2013 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team
American college football season
The 2013 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team represented Bethune-Cookman University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Brian Jenkins and played their home games at Municipal Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). Bethune-Cookman finished the season 10–3, 7–1 in MEAC play to win a share of the conference championship with South Carolina State. Due to their win over South Carolina State, they received the conference's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they lost in the first round to Coastal Carolina.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 8:00 pm | at Tennessee State* | No. 23 | | ESPN3 | W 12–9 | 16,108 |
September 7 | 4:00 pm | Virginia Union* | No. 25 | | CEN | W 66–7 | 6,478 |
September 14 | 6:00 pm | at FIU* | No. 23 | | | W 34–13 | 14,957 |
September 21 | 4:00 pm | at No. 8 (FBS) Florida State* | No. 19 | | ESPN3 | L 6–54 | 74,841 |
October 5 | 2:00 pm | at Delaware State | No. 21 | | | W 21–7 | 2,205 |
October 12 | 1:00 pm | at Howard | No. 16 | | | W 27–6 | 1,052 |
October 19 | 4:00 pm | Savannah State | No. 17 | - Municipal Stadium
- Daytona Beach, FL
| CEN | W 48–21 | 4,693 |
October 26 | 4:00 pm | South Carolina State | No. 14 | - Municipal Stadium
- Daytona Beach, FL
| | W 14–3 | 10,421 |
November 2 | 12:00 pm | at North Carolina Central | No. 13 | | ESPNews | W 38–14 | 6,411 |
November 9 | 4:00 pm | Norfolk State | No. 12 | - Municipal Stadium
- Daytona Beach, FL
| CEN | L 24–27 | 5,651 |
November 16 | 4:00 pm | Hampton | No. 18 | - Municipal Stadium
- Daytona Beach, FL
| CEN | W 42–12 | 4,104 |
November 23 | 2:00 pm | vs. Florida A&M | No. 14 | | ESPNC | W 29–10 | 45,321 |
November 30 | 1:00 pm | at No. 11 Coastal Carolina* | No. 12 | | ESPN3 | L 24–48 | 3,007 |
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Ranking movements
Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
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Sports Network | 23 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 16 |
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Coaches | 20 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 16 |
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- Morgan State (1971)
- North Carolina Central (1972)
- North Carolina Central (1973)
- South Carolina State (1974)
- South Carolina State & North Carolina A&T (1975)
- Morgan State & South Carolina State (1976)
- South Carolina State (1977)
- South Carolina State (1978)
- Morgan State (1979)
- South Carolina State (1980)
- South Carolina State (1981)
- South Carolina State (1982)
- South Carolina State (1983)
- Bethune–Cookman (1984)
- Delaware State (1985)
- North Carolina A&T (1986)
- Delaware State (1987)
- Bethune–Cookman, Delaware State, & Florida A&M (1988)
- Delaware State (1989)
- Florida A&M (1990)
- Delaware State & North Carolina A&T (1991)
- North Carolina A&T (1992)
- Howard (1993)
- South Carolina State (1994)
- Florida A&M (1995)
- Florida A&M (1996)
- Hampton (1997)
- Hampton & Florida A&M (1998)
- North Carolina A&T (1999)
- Florida A&M (2000)
- Florida A&M (2001)
- Bethune–Cookman (2002)
- North Carolina A&T (2003)
- Hampton & South Carolina State (2004)
- Hampton (2005)
- Hampton (2006)
- Delaware State (2007)
- South Carolina State (2008)
- South Carolina State (2009)
- Bethune–Cookman†, Florida A&M, & South Carolina State (2010)
- Norfolk State (vacated) (2011)
- Bethune–Cookman (2012)
- Bethune–Cookman†, South Carolina State (2013)
- Bethune–Cookman, Morgan State†, North Carolina Central, North Carolina A&T, & South Carolina State (2014)
- North Carolina A&T†, North Carolina Central, & Bethune–Cookman (2015)
- North Carolina Central (2016)
- North Carolina A&T (2017)
- North Carolina A&T (2018)
- North Carolina A&T† & South Carolina State (2019)
- No champion (2020)
- South Carolina State (2021)
- Howard & North Carolina Central† (2022)
- Howard (2023)
| National championships in bold † Denotes postseason representative via conference tiebreaker |
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