2013 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

The 2013 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented California State University, Fresno in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs were by second-year head coach Tim DeRuyter and played their home games at Bulldog Stadium. They were members of the Mountain West Conference in the West Division. They finished the season 11–2, 7–1 in Mountain West play to win the West Division. They defeated Utah State in the inaugural Mountain West Championship Game to be crowned Mountain West champions. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they were defeated by USC.

2013 Fresno State Bulldogs football
Mountain West champion MW West Division champion
MW Championship Game, W 24–17 vs. Utah State
Las Vegas Bowl vs. USC, L 20–45 vs. USC
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Division	West Division
2013 record	11–2 (7–1 MW)
Head coach	Tim DeRuyter (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Dave Schramm (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Nick Toth (2nd season)
Home stadium	Bulldog Stadium (Capacity: 41,031)

2013 Mountain West Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Mountain Division
Utah State x		7	–	1					9	–	5
Boise State		6	–	2					8	–	5
Colorado State		5	–	3					8	–	6
Wyoming		3	–	5					5	–	7
New Mexico		1	–	7					3	–	9
Air Force		0	–	8					2	–	10
West Division
Fresno State x$		7	–	1					11	–	2
San Diego State		6	–	2					8	–	5
UNLV		5	–	3					7	–	6
San Jose State		5	–	3					6	–	6
Nevada		3	–	5					4	–	8
Hawaii		0	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: Fresno State 24, Utah State 17
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Fresno State	Alma Mater
Tim DeRuyter	Head coach	2nd	Air Force (1985)
Dave Schramm	Offensive coordinator/Quarterbacks	2nd	Adams State (1984)
Nick Toth	Defensive coordinator/Inside linebackers	2nd	Ohio (1999)
Ron Antoine	Wide receivers	2nd	Colorado State (1997)
David Brown	Secondary	1st	Cal Poly (1996)
Phil Earley	Recruiting Coordinator/Tight ends/Inside Receivers	2nd	Pacific Lutheran University (1980)
Pete Germano	Defensive Line/Special Teams Coordinator	2nd	Ohio Wesleyan (1982)
Cameron Norcross	Offensive Line	2nd	Nevada (2000)
Jordan Peterson	Secondary	2nd	Texas A&M (2009)
Joe Wade	Runningbacks	2nd	Linfield College (1991)
Joey Boese	Strength & Conditioning	2nd	Wisconsin (2002)
Chris Calvin	Graduate Assistant	3rd
Michael Hodges	Graduate Assistant (Defense)	2nd	Texas A&M (2010)
Clayton Johnson	Graduate Assistant (Offense)	2nd	Nevada (2009)
Darrick Yray	Football Operations Assistant		Fresno State (2011)
David Stenklyft	Graduate Assistant/Football Operations Assistant
Source:[1]

Roster

Depth chart

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	7:30 PM	Rutgers*		Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	ESPNU	W 52–51 ^OT	33,098
September 7	7:00 PM	No. 12 (FCS) Cal Poly*		Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	ESPN3	W 41–25	33,260
September 14	11:00 AM	at Colorado*		Folsom Field Boulder, CO	P12N	Cancelled^A
September 20	6:00 PM	Boise State		Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA (Battle for the Milk Can)	ESPN	W 41–40	41,031
September 28	9:00 PM	at Hawaii	No. 25	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	KSEE	W 42–37	28,755
October 5	2:00 PM	at Idaho*	No. 23	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	KSEE	W 61–14	14,747
October 19	7:00 PM	UNLV	No. 17	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA		W 38–14	37,604
October 26	7:30 PM	at San Diego State	No. 15	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA (Battle for the Oil Can)	ESPN2	W 35–28 ^OT	32,707
November 2	7:30 PM	Nevada	No. 16	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	ESPNU	W 41–23	41,031
November 9	7:15 PM	at Wyoming	No. 17	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	ESPN2	W 48–10	15,700
November 23	4:00 PM	New Mexico	No. 15	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	ESPNews	W 69–28	41,031
November 29	12:30 PM	at San Jose State	No. 16	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA (Valley Cup)	CBSSN	L 52–62	23,574
December 7	8:00 PM	Utah State	No. 24	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA (MW Championship Game)	CBS	W 24–17	31,362
December 21	12:30 PM	USC*	No. 21	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV (Las Vegas Bowl)	ABC	L 20–45	42,178
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

[2]

• ^A September 15's game against Colorado was canceled due to effects from the Boulder Creek flash floods.

