2013 Sun Belt Conference football season

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The 2013 Sun Belt Conference football season was the 13th college football season for the Sun Belt Conference. During the 2013 season, Sun Belt football consisted of eight members: Arkansas State, Georgia State, Louisiana–Lafayette, Louisiana–Monroe, South Alabama, Texas State, Troy, and Western Kentucky.

This was the first season for two teams in Sun Belt football; and the final season of Sun Belt play for a third. Georgia State was one of the six charter members of the Sun Belt Conference in 1976, but left the league in 1981, 20 years before the conference began sponsoring football in 2001 and nearly 30 years before the school started its football program in 2010. The Panthers returned to the Sun Belt in 2013 during a major wave of realignment that dramatically affected the conference. Also joining the Sun Belt in 2013 was Texas State, which left the WAC after only one season in that league. WKU was in its last season of Sun Belt play, as it will join Conference USA in 2014.

Due to NCAA transitional rules, Georgia State, coming from the FCS Colonial Athletic Association, was not eligible for a conference championship or postseason play. South Alabama and Texas State, which both began transitions from FCS in 2011, were now eligible for postseason play and a conference championship.

Preseason[edit]

Award watch lists[edit]

The following Sun Belt players were named to preseason award watch lists:

Sun Belt Media Day[edit]

Coaches Poll[edit]

  1. Louisiana-Lafayette – 57 (4)
  2. Louisiana-Monroe – 57 (2)
  3. Arkansas State – 45 (2)
  4. WKU – 44
  5. Troy – 35
  6. Texas State – 23
  7. South Alabama – 19
  8. Georgia State -8

Louisiana-Lafayette & ULM tied for conference pre-season champions. Louisiana-Lafayette is listed as #1 because of 1st place votes.

Preseason All–Conference Team[edit]

Coaches[edit]

NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

Sun Belt vs. BCS AQ Conference matchups[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Index to colors and formatting
Sun Belt member won
Sun Belt member lost
Sun Belt teams in bold

All dates, times, and TV are tentative and subject to change.

All Sun Belt teams are located in the Central Time Zone except for Georgia State, which is in the Eastern Time Zone. Start times for non-conference games are local for the Sun Belt team; for conference games, starting times are local for the home team.

Rankings reflect that of the USA Today Coaches poll for that week until week eight when the BCS poll will be used.

Week 1[edit]

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
August 29 6:30 PM Southern Utah South Alabama Ladd–Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL ESPN3 L 21–22 15,240
August 30 6:00 PM Samford Georgia State Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA ESPN3 L 21–31 17,606
August 31 3:00 PM Louisiana-Lafayette Arkansas Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR FSN L 14–34 69,801
August 31 6:00 PM Texas State Southern Miss M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS W 22–15 25,729
August 31 6:00 PM UAB Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL ESPN3 W 34–31 (OT) 21,398
August 31 6:00 PM Louisiana-Monroe #16 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK FSN PPV L 0–34 84,991
August 31 6:00 PM Kentucky Western Kentucky LP Field • Nashville, TN ESPNews W 35–26 46,723
August 31 6:00 PM Arkansas-Pine Bluff Arkansas State Liberty Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR ESPN3 W 62–11 30,451
Players of the Week[10]
Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Corey Robinson Troy David Mayo Texas State Will Scott Troy

Week 2[edit]

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 7 11:21 AM Western Kentucky Tennessee Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN SEC Network L 20-52 86,783
September 7 1:00 PM Chattanooga Georgia State Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA ESPN3 L 14-42 14,952
September 7 2:30 PM South Alabama Tulane Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA CST W 41-39 19,414
September 7 5:30 PM Louisiana-Lafayette Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS FS1 L 27-48 53,073
September 7 6:00 PM Prairie View A&M Texas State Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX ESPN3 W 28-3 20,136
September 7 6:00 PM Grambling State Louisiana-Monroe Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA ESPN3 W 48-14 23,600
September 7 6:00 PM Savannah State Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL ESPN3 W 66-3 20,021
September 7 6:30 PM Arkansas State Auburn Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL FSN L 9-38 83,246
Players of the Week[11]
Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Ross Metheny South Alabama Jadarius Garner Troy Darryl Surgent Louisiana-Lafayette

