2013 Minneapolis mayoral election, Candidates
The official filing period with the City of Minneapolis for mayoral candidacy began on July 30 and lasted for two weeks, until August 13. Candidates had until August 15 to withdraw and have their names taken off of the ballot. In March 2013, City Council member Cam Gordon proposed raising the fee to run for mayor to $500, a move intended to "discourag[e] frivolous candidates" according to the Star Tribune. However, the fee remained at $20 for the 2013 filing period. While the election is officially nonpartisan, there was a space on the affidavits of candidacy for candidates to declare their "Political Party or Principle".


2013 Minneapolis mayoral election, Candidates
A total of 35 people declared their candidacy for mayor, a number that Minneapolis elections officials claimed hadn't been seen on the ballot since at least the 1980s, if not before. Hamline University's Schultz commented that the crowded race would make it difficult for candidates to get name recognition, "[e]specially for some of those candidates who fall further down on the list because they probably don't have a lot of money, and they probably aren't going to get invited to debates." An article in MinnPost suggested that the majority of candidates' campaigns would not have a lot of funding with which to work, nor would they be well organized.


2013 Minneapolis mayoral election, Candidates
Gregg A. Iverson was the first of six candidates to submit their affidavits of candidacy on July 30, the first day of filing. Meanwhile, three candidates waited until August 13, the final day of the filing period, to submit their affidavits, including Cyd Gorman who was the last to file. No candidates who registered with the Elections Department took advantage of the ability to withdraw their candidacies.


2013 Minneapolis mayoral election, Candidates
In 2014, as a result of the high number of candidates, city voters approved an amendment to the city charter that raised filing requirements to either $500 or 500 signatures.


2013 Minneapolis mayoral election, Campaigns, Announcements
Almost a month before Rybak announced that he intended to leave office, DFL City Council member Betsy Hodges of Minneapolis' thirteenth ward declared that she would run for mayor. Her plans, however, were contingent upon whether Rybak would elect to run for a fourth time. When Rybak made his announcement in December 2012, Hodges formally proclaimed her candidacy.


2013 Minneapolis mayoral election, Campaigns, Announcements
The Star Tribune reported in early December 2012 that former DFL City Council President Jackie Cherryhomes was also considering a bid for the mayor's office. Cherryhomes last held office in 2001, but remained involved at the Minneapolis City Hall as a lobbyist. Like Hodges, she only intended to run if Rybak opted not to and, like Hodges, she announced that she would run promptly after Rybak declared he would not, on December 27.


2013 Minneapolis mayoral election, Campaigns, Announcements
DFL City Council member Gary Schiff from Minneapolis' ninth ward was also mulling a mayoral run in mid-December when he filed paperwork to form a committee that could support his potential candidacy. Unlike Hodges and Cherryhomes, Schiff stated that whether he would run or not would probably not be contingent upon what Rybak decided to do. On January 29, Schiff announced that he would seek the mayor's seat.


2013 Minneapolis mayoral election, Campaigns, Announcements
Fifth ward City Council member Don Samuels, another DFLer, was considering running for the office shortly after Rybak announced that he wouldn't run again. Samuels had served on the City Council for a decade at that time and had most recently run but dropped out of a race for Hennepin County Commissioner. A day after Schiff made his candidacy official, Samuels entered the race as well, becoming the third sitting member of City Council to do so.


2013 Minneapolis mayoral election, Campaigns, Announcements
Mark Andrew, formerly a Hennepin County Commissioner and the chair of the DFL from 1995 until 1997, expressed in early January that he was "very interested" in potentially vying for the position of mayor. Since leaving public office, Andrew had begun GreenMark, an environmental marketing firm. He officially declared his candidacy on February 7, 2013, acknowledging his late entrance into the race relative to some of his opponents.


2013 Minneapolis mayoral election, Campaigns, Announcements
Running as an independent, attorney Cam Winton is mentioned in a Star Tribune article dated March 20, 2013. Winton, a Republican, stated that he did not intend to seek the DFL endorsement, making him the only candidate declared at the time to do so.


