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2013 Valparaiso Crusaders football team

The 2013 Valparaiso Crusaders football team represented Valparaiso University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Dale Carlson and played their home games at Brown Field. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 1–10, 1–7 in PFL play to finish in a tie for ninth place.[1]

2013 Valparaiso Crusaders football
ConferencePioneer Football League
Record1–10 (1–7 PFL)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBob Muckian
Defensive coordinatorTyson Silveus
Home stadiumBrown Field
Seasons
← 2012
2014 →
2013 Pioneer Football League standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Butler +^   7 – 1     9 – 4  
Marist +   7 – 1     8 – 3  
Mercer   6 – 2     10 – 2  
Dayton   5 – 3     7 – 4  
Drake   5 – 3     6 – 5  
Jacksonville   4 – 4     5 – 6  
Morehead State   3 – 5     3 – 9  
Campbell   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Stetson   1 – 7     2 – 9  
Valparaiso   1 – 7     1 – 10  
Davidson   0 – 8     0 – 11  
San Diego   0 – 0     8 – 3  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • San Diego declared itself ineligible for conference title because of improper scholarships for football players; it will have an official conference record of 0–0 and will not have a place in the conference standings.

Assistant coach Mike Gravier was promoted to interim head coach for the final game of the season when head coach Carlson was fired.[2] At the end of the season, Dave Cecchini was hired as a full-time replacement.[3]

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
August 298:00 pmat North Dakota*
L 10–699,269
September 71:00 pmat Saint Joseph's (IN)*
L 31–342,865
September 142:00 pmWilliam Jewell*
L 34–361,574
September 282:00 pmCampbell 
  • Brown Field
  • Valparaiso, IN
W 49–42 OT3,357
October 512:00 pmat Marist
L 0–372,089
October 1212:00 pmat Mercer
L 21–358,272
October 192:00 pmMorehead State
  • Brown Field
  • Valparaiso, IN
L 28–422,287
October 262:00 pmat Drake
L 10–232,154
November 21:00 pmSan Diego
  • Brown Field
  • Valparaiso, IN
L 14–581,704
November 91:00 pmat Butler
L 12–723,049
November 162:00 pmDayton
  • Brown Field
  • Valparaiso, IN
L 20–451,668
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • All times are in Eastern time

References edit

  1. ^ "Valparaiso Crusaders (clubhouse)". ESPN. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  2. ^ Barker, Dan (November 10, 2013). "Valparaiso fires football coach after 3-40 record". The Sporting News. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
  3. ^ Oren, Paul (December 11, 2013). "New coach Dave Cecchini eager to help Crusaders turn the corner". Northwest Indiana Times. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
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