Game summaries

Rutgers

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Scarlet Knights	10	10	11	14	6	51
Bulldogs	7	14	7	17	7	52

See also: 2013 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2008	FRES, 24–7

Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 (FCS) Mustangs	0	0	10	15	25
Bulldogs	10	24	7	0	41

See also: 2013 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
31–10–2	2010	FRES, 38–17

at Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs					0
Buffaloes					0

See also: 2013 Colorado Buffaloes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–4	2012	FRES, 69–14

This game was cancelled due to effects from the Boulder Creek flash floods.

Boise State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	10	9	7	14	40
No. 25 Bulldogs	10	14	10	7	41

See also: 2013 Boise State Broncos football team and Milk Can (college football)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–11	2012	BSU, 20–10

at Hawaii

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 Bulldogs	14	7	21	0	42
Warriors	0	3	14	20	37

See also: 2013 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team and Fresno State–Hawaii football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–21–1	2012	FRES, 45–10

at Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 21 Bulldogs	28	19	7	7	61
Vandals	0	0	0	14	14

See also: 2013 Idaho Vandals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–4	2011	FRES, 48–24

UNLV

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rebels	0	14	0	0	14
No. 19 Bulldogs	14	14	10	0	38

See also: 2013 UNLV Rebels football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–4	1997	FRES, 46–28

at San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
No. 15 Bulldogs	7	0	7	14	7	35
Aztecs	0	7	7	14	0	28

See also: 2013 San Diego State Aztecs football team and Battle for the Oil Can

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–27–4	2012	FRES, 52–40

Nevada

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolf Pack	7	0	9	7	23
No. 18 Bulldogs	14	10	0	17	41

See also: 2013 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–18–1	2012	FRES, 52–36

at Wyoming

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 17 Bulldogs	0	14	14	20	48
Cowboys	10	0	0	0	10

See also: 2013 Wyoming Cowboys football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–4	2012	FRES, 42–14

New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	0	0	21	7	28
No. 16 Bulldogs	14	21	28	6	69

See also: 2013 New Mexico Lobos football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–4	2012	FRES, 49–32

at San Jose State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Bulldogs	27	14	3	8	52
Spartans	21	21	10	10	62

See also: 2013 San Jose State Spartans football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
39–34–3	2011	SJSU, 27–24

Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	7	0	10	17
No. 22 Bulldogs	3	14	7	0	24

See also: 2013 Utah State Aggies football team and Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–10	2011	FRES, 31–21

USC–Las Vegas Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans	14	21	3	7	45
No. 20 Bulldogs	6	0	7	7	20

See also: 2013 USC Trojans football team and 2013 Las Vegas Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2005	USC, 50–42

USC technically vacated the win in 2005. This is the second time the two teams have met in a bowl game with the other coming in the 1992 Freedom Bowl. Tracy Jones of the American Athletic Conference is the referee.

1st quarter scoring: USC - Marqise Lee 10-yard pass from Cody Kessler (Andre Heidari kick); FS - Isaiah Burse 8-yard pass from Derek Carr (Colin McGuire kick blocked); USC - Nelson Agholor 40-yard pass from Kessler (Heidari kick)

2nd quarter scoring: USC - Agholor 17-yard pass from Kessler (Heidari kick); USC - Javorius Allen 24-yard run (Heidari kick); USC - Lee 40-yard pass from Kessler (Heidari kick)

3rd quarter scoring: FS - Davante Adams 23-yard pass from Carr (McGuire kick); USC - Heidari 39-yard field goal

4th quarter scoring: FS - Derron Smith 41-yard interception return (McGuire kick) ; USC - Allen 1-yard run (Heidari kick)

Statistics

• Derek Carr 424/605, 4866 Yds, 50 TD, 8 INT[3]

Rankings

See also: 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	23	21	17	15	16	17	16	15	16	24	21	RV
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	25	23	21	22	19	18	18	17	14	16	13	22	20	RV
Harris	Not released							18	18	18	17	13	14	13	22	20	Not released
BCS	Not released								17	16	16	14	15	16	23	20	Not released

References

1. https://gobulldogs.com/roster.aspx?roster=32&path=football#sidearm-roster-coaches
2. "2013 Schedule". Fresno State Athletics. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
3. CBS Sports. Retrieved 2014-Sep-22.