2013 Minneapolis mayoral election, Campaigns, Announcements
Dan Cohen, a Republican former City Council member, said on May 28 that he would run for mayor if the DFL failed to agree on an endorsement. Cohen, who sits on Minneapolis' Charter and Planning Commissions, was a Council member in the 1960s He last ran for mayor in 1969, losing to Charles Stenvig. Cohen formally declared his candidacy on June 18.


2013 Minneapolis mayoral election, Campaigns, Pre-convention debates
The first debate between mayoral candidates took place on March 27 at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Moderated by professor of political science Larry Jacobs, as well as some of his students, the debate included Andrew, Hodges, Schiff, Cherryhomes, and Samuels, noted by Jacobs as being the "leading DFL candidates". Winton observed the debate from the audience but was not invited to participate as he was not seeking the DFL endorsement. Candidates fielded questions on the new Vikings stadium (responding anywhere from heavily in favor of the project to staunchly against it), property taxes (no candidate accepted a pledge from Jacobs not to raise them), how to revitalize North Minneapolis, and their qualifications for the job of mayor.


2013 Minneapolis mayoral election, Campaigns, DFL endorsement convention
An endorsement convention was held by the DFL on June 15, 2013, at the Minneapolis Convention Center. All candidates then declared with the exception of Winton (Andrew, Cherryhomes, Hodges, Samuels, Schiff, and Thomas) sought the nomination and were present at the event. Sixty percent of delegate votes were required to receive the endorsement.


2013 Minneapolis mayoral election, Campaigns, DFL endorsement convention
During the first round of voting, Jim Thomas, Cheryhomes, and Samuels were eliminated as each failed to secure the ten percent of the vote required to move on to the second round. Schiff was eliminated after the second ballot, leaving Andrew and Hodges. Andrew came first in every round of voting but never reached the 60 percent threshold. Hodges invited her delegates outside of the Convention Center to eat pizza. Their absence meant that a quorum was not present at the convention and so, on the fifth ballot, the convention ended with no endorsement.


2013 Minneapolis mayoral election, General election, Results
None of the candidates passed the threshold to be elected in the first round, necessitating several rounds of vote transfers. Betsy Hodges was elected in the 33rd round.


2013 Minneapolis municipal election
A general election was held in Minneapolis on November 5, 2013. Minneapolis's mayor was up for election as well as all the seats on the City Council, the two elected seats on the Board of Estimate and Taxation, and all the seats on the Park and Recreation Board. Voters were able to rank up to three candidates for each office in order of preference.


2013 Minneapolis municipal election, Mayor
Incumbent Democratic–Farmer–Labor Mayor R. T. Rybak announced on December 27, 2012 that he will not be seeking re-election. 35 candidates ran for election. Betsy Hodges was elected in the 33rd round after two days of vote tabulations.


2013 Minneapolis municipal election, City Council
All 13 seats on the Minneapolis City Council were up for election.


2013 Minneapolis municipal election, Board of Estimate and Taxation
The two elected seats on the Board of Estimate and Taxation were up for election. Incumbents Carol Becker and David Wheeler were re-elected in the first round, both having passed the threshold to be elected.


2013 Minneapolis municipal election, Park and Recreation Board
All nine seats on the Park and Recreation Board were up for election. Three members were elected from one citywide, at-large district via the single transferable vote and six from single-member districts via instant-runoff voting.


2013 Minneapolis municipal election, Park and Recreation Board, Results, At-large
As no candidate passed the maximum possible threshold to be elected in the first round, several rounds of vote tabulations were necessary until three members were elected. John Erwin was elected in the fourth round and Annie Young and Meg Forney in the ninth round.


2013 Minneapolis municipal election, Park and Recreation Board, Results, At-large
Steve Barland, Meg Forney, Jason Stone, and Tom Nordyke were candidates in the 2009 Park and Recreation Board election, but were all defeated. Barland and Stone ran in District 5 and Forney in District 6. Tom Nordyke served on the Board as an at-large member from 2006 to 2009 and as its president from 2008 to 2009.