Week 3[edit]

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 12 6:30 PM Troy Arkansas State Liberty Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR ESPNU ASU 41-34 26,012
September 14 11:00 AM Georgia State West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV Mountaineers Network L 7-41 57,440
September 14 11:30 PM Louisiana-Monroe Wake Forest BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC ACC Network/ESPN3 W 21-19 26,505
September 14 6:00 PM Nicholls State Louisiana-Lafayette Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA ESPN3 W 70-7 28,871
September 14 6:30 PM Western Kentucky South Alabama Ladd–Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL ESPN3 USA 31-24 17,721
  • Open this week: Texas State
Players of the Week[12]
Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Kolton Browning Louisiana-Monroe Tyrell Pearson South Alabama Aleem Sunanon South Alabama

Week 4[edit]

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 21 1:00 PM Jacksonville State Georgia State Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA ESPN3 L 26-32 15,425
September 21 3:00 PM Louisiana-Monroe #20 Baylor Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX FS1 L 7-70 42,976
September 21 3:30 PM Arkansas State Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN ESPN3 L 7-31 36,279
September 21 5:00 PM Louisiana-Lafayette Akron InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field • Akron, OH ESPN3 W 35-30 18,809
September 21 6:00 PM Texas State #25 Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX FSN L 7-33 60,997
September 21 6:00 PM Morgan State Western Kentucky Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY ESPN3 W 58-17 20,973
September 21 6:30 PM Troy Mississippi State Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS FSN/ESPN3 L 7-62 55,096
  • Open this week: South Alabama
Players of the Week[13]
Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Terrance Broadway Louisiana-Lafayette Xavius Boyd Western Kentucky Jonathan Dowling Western Kentucky

Week 5[edit]

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 28 11:21 AM South Alabama Tennessee Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN SEC Network L 24-31 87,266
September 28 1:00 PM Navy Western Kentucky Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY ESPNews W 19-7 19,813
September 28 2:00 PM Troy Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC ESPN3 L 31-38 30,126
September 28 6:00 PM Tulane Louisiana-Monroe Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA ESPN3 L 14-31 20,476
September 28 6:00 PM Wyoming Texas State Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX Longhorn Network W 42-21 22,150
September 28 6:30 PM Arkansas State Missouri Faurot Field • Columbia, MO CSS/ESPN3 L 19-41 62,468
  • Open this week: Georgia State, Louisiana-Lafayette
Players of the Week[14]
Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Antonio Andrews Western Kentucky Xavius Boyd (2) Western Kentucky Zach Robinson Texas State

Week 6[edit]

  • Open this week: Arkansas State
Players of the Week[15]
Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Eric Thomas Troy Xavius Boyd (3) Western Kentucky Brandon Smith Texas State

Week 7[edit]

  • Open this week: South Alabama, Louisiana-Lafayette, Western Kentucky
Players of the Week[16]
Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Adam Kennedy Arkansas State Isaiah Newsome Louisiana-Monroe J.D. McKissic Arkansas State

Week 8[edit]

  • Open this week: Arkansas State, Troy, Louisiana-Monroe
Players of the Week[17]
Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Robert Lowe Texas State Justin Anderson Louisiana-Lafayette Will Johnson Texas State

Week 9[edit]

Players of the Week[18]
Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Kolton Browning (2) Louisiana-Monroe Ryan Carrethers Arkansas State Jason Dann Texas State

Week 10[edit]

