush, kick failed WSU 43–40 4 10:25 WSU Zach Smith 57-yard touchdown rush, Carson Fackrell kick good WSU 50–40

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Utah

See also: Utah Utes football and 2013 Utah Utes football team

Weber State at Utah

1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 0 0 7 0 7 • Utes 14 35 14 7 70 Date: September 7 Location: Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT Game start: 12:07 PM MST Elapsed time: 3:06 Game attendance: 45,053 Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C), Partly Cloudy, winds WNW @ 8mph Referee: Land Clark TV announcers (Pac-12): Matt McConnell and Jamal Anderson Sources:

Scoring summary 1 9:07 UTAH Travis Wilson 38-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 7–0 1 5:13 UTAH Sean Fitzgerald 80-yard touchdown pass from Travis Wilson, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 14–0 2 9:59 UTAH Kelvin York 24-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 21–0 2 5:50 UTAH Dres Anderson 57-yard touchdown pass from Travis Wilson, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 28–0 2 3:08 UTAH Travis Wilson 51-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 35–0 2 2:57 UTAH Mike Honeycutt 21-yard fumble return for a touchdown, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 42–0 2 0:04 UTAH Sean Fitzgerald 1-yard touchdown pass from Travis Wilson, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 49–0 3 12:31 UTAH Lucky Radley 17-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 56–0 3 7:17 WSU Josh Booker 3-yard touchdown run, Carson Fackrell kick good UTAH 56–7 3 3:47 UTAH Lucky Radley 11-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 63–7 4 1:43 UTAH Marcus Williams 1-yard touchdown run, Andy Phillips kick good UTAH 70–7

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Utah State

See also: Utah State Aggies football and 2013 Utah State Aggies football team

Weber State at Utah State

1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 0 0 0 6 6 • Aggies 21 28 21 0 70 Date: September 14 Location: Romney Stadium Logan, UT Game start: 6:04 MST Elapsed time: 3:05 Game attendance: 25,513 Game weather: Warm and Muggy Referee: Eddy Shelton TV announcers (ESPN3): Joel Meyers & Kevin O'Connell Sources:

Scoring summary 1 10:41 USU D.J. Tialavea 5-yard touchdown pass from Chuckie Keeton, Nick Diaz kick good USU 7–0 1 6:38 USU Joey De'Martino 11-yard touchdown run, Nick Diaz kick good USU 14–0 1 3:52 USU Travis Reynolds 39-yard touchdown pass from Chuckie Keeton, Nick Diaz kick good USU 21–0 2 14:53 USU Kyler fackrell 4-yard touchdown pass from Chuckie Keeton, Nick Diaz kick good USU 28–0 2 11:26 USU Ronald Butler 15-yard touchdown pass from Chuckie Keeton, Nick Diaz kick good USU 35–0 2 6:30 USU Joey De'Martino 7-yard touchdown run, Nick Diaz kick good USU 42–0 2 3:47 UTAH D.J. Tialavea 8-yard touchdown pass from Chuckie Keeton, Nick Diaz kick good USU 49–0 3 11:48 USU Joey De'Martino 60-yard touchdown run, Nick Diaz kick good USU 56–0 3 10:13 USU Keega Andersen 56-yard touchdown pass from Craig Harrison, Josh Thompson kick good USU 63–0 3 9:59 USU Robert Marshall 2-yard touchdown run, Josh Thompson kick good USU 70–0 4 0:50 WSU Spencer Unga 38-yard fumble recovery returned for a touchdown, Carson Fackrell kick blocked USU 70–6

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McNeese State

See also: McNeese State Cowboys football and 2013 McNeese State Cowboys football team

Weber State at McNeese State

1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 6 0 0 0 6 • #12 Cowboys 7 10 13 13 43 Date: September 21 Location: Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA Game start: 7:00 PM CST Elapsed time: 2:53 Game attendance: 8,893 Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C), Cloudy w/ 70% chance of rain, Winds NNE @ 12mph Referee: C. Castleberry Sources:

Scoring summary 1 9:41 WSU Cam Livingston 48-yard touchdown pass from Austin Chipoletti, Austin Chipoletti rush failed WSU 6–0 1 2:55 MCN Wallace Scott 69-yard Interception returned for a touchdown, Ryan Rome kick good MCN 7–6 2 14:45 MCN Kelvin Bennett 48-yard touchdown run, Ryan Rome kick good MCN 14–6 2 5:40 MCN Ryan Rome 35-yard Field Goal MCN 17–6 3 7:15 MCN Ernest Celestie 43-yard touchdown pass from Cody Stroud, Ryan Rome kick good MCN 24–6 3 1:36 MCN Marcus Wiltz 11-yard touchdown run, Ryan Rome kick blocked MCN 30–6 4 14:49 MCN Ernest Celestie 60-yard touchdown run, Ryan Rome kick failed MCN 36–6 4 9:55 MCN Kelvin Bennett 50-yard touchdown run, Jean Breaux kick good MCN 43–6

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Sacramento State

See also: Sacramento State Hornets football and 2013 Sacramento State Hornets football team

Sacramento State at Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total • Hornets 0 14 17 0 31 Wildcats 0 0 3 0 3 Date: September 28 Location: Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Carl Arky and Ty Sparrow Sources:

Scoring summary 2 1:04 SAC DeAndre Carter 15-yard touchdown pass from Garrett Safron, Jesse Aguilar kick good SAC 7–0 2 0:13 SAC DeAndre Carter 15-yard touchdown pass from Garrett Safron, Jesse Aguilar kick good SAC 14–0 3 6:50 WSU Carson Fackrell 42-yard kick good SAC 14–3 3 4:51 SAC DeAndre Carter 51-yard touchdown pass from Garrett Safron,Jesse Aguilar kick good SAC 21–3 3 2:42 SAC Jesse Aguilar 20-yard kick good SAC 24–3 3 1:54 SAC Chris Broadnax 16-yard touchdown pass from Garrett Safron, Jessie Aguilar kick good SAC 31–3

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Eastern Washington

See also: Eastern Washington Eagles football and 2013 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

Weber State at Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 6 6 0 7 19 • #6 Eagles 13 14 14 0 41 Date: October 5 Location: Roos Field Cheney, WA Game attendance: 9,734 Television network: Big Sky TV Sources:

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Cal Poly

See also: Cal Poly Mustangs football and 2013 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

Weber State at Cal Poly

1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0 • Mustangs 6 14 14 13 47 Date: October 12 Location: Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA Television network: Big Sky TV Sources:

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Montana State

See also: Montana State Bobcats football and 2013 Montana State Bobcats football team

Montana State at Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total Bobcats 0 0 0 0 0 Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0 Date: October 19 Location: Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT Television network: ROOT Sources:

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Portland State

See also: Portland State Vikings football and 2013 Portland State Vikings football team

Weber State at Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0 Vikings 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 2 Location: Jeld-Wen Field Portland, OR Television network: Big Sky TV Sources:

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Southern Utah

See also: Southern Utah Thunderbirds football and 2013 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

Southern Utah at Weber State

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

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Montana

See also: Montana Grizzlies football and 2013 Montana Grizzlies football team

Weber State at Montana

1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0 Grizzlies 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 16 Location: Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT Television network: ESPN3 Sources:

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Idaho State

See also: Idaho State Bengals football and 2013 Idaho State Bengals football team

Idaho State at Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total Bengals 0 0 0 0 0 Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 23 Location: Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Carl Arky and Ty Sparrow Sources:

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