2013 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The 2013 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Jerry Kill and played their home games at TCF Bank Stadium. They were a member of the Legends Division of the Big Ten Conference.


2013 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Before the season
The Gophers had their first, full intrasquad scrimmage during the Spring Game under Kill's tenure; his previous two Spring Games had been limited in scope. The game attracted 8,400 fans, the largest attendance for a Gophers Spring Game since Lou Holtz coached the team in the mid-1980s.


2013 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
The game was Minnesota's first win against Nebraska since a 26–14 victory on September 24, 1960.


2013 Minnesota House of Representatives District 14A special election
A special election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on February 12, 2013 to elect a new representative for District 14A in the Minnesota House of Representatives, caused by the resignation of Representative Steve Gottwalt on January 7, 2013. A primary election was not held. The election coincided with the District 19A special election. Tama Theis, the Republican Party of Minnesota nominee, won the special election.


2013 Minnesota House of Representatives District 14A special election, Background
On January 3, 2013, Representative Steve Gottwalt announced that he would resign to take a job as the director of state legislative policy for the Center for Diagnostic Imaging. He resigned on January 7, 2013, the day before the beginning of the new session of the Minnesota Legislature.


2013 Minnesota House of Representatives District 19A special election
A special election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on February 12, 2013 to elect a new representative for District 19A in the Minnesota House of Representatives, caused by the resignation of Representative Terry Morrow on January 7, 2013. A primary election was held on January 29, 2013. The election coincided with the District 14A special election. Clark Johnson, the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) nominee, won the special election.


2013 Minnesota House of Representatives District 19A special election, Background
On December 19, 2012, Representative Terry Morrow announced he would resign to join the Uniform Law Commission as its legislative director. He resigned on January 7, 2013, the day before the beginning of the new session of the Minnesota Legislature.


2013 Minnesota House of Representatives District 19A special election, Primary election
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) did not endorse a candidate until after the deadline for withdrawing (January 16 at 5:00 p.m.), leaving the candidates that did not win the party endorsement unable to withdraw their candidacies, causing a primary election. The losing candidates said they would abide by the endorsement.


2013 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2013 WNBA season was the 15th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Lynx won their second WNBA Championship in three years, and led the league in wins for the third straight season.


2013 Minnesota Lynx season
The Lynx entered the season as the two-time defending WNBA Western Conference champions. The Lynx won the 2011 WNBA Finals, but lost the 2012 WNBA Finals to the Indiana Fever.


2013 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2012 season saw the retirement of veteran center Taj McWilliams-Franklin. The Lynx replaced her in the offseason, trading guard Candice Wiggins for former University of Minnesota standout Janel McCarville, who had played with Lynx point guard Lindsay Whalen in college.


2013 Minnesota Lynx season
Despite returning three olympians and an all-star in their starting lineup, the Lynx were considered something of an afterthought going into the season, with much of the press going to the Phoenix Mercury, which drafted Brittney Griner.


2013 Minnesota Lynx season
Despite the lowered expectations, the Lynx had another outstanding season, finishing with the best record in the WNBA for the third straight year, and placing four players in the WNBA All-Star Game. After dispatching the Seattle Storm in the opening round of the playoffs, the Lynx swept the Phoenix Mercury in the Western Conference Finals, to earn their third straight trip to the WNBA Finals. They then defeated the Atlanta Dream to win their second WNBA title in three years.


2013 Minnesota Lynx season, Transactions, WNBA Draft
The following are the Lynx' selections in the 2013 WNBA Draft.


2013 Minnesota Lynx season, Transactions, Trades
On March 1, 2013, the Lynx announced that they had traded Candice Wiggins to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for a third-round pick in the draft and the rights to Janel McCarville from the New York Liberty.


