The 2013 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team represented

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as a member of the

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(OVC) during the

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. Led by Bill Clark his first and only season as head coach, the Gamecocks compiled an overall record of 11–4 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the OVC. Jacksonville State received an at-large bid to NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, defeating Samford in the first round and McNeese State in the second round before losing to

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in the quarterfinals. The team played home games at

Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium is a 24,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Jacksonville, Alabama. It opened in 1947 and is home to the Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team. It was also home to the Jacksonville High School Golden Eagles fo ...

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. On January 21, 2014, Clark resigned to become the head football coach at the

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(UAB).

Schedule

Game summaries

@ Alabama State

Jacksonville

North Alabama

@ Georgia State

Murray State

@ UT Martin

Tennessee State

@ Tennessee Tech

@ Austin Peay

Eastern Kentucky

@ Eastern Illinois

Southeast Missouri State

Samford

McNeese State

Ranking movements

References

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Jacksonville State Gamecocks football : ''For information on all Jacksonville State University sports, see Jacksonville State Gamecocks.'' The Jacksonville State Gamecocks football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Jacksonville State University (JSU) located i ...