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 31 6:30 PM Louisiana-Monroe Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL ESPNU ULM 49-37 17,013
November 2 12:00 PM Western Kentucky Georgia State Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA Sun Belt Network WKU 44-28 15,212
November 2 4:00 PM New Mexico State Louisiana-Lafayette Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA Cox4/ESPN3 W 49-35 30,028
November 2 4:00 PM Texas State Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID KNVA W 37-21 15,088
November 2 6:30 PM Arkansas State South Alabama Ladd–Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL ESPN3 ASU 17-16 18,228
Players of the Week[19]
Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Alonzo Harris Louisiana-Lafayette Sterling Young Arkansas State Justin Manton Louisiana-Monroe

Week 11[edit]

  • Open this week: Georgia State, South Alabama, Texas State
Players of the Week[20]
Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Adam Kennedy (2) Arkansas State Tyler Roberts Troy Darryl Surgent Louisiana-Lafayette (2)

Week 12[edit]

  • Open this week: Louisiana-Monroe, Western Kentucky
Players of the Week[21]
Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Elijah McGuire Louisiana-Lafayette Trae Johnson Louisiana-Lafayette Brian Davis Arkansas State

Week 13[edit]

  • Open this week : Troy, Louisiana-Lafayette
Players of the Week[22]
Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Antonio Andrews (2) Western Kentucky Cam Thomas Western Kentucky Brock Barnhill Arkansas State

Week 14[edit]

Players of the Week[23]
Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team

Week 15[edit]

Players of the Week[23]
Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team

Bowl games[edit]

In 2013, the SBC placed 2 teams in bowl games, while 5 other teams were bowl-eligible but not selected for bowl games. The conference went 2-0 with Arkansas State and Louisiana-Lafayette both winning.

NOTE: All times are local

Players of the Year[edit]

2013 Sun Belt Player of the Year awards[24]

Award Player School
Player of the Year Antonio Andrews Western Kentucky
Offensive Player of the Year Antonio Andrews Western Kentucky
Defensive Player of the Year Xavius Boyd Western Kentucky
Freshman of the Year Elijah McGuire Louisiana-Lafayette
Coach of the Year Joey Jones South Alabama

All-Sun Belt/American Team[edit]

Coaches All-Conference Selections[24]

Honorable Mention: Arkansas State: Adam Kennedy, Chris Stone; Georgia State: Ulrick John, Joseph Peterson; Louisiana-Lafayette: Jacob Maxwell, Dominique Tovell; Louisiana-Monroe: Kolton Browning, Centarius Donald; South Alabama Jay Jones, Aleem Sunanon ; Texas State: David Mayo, Mike Orakpo; Troy: Jordan Chunn, Bryan Holmes; Western Kentucky: Willie McNeal, Forrest Lamp.

All-Americans[edit]

Western Kentucky’s Antonio Andrews was named 1st team All-American by SI for All-Purpose team.

Home attendance[edit]

Team Stadium (Capacity) Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Total Average % of Capacity
Arkansas State Liberty Bank Stadium (30,406) 30,351 26,012 26,781 24,578 23,143 18,512 149,377 24,896 81.9%
Georgia State Georgia Dome (28,155) 17,606 14,952 15,425 17,732 15,212 14,415 13,697 109,039 15,577 55.3%
Louisiana–Lafayette Cajun Field (31,000) 28,871 23,108 30,028 22,562 25,309 129,878 25,976 83.8%
Louisiana–Monroe Malone Stadium (30,427) 23,600 20,476 16,317 11,357 13,427 85,177 17,035 56.0%
South Alabama Ladd–Peebles Stadium (33,471) 15,204 17,721 14,351 18,228 13,891 79,395 15,879 47.4%
Texas State Bobcat Stadium (30,000) 20,136 22,150 15,210 15,684 18,140 17,051 108,371 18,062 60.2%
Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium (30,000) 21,398 20,021 23,024 17,013 13,073 94,529 18,906 63.0%
Western Kentucky Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium (22,113) 46,723† 20,973 19,813 16,359 20,110 14,417 91,672 18,334 82.9%

†Western Kentucky played first game at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee vs. Kentucky (Counted as home game). Total attendance, average attendance and percent of capacity figure calculated based only on games in L.T. Smith Stadium

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