2013 Minnesota Lynx season, Awards and honors
WNBA Western Conference Player of the Month (August) - Maya Moore


2013 Minnesota Lynx season, Awards and honors
WNBA Western Conference Player of the Month (September) - Maya Moore


2013 Minnesota Lynx season, Awards and honors
WNBA Player of the Week - Maya Moore (3 times), Rebekkah Brunson


2013 Minnesota Lynx season, Awards and honors
WNBA All-Stars - Seimone Augustus, Maya Moore, Rebekkah Brunson, Lindsay Whalen


2013 Minnesota Swarm season
The 2013 Minnesota Swarm season was the ninth season of the Minnesota Swarm, a lacrosse team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League.


2013 Minnesota Swarm season
The season did not start the way the Swarm might have hoped. Five of their first six games were decided by a single goal, but the Swarm only won two of them. They fell to 3-7 before dominating three straight home games, winning by 7, 9, and 14 goals. They finished at 7-9, good for fifth in the West but thanks to the Buffalo Bandits' 6-10 record, the Swarm crossed over to the Eastern division and made the playoffs.


2013 Minnesota Swarm season
In the first round, they had another dominating game, defeating the regular season champion Toronto Rock 20-11 in Toronto. But their visit to the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester was less successful, and the eventual champion Knighthawks ended the Swarm's season with a 12-10 win.


2013 Minnesota Swarm season, Regular season, Final standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2013 Minnesota Swarm season, Transactions, Entry Draft
The 2012 NLL Entry Draft took place on October 1, 2012. The Swarm made the following selections:


2013 Minnesota Twins season
The 2013 Minnesota Twins season was the 53rd season for the franchise in Minnesota, and the 113th overall in the American League.


2013 Minnesota Twins season
The Twins started the 2013 season on April 1, with a game against the Detroit Tigers (losing Opening Day 2–4). The Twins ended their season with a 5–1 loss against the Cleveland Indians.


2013 Minnesota Twins season
The Twins finished their season with a 66–96 record, although they finished 4th in the American League Central standings ahead of the Chicago White Sox, avoiding a last place finish for the first time since 2010. The team continued to struggle with offense and bullpen rotation, despite the off-season acquisitions of veterans Vance Worley, Mike Pelfrey and Kevin Correia.


2013 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason transactions and spring training
January 18, 2013: Agreed to terms with LHP Brian Duensing and C Drew Butera on one-year contracts.


2013 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason transactions and spring training
February 14, 2013: Agreed to terms with LHP Rafael Perez on a minor league contract.


2013 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason transactions and spring training
March 10, 2013: Reassigned RHP Bryan Augenstein, RHP Nick Blackburn, RHP Alex Meyer, RHP Lester Oliveros and RHP Esmerling Vásquez to their minor league camp.


2013 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason transactions and spring training
March 11, 2013: Optioned C Chris Herrmann to Rochester (IL) and RHP B.J. Hermsen, RHP Trevor May, RHP Michael Tonkin, C Josmil Pinto and INF Danny Santana to New Britain (EL).


2013 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason transactions and spring training
March 15, 2013: Optioned RHP Kyle Gibson and LHP Caleb Thielbar to Rochester (IL). Reassigned RHP Anthony Slama, C Kyle Knudson and INF James Beresford to their minor league camp.


2013 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason transactions and spring training
March 16, 2013: Optioned OF Oswaldo Arcia to Rochester (IL).


2013 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason transactions and spring training
March 17, 2013: Reassigned C Eric Fryer, INF Chris Colabello, INF Mark Sobolewski, OF Brian Dinkelman, OF Clete Thomas, RHP Deolis Guerra and RHP Shairon Martis to their minor league camp.


2013 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason transactions and spring training
March 23, 2013: Placed LHP Scott Diamond and RHP Anthony Swarzak on the 15-day DL.


2013 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason transactions and spring training
March 26, 2013: Reassigned RHP P. J. Walters and RHP Samuel Deduno to minor league camp.


2013 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason transactions and spring training
March 27, 2013: Optioned RHP Alex Burnett to Rochester (IL).


