2013 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

2013 Fresno State Bulldogs football
Mountain West Champions MWC West Division Champions
MWC Championship Game vs. Utah State, W 24–17
Las Vegas Bowl vs. USC, L 20–45
Conference	Mountain West Conference West Division
Ranking
BCS	#20
2013 record	11–2 (7–1 MWC)
Head coach	Tim DeRuyter (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Dave Schramm (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator	Nick Toth (2nd year)
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

The 2013 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented California State University, Fresno in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs are 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.

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	#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
September 20	6:00 PM	Boise State	#25	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA (Battle for the Milk Can)	ESPN	W 41–40	41,031
September 28	9:00 PM	at Hawaii	#23	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	KSEE	W 42–37	28,755
October 5	2:00 PM	at Idaho*	#21	Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID	KSEE	W 61–14	14,747
October 19	7:00 PM	UNLV	#19	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA		W 38–14	37,604
October 26	7:30 PM	at San Diego State	#18	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA (Battle for the Oil Can)	ESPN2	W 35–28 OT	32,707
November 2	7:30 PM	Nevada	#18	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	ESPNU	W 41–23	41,031
November 9	7:15 PM	at Wyoming	#17	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	ESPN2	W 48–10	15,700
November 23	4:00 PM	New Mexico	#16	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	ESPNews	W 69–28	41,031
November 29	12:30 PM	at San Jose State	#13	Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA (Valley Cup)	CBSSN	L 52–62	23,574
December 7	8:00 PM	Utah State	#22	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA (MWC Championship Game)	CBS	W 24–17	31,362
December 21	12:30 PM	USC*	#20	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV (Las Vegas Bowl)	ABC	L 20–45	42,178
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

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

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. ( ) = 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

Game notes

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
#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	2012	FRES, 38–17

@ 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
#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

@ Hawaii

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Bulldogs	14	7	21	0	42
Warriors	0	3	14	20	37

See also: 2013 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

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

@ Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
#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
#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

San Diego State

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

#18 Fresno State at San Diego State

1 2 3 4 OT Total • Fresno St 7 0 7 14 7 35 San Diego St 0 7 7 14 0 28 Date: October 26 Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA Game start: 10:30 p.m. EST Television network: ESPN2

Scoring summary Q1 7:46 FRES Burse 10 yard run (McGuire kick) FRES 7–0 Q2 7:38 SDSU Muema 10 yard run (McMorrow kick) Tie 7–7 Q3 5:45 SDSU Muema 1 yard run (McMorrow kick) SDSU 14–7 Q3 1:50 FRES Adams 11 yard pass from Carr (McGuire kick) Tie 14–14 Q4 11:39 FRES Adams 16 yard pass from Carr (McGuire kick) FRES 21–14 Q4 9:51 FRES Ederaine 78 yard fumble return (McGuire kick) FRES 28–14 Q4 8:54 SDSU Boesch 1 yard run (McMorrow kick) FRES 28–21 Q4 6:15 SDSU Young 27 yard run (McMorrow kick) Tie 28–28 OT FRES Waller 1 yard run (McGuire kick) FRES 35–28

Nevada

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolf Pack	7	0	9	7	23
#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

@ Wyoming

	1	2	3	4	Total
#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
#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

@ San Jose State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#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
#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
#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 blockd); 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