2013 Butler Bulldogs football team

2013 Butler Bulldogs football
Pioneer Football League co-champion
ConferencePioneer Football League
Record9–4 (7–1 PFL)
Head coach
Co-defensive coordinatorJoe Cheshire
Co-defensive coordinatorTim Cooper
Home stadiumButler Bowl
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.

The 2013 Butler Bulldogs football team represented Butler University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Jeff Voris and played their home games at the Butler Bowl. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League, a conference allowed to compete in the FCS playoffs for the first time in 2013. They finished the season 9–4, 7–1 in PFL play to share the league title with Marist. Butler and Marist did not play each other in the regular season, so the PFL used the College Sporting News' Gridiron Power Index to determine who would receive the league's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs. Butler was selected and lost in the first round to Tennessee State.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 pmat No. 6 South Dakota State*L 14–559,729
September 76:00 pmWittenberg*W 49–243,541
September 146:00 pmat Franklin*
W 31–284,200
September 216:00 pmDartmouth*
  • Butler Bowl
  • Indianapolis, IN
L 23–303,194
September 2812:00 pmat JacksonvilleW 45–271,172
October 51:00 pmStetson
  • Butler Bowl
  • Indianapolis, IN
W 35–151,494
October 121:00 pmCampbelldagger
  • Butler Bowl
  • Indianapolis, IN
W 35–143,400
October 191:00 pmDrake
  • Butler Bowl
  • Indianapolis, IN
W 24–141,576
October 264:00 pmat San DiegoL 14–421,533
November 21:00 pmat DaytonW 33–302,872
November 91:00 pmValparaiso
W 72–123,049
November 161:00 pmat Morehead StateW 58–271,583
November 301:00 pmNo. 19 Tennessee State*
ESPN3L 0–311,928

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