2013 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason transactions and spring training
March 30, 2013: Placed RHP Tim Wood on the 15-day DL, retroactive March 24. Reassigned RHP Rich Harden and LHP Rafael Perez to their minor league camp.


2013 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason transactions and spring training
March 31, 2013: Selected the contract of OF Wilkin Ramírez from Rochester (IL).


2013 Minnesota Twins season, Offseason transactions and spring training
The Minnesota Twins finished in fifth place (.515) in the Grapefruit League during spring training with a 17–16 record overall (7–10 home / 10–6 away). They were 4.5 games behind the first place Baltimore Orioles.


2013 Minnesota United FC season
The 2013 season was Minnesota United FC's fourth season of existence and their third consecutive season playing in the North American Soccer League, the second division of the American soccer pyramid.


2013 Minnesota Vikings season
The 2013 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 53rd in the National Football League. It also marked the Vikings' final season playing their home games at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome; the team played their home games at TCF Bank Stadium for the 2014 and 2015 seasons while construction of U.S. Bank Stadium, which opened in 2016, took place on the site of the Metrodome. Following a Week 9 loss to the Dallas Cowboys, the Vikings were no longer able to match their 10–6 record from 2012, and their loss to the Baltimore Ravens five weeks later sealed their elimination from playoff contention.


2013 Minnesota Vikings season
The Vikings failed to win a road game (0–7–1) for the first time since 2001. Much like in 2001, the Vikings did moderately well (13th) on offensive yardage (344.2 yards per game) despite a quarterback carousel not present in 2001, but ranked among the worst in defensive yardage (397.6 yards per game); only the Dallas Cowboys gave up more yards on defense with 415.3 per game. The Vikings' defense also allowed the most points in the NFL in 2013 at 480 (30.0 points per game), four points shy of matching the most points the team ever allowed in a single season.


2013 Minnesota Vikings season
It took until Week 10 for the Vikings to record their first win on American soil, their only other victory up to that point having come in the NFL International Series game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at London's Wembley Stadium in Week 4. Despite winning their last four home games to finish with an overall record of 5–10–1, the Vikings fired head coach Leslie Frazier after just over three seasons with the team.


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Preseason, Schedule
The Vikings' preseason opponents and schedule were announced on April 4, 2013. Their preseason began with a loss to the Houston Texans at Mall of America Field on August 9, followed by road defeats against the Buffalo Bills and the San Francisco 49ers; the game against the 49ers was the Vikings' second preseason matchup against the same opposition in two years. The preseason program concluded on a positive note – a home victory against the Tennessee Titans on August 29.


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Preseason, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Houston Texans
at Mall of America Field at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Preseason, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Tennessee Titans
at Mall of America Field at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Cleveland Browns
at Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Carolina Panthers
at Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Green Bay Packers
at Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Green Bay Packers
With Josh Freeman ruled out after suffering a concussion in the previous game, Christian Ponder reclaimed his spot as starting quarterback. Cordarrelle Patterson got the game off to a good start for the Vikings, returning the opening kickoff 109 yards for a touchdown to tie the NFL record. However, Aaron Rodgers responded for the Packers by leading his offense on a 14-play, 90-yard drive, culminating in an 11-yard touchdown pass to Jordy Nelson. The sides then exchanged field goals before Rodgers found Nelson again in the second quarter for a 76-yard touchdown.


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Green Bay Packers
On the Vikings' next possession, they were forced to punt, but Micah Hyde was able to return the kick 93 yards for another Packers touchdown to make the score 24–10. A controversial pass interference call against Packers cornerback Tramon Williams late in the half set the Vikings up with a first down on the Packers' 14-yard line; two plays later, Adrian Peterson had the ball in the end zone for an 8-yard touchdown, which kept the Vikings in with a chance going into the second half.


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Green Bay Packers
But the Packers offense remained unstoppable as Rodgers again led a long drive, capped by a 1-yard touchdown run from Eddie Lacy after they had converted three times on third down and once on fourth down during the series. After another three-and-out for the Vikings, the Packers offense picked up four first downs in the space of five plays on the way to a 25-yard touchdown run for James Starks.


