The 2013 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented

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as a member of the

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(OVC) in the

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. They were led by fourth-year head coach Rod Reed and played their home games at

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and at

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. Tennessee State finished the season 10–4 overall and 6–2 in OVC play to place second. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where they defeated Butler in the first round before losing to Eastern Illinois in the second round.

Schedule

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