2013 UC Davis Aggies football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2013
| team = UC Davis Aggies
| sport = football
| image = UC Davis Aggies Script.png
| image_size = 150
| conference = Big Sky Conference
| short_conf = Big Sky
| record = 5–7
| conf_record = 5–3
| head_coach = Ron Gould
| hc_year = 1st
| off_coach = Kevin Daft
| oc_year = 2nd
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = Bert Watts
| dc_year = 1st
| def_scheme =
| captain =
| stadium = Aggie Stadium
}}
{{2013 Big Sky Conference football standings}}
The 2013 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Ron Gould, UC Davis compiled an overall record of 5–7 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, placing in four-way tie for fourth in the Big Sky. The Aggies played home games at Aggie Stadium in Davis, California.
Schedule
UC Davis played 10 Big Sky opponents during the 2013 season, but only eight of the games counted as conference games. Games against Portland State{{cite news |title=Portland State's 2013 Football Schedule Includes Opener at California|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/vikings/index.ssf/2013/02/portland_states_2013_football.html|newspaper=The Oregonian|location=Portland, OR|date=February 1, 2013|access-date=February 1, 2013}} and Northern Arizona{{cite web|url=http://www.fox16.com/sports/story/Northern-Arizona-game-completes-UC-Davis-schedule/ujGsP33zCE6Ud3CssNGo-g.cspx|title=Northern Arizona game completes UC Davis schedule|newspaper=Fox 16|date=February 5, 2013|access-date=February 5, 2013}} counted as non-conference games and had no effect on the Big Sky standings.
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 2013
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS
| poll = The Sports Network
| timezone = Pacific
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = August 31
| time = 12:00 pm
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = South Dakota
| site_stadium = DakotaDome
| site_cityst = Vermillion, SD
| tv =
| score = 7–10
| attend = 8,012
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 7
| time = 6:15 pm
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Nevada
| site_stadium = Mackay Stadium
| site_cityst = Reno, NV
| tv =
| score = 7–36
| attend = 27,052
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 14
| time = 6:00 pm
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Northern Arizona
| opprank = 25
| site_stadium = Aggie Stadium
| site_cityst = Davis, CA
| tv = {{abbr|BSTV|Big Sky TV}}
| score = 10–21
| attend = 4,932
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 21
| time = 6:00 pm
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Portland State
| site_stadium = Aggie Stadium
| site_cityst = Davis, CA
| tv = BSTV
| score = 10–41
| attend = 5,040
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 28
| time = 6:00 pm
| w/l = w
| opponent = Idaho State
| site_stadium = Aggie Stadium
| site_cityst = Davis, CA
| tv = BSTV
| score = 30–13
| attend = 7,194
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 5
| time = 12:05 pm
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Southern Utah
| site_stadium = Eccles Coliseum
| site_cityst = Cedar City, UT
| tv = BSTV
| score = 21–3
| attend = 3,558
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 12
| time = 4:00 pm
| w/l = l
| homecoming = y
| opponent = Montana
| opprank = 11
| site_stadium = Aggie Stadium
| site_cityst = Davis, CA
| tv = ESPN3
| score = 7–42
| attend = 7,368
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 19
| time = 12:35 pm
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Northern Colorado
| site_stadium = Nottingham Field
| site_cityst = Greeley, CO
| tv = BSTV
| score = 34–18
| attend = 4,196
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 26
| time = 1:35 pm
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Montana State
| opprank = 5
| site_stadium = Bobcat Stadium
| site_cityst = Bozeman, MT
| tv = ESPN3
| score = 17–34
| attend = 18,627
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 2
| time = 4:00 pm
| w/l = l
| opponent = Cal Poly
| site_stadium = Aggie Stadium
| site_cityst = Davis, CA
| gamename = Battle for the Golden Horseshoe
| tv = BSTV
| score = 16–34
| attend = 7,768
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 16
| time = 4:00 pm
| w/l = w
| opponent = North Dakota
| site_stadium = Aggie Stadium
| site_cityst = Davis, CA
| tv = BSTV
| score = 34–18
| attend = 5,688
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 23
| time = 6:30 pm
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Sacramento State
| site_stadium = Hornet Stadium
| site_cityst = Sacramento, CA
| gamename = Causeway Classic
| tv = BSTV
| score = 34–7
| attend = 12,571
}}
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=NCAA Statistics |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/62823?utf8=%E2%9C%93&year_id=62823&sport_id=16087&commit=Submit&org_sport_name=&org_id= |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=May 15, 2022 }}
Media
All UC Davis games were carried live on KHTK 1140 AM. All home games and conference road games not being shown as part of the Root Sports game of the week package were carried through the conferences online streaming service [http://b2tv.com/upcoming_events.asp?q=v&value=bigsky Big Sky TV] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811190534/http://b2tv.com/upcoming_events.asp?q=v&value=bigsky |date=2012-08-11 }}.