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2013 BYU Cougars football team

2013 BYU Cougars football
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Conference Independent
2013 record 8–5
Head coach Bronco Mendenhall (9th year)
Offensive coordinator Robert Anae (7th year)
Offensive scheme Multiple formation
Defensive coordinator Nick Howell (1st year)
Base defense 3–4
Captain Uani Unga (Defense)
Daniel Sorensen (Defense)
Captain JD Falslev (Offense)
Skylar Ridley (Offense)
Home stadium LaVell Edwards Stadium
(Capacity: 63,470)
Seasons
« 2012 2014 »
2013 Division I FBS independents football records
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#20 Notre Dame               0 4  
Navy               9 4  
BYU               8 5  
Army               3 9  
New Mexico State               2 10  
Idaho               1 11  
Rankings from AP Poll
BYU at Virginia
1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 0 7 0 9 16
Cavaliers 0 3 9 7 19
Sources:
Texas at BYU
1 2 3 4 Total
Longhorns 7 7 7 0 21
Cougars 10 17 13 0 40
Sources:
Utah at BYU
1 2 3 4 Total
Utes 3 10 0 7 20
Cougars 0 0 6 7 13
  • Date: September 21
  • Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium
    Provo, UT
  • Game start: 8:21 PM MST
  • Elapsed time: 3:26
  • Game attendance: 63,470
  • Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C), Cloudy, winds S at 12mph
  • Referee: Jack Folliard
  • TV announcers (ESPN2/BYUtv): Mark Jones, Brock Huard, and Lewis Johnson (ESPN2)
    Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, Kathy Aiken, and Spencer Linton (BYUtv)
Sources:
Middle Tennessee at BYU
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 10 0 0 0 10
Cougars 7 16 14 0 37
  • Date: September 27
  • Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium
    Provo, UT
  • Game start: 7:02 PM MST
  • Elapsed time: 3:13
  • Game attendance: 58,763
  • Game weather: 48 °F (9 °C), Partly Cloudy, winds S at 5mph
  • Referee: Joe Pester
  • TV announcers (ESPNU/BYUtv): Eamon McAnaney and Anthony Becht (ESPNU)
    Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, Kathy Aiken, and Spencer Linton (BYUtv)
Sources:
BYU at Utah State
1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 10 7 14 0 31
Aggies 7 0 0 7 14
Sources:
Georgia Tech at BYU
1 2 3 4 Total
Yellow Jackets 7 6 0 7 20
Cougars 14 10 0 14 38
Sources:
BYU at Houston
1 2 3 4 Total
BYU Cougars 24 10 0 13 47
UH Cougars 21 17 2 6 46
Sources:
Boise State at BYU
1 2 3 4 Total
Broncos 0 3 10 7 20
Cougars 7 17 10 3 37
Sources:

The 2013 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars, led by head coach Bronco Mendenhall, played their home games at LaVell Edwards Stadium. This was the third year BYU competed as an independent. They finished the season 8–5. They were invited to the Fight Hunger Bowl where they lost to Washington.

After the 2012 Poinsettia Bowl, longtime assistant coach Lance Reynolds announced he would retire after 33 years of service at BYU (29 years as a coach and 4 years as a player). To fill the vacancy, BYU looked to an old face. Longtime assistant Robert Anae was brought back from the University of Arizona as the new offensive coordinator. In addition to his position as the offensive coordinator, Anae was given the responsibility of helping Bronco evaluate the entire offensive staff.

On January 8, Mark Weber left BYU for Utah State after six years with the Cougars. Weber was hired by the Aggies as the new assistant head coach and as the offensive line coach.

On Monday, January 14, Coach Mendenhall informed Running Backs Coach and Recruiting Coordinator Joe DuPaix and Tight Ends Coach Ben Cahoon that their contracts would not be renewed for the 2013 season. It was also revealed that Brandon Doman's status with the University was uncertain for 2013. BYU announced they had interviewed Max Hall, Paul Peterson (Sacramento State Offensive Coordinator), and Steve Clark (Southern Utah Offensive Coordinator) as possible quarterback coaches for the 2013 season.

On Tuesday, January 15, BYU announced that two coaches had been hired as part of the new offensive staff for the 2013 season. Garett Tujague was hired and Mark Atuaia was moved from the AD's office as the assistant to the AD over to the football coaching staff. BYU's official press release said that positions wouldn't be announced until the staff was finalized, but common rumors stated that Tujague would become the offensive lines coach and Atuaia would become the running backs coach.


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