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Green Bay Packers
The Vikings again went three-and-out on their next possession, but this time their defense was able to stop Green Bay at the goal line, limiting them to a 20-yard Mason Crosby field goal to make the score 41–17 with just over six minutes to play. Patterson again had a big return on the ensuing kickoff, taking it 51 yards to the Minnesota 42-yard line to set up a short field. Five plays later, Toby Gerhart narrowed the deficit to 17 points with a 13-yard touchdown run.


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Green Bay Packers
Vikings cornerback Josh Robinson was penalized on the onside kick that followed for touching the ball before it had gone 10 yards, allowing the Packers to run down the clock before Crosby slotted another field goal, this time from 45 yards. Inside the two-minute warning, Ponder threw an incompletion on fourth down, only for Tramon Williams to again be penalized for pass interference against Patterson, allowing Ponder the opportunity for a 19-yard touchdown run two plays later. The Vikings were unable to recover the onside kick, and Green Bay knelt out the clock for a 44–31 win.


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Dallas Cowboys
Following the high-scoring loss to the Packers, the Vikings, continuing with Christian Ponder as their quarterback, travel to Arlington, Texas to face the Dallas Cowboys. The first quarter was all field goals, as Dallas scored first with a 41-yarder by Dan Bailey, followed by a 23-yarder for the Vikings by Blair Walsh. In the second quarter, Bailey made another field goal from 44 yards to put the Cowboys up by 3, but the Vikings took a 10–6 lead into halftime, capping the ensuing 79-yard drive with a 6-yard run by Ponder.


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Dallas Cowboys
After the half, Cowboy quarterback Tony Romo completed two consecutive 26-yard passes to tight end Jason Witten to give them an early touchdown and restore their three-point lead. On the very next play from scrimmage, Ponder fumbled the ball as he was sacked in the end zone, and the Cowboys' Nick Hayden recovered it for a touchdown, meaning the Vikings went from 10–6 up to 20–10 down in the space of two scrimmage plays. The Vikings responded immediately with a quick, six-play drive, culminating with a 31-yard pass from Ponder to Kyle Rudolph to cut the Cowboys' lead back to three points.


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Dallas Cowboys
After a series of punts going into the fourth quarter, Adrian Peterson scored for the Vikings with an 11-yard run with almost six minutes to go, but Walsh pushed the extra point kick wide right, giving the Vikings a three-point lead over the Cowboys. Vikings cornerback A. J. Jefferson intercepted Romo on the Cowboys' ensuing drive, putting the Vikings in a position to potentially take over the game, but the offense went three-and-out and was forced to punt.


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys progressed downfield quickly, never faced with a third down, and scored with a 7-yard touchdown pass from Romo to Dwayne Harris, the third time the Vikings had given up a game-winning score in 2013. With less than 30 seconds to play, but they were unable to make any significant territorial gains and Ponder's last-second hail mary fell short, giving the Cowboys a 27–23 win.


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Washington Redskins
at Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Green Bay Packers
The Vikings traveled to Green Bay in week 12 to face a Packers team missing quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who had suffered a fractured left collarbone three weeks earlier. After successive punts from each side started the game, the Packers were the first to score as backup QB Scott Tolzien ran in for a 6-yard touchdown, but two field goals from Blair Walsh and a 1-yard touchdown run for Adrian Peterson meant the Vikings took a 13–7 lead into halftime. They extended their lead midway through the third quarter as Christian Ponder hit tight end Rhett Ellison for a 12-yard touchdown, and Walsh made it a 16-point lead with a 29-yard field goal on the second play of the fourth quarter.


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Green Bay Packers
The Packers pulled the struggling Tolzien after the Ellison touchdown and replaced him with the recently re-signed Matt Flynn. Flynn then led the Packers on three consecutive scoring drives in the fourth quarter, starting with a 3-yard touchdown run for Eddie Lacy. Flynn's pass to Andrew Quarless on the two-point attempt fell incomplete, but Flynn was able to find Jarrett Boykin for a 6-yard touchdown on the next drive to reduce the Vikings' lead to three points.


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Green Bay Packers
Inside the two-minute warning, Flynn combined with James Jones for a 28-yard completion on 4th-and-6, setting up Mason Crosby for the game-tying, 27-yard field goal. The Packers won the overtime coin toss and took the opening possession down to the Minnesota 2-yard line before having to settle for a field goal, only for Walsh to respond with a 35-yard effort. The two sides then exchanged possession as neither was able to put together a significant drive and the game ended in a 26–26 tie.


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Chicago Bears
at Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Baltimore Ravens
Playing in the snow in Baltimore, the Vikings sought out their first road win of the season. During the first half, Adrian Peterson injured his ankle and was dropped from the game. Despite taking the lead with a touchdown late in the fourth quarter, the Vikings were unable to hold on as the Ravens scored a game-winning touchdown with four seconds left. With the loss, the Vikings dropped to 3–9–1 and were officially eliminated from postseason contention.


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
at Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Detroit Lions
at Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Detroit Lions
In the last game to be played at the Metrodome before its demolition, the Vikings hosted their divisional rivals, the Detroit Lions. This turned out to be the only game of the Vikings' season (including preseason) in which the opposing team scored fewer than 20 points. A 50-yard run from Cordarrelle Patterson for the first score of the game put the Vikings up 7-0, where the score remained through halftime. After the half, Reggie Bush struck back with a 19-yard touchdown reception to tie the game at 7-7 in the third. The fourth quarter saw David Akers make two field goals to put the Lions in the lead 13-7. However, Matt Cassel threw a TD pass to Patterson to put the Vikings back in the lead 14-13, which they managed to hold onto for the remaining nine minutes of the game.


2013 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Detroit Lions
Head coach Leslie Frazier was fired as head coach of the Minnesota Vikings the following day. His tenure ended with a record of 21–32–1 in over three years.


2013 Minor Counties Championship
The 2013 Minor Counties Championship was the 109th Minor Counties Cricket Championship season. It was contested through two divisions: Eastern and Western. Cheshire were Minor County Champions for the fifth time outright and seventh in total.


2013 Minor Counties Championship, Standings
Teams receive 16 points for a win, 8 for a tie and 4 for a draw. Teams also received 12 points for a win, 6 for a draw and 4 points for losing a match reduced to a single innings. Bonus points (a maximum of 4 batting points and 4 bowling points) may be scored during the first 90 overs of each team's first innings.


2013 Miranda state by-election
A by-election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Miranda occurred on 19 October 2013. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Graham Annesley (Liberal), which was announced on 28 August 2013. Barry Collier (Labor) won the seat with a 55 percent two-party vote from a 26-point two-party swing, the largest swing in New South Wales history.


2013 Miranda state by-election, Background
The Liberal member for Miranda, Graham Annesley, resigned from the New South Wales Parliament and as Minister for Sport and Recreation on 28 August 2013 to take up the post of chief executive officer of the Gold Coast Titans rugby league team. Annesley in his resignation to Parliament said he never regarded himself as a politician and that there were many aspects of politics he did not care for and he has always felt more at home as a sports administrator.


2013 Miranda state by-election, Background
A central Sutherland Shire electorate, Miranda crosses the peninsula between the Georges River and Port Hacking. It includes the suburbs of Como, Bonnet Bay, Oyster Bay, Kareela, Kirrawee, Gymea, Gymea Bay, Grays Point and parts of Sylvania, Miranda and Jannali. The seat's federal equivalent is in the western half of the Division of Cook.


2013 Miranda state by-election, Background
Created in 1971, Miranda had traditionally been a Liberal electorate. It had only been won by Labor in landslide elections, two under Neville Wran in 1978 and 1981, and again under Bob Carr in 1999 and 2003. According to ABC psephologist Antony Green, the seat should have been recovered by the Liberals in 2007 but was narrowly retained by Labor. Going into the 2011 election, Miranda was Labor's most marginal seat, with a 0.8 percent two-party margin. In the 2011 election, the Liberals won government in a landslide. In the process, they picked up a large enough swing in Miranda to turn it into a very safe Liberal seat on paper in one stroke, with a 21.0 percent two-party margin. There were 39 seats held by the Coalition on smaller margins.


2013 Miranda state by-election, Campaign
Questions were raised over the Liberal-controlled Sutherland Shire Council's alleged property development favours in their draft Local Environmental Plan.


2013 Miranda state by-election, Campaign
Internal Liberal Party polling conducted two weeks before the by-election produced a 54–46 lead to Labor indicating a 25-point two-party swing against the Liberal government, however a follow-up internal Liberal Party poll had the Liberals "marginally in front". Sportsbet offered $1.25 for the Liberals against $3.50 for Labor with Antony Green predicting a Liberal retain. Both major party leaders played down expectations of a win.


2013 Miranda state by-election, Results
Labor won the seat with a two-party swing of 26 percent in the largest by-election swing in the state's history, outdoing even the 2010 Penrith by-election result. Premier Barry O'Farrell claimed Annesley's "unexpected, mid-term resignation" as the reason for the loss and rejected claims of a backlash against the Liberal government. Labor's Collier said the major issues for local voters were overdevelopment in the Sutherland Shire, the frequent closure of fire stations (uniformed firefighters were at polling stations protesting against the Liberal government), cuts to TAFE, and poor transport services at the Jannali and Kogarah train stations.


2013 Miranda state by-election, Results
Labor leader John Robertson released a statement claiming there was a clear message to the Liberal government from Miranda voters, saying "The people of the shire have sent Barry O'Farrell the strongest of messages tonight ... in the last two-and-a-half years Barry O'Farrell and his government have taken families for granted ... Barry Collier was an outstanding local candidate who ran a strong community campaign, standing up for the Shire against Liberal cuts to services".


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team
The 2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represents Mississippi State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team is coached by John Cohen, in his 14th year as a collegiate head coach, and his 5th at Mississippi State. The Bulldogs play their home games at Dudy Noble Field, and compete in the Southeastern Conference's West Division.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team
After the 2012 season, Assistant Coach Lane Burroughs leaves Mississippi State to become the head coach at Northwestern State. Nick Mingione becomes the assistant coach for the 2013 season, replacing Lane Burroughs.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team
After a third-place finish in the SEC West and a semifinal appearance in the 2013 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament, the Bulldogs advanced through the NCAA Tournament's Starkville Regional, Charlottesville Super Regional, and College World Series bracket to reach the College World Series final with an 8–1 record in the tournament.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team, Roster
Butch Thompson (associate head coach)Nick Mingione (assistant coach)Tyler Bratton (volunteer assistant coach)


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team, Ranking movements
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team
The 2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Dan Mullen, who was in fifth season with Mississippi State in the 2013 season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi, and competed in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #13 Oklahoma State
The No. 13 Oklahoma State Cowboys have been known more for their offense than their defense. The Cowboys' defense, however, kept Oklahoma State in the game long enough for their offense to wake up against the Mississippi State Bulldogs. J.W. Walsh threw for 135 yards and ran for another 125 and a touchdown to lead Oklahoma State to a 21–3 win over Mississippi State in the Texas Kickoff in Houston’s Reliant Stadium.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #13 Oklahoma State
Walsh finished 18 of 27 after relieving starter Clint Chelf on the Cowboys' third series. Jeremy Smith rushed for 102 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries for Oklahoma State (1–0), which piled up 432 yards on offense after struggling for most of the first half.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #13 Oklahoma State
Mississippi State’s Tyler Russell finished 10 of 16 for 133 yards before being helped off the field and taken to the locker room in the third quarter after being brought down on a scramble. Dak Prescott replaced Russell, throwing for 89 yards on seven of 17 passing. LaDarius Perkins rushed for 50 yards on 16 carries and caught three passes for 52 yards for the Bulldogs (0–1), which had only 333 yards of offense and had trouble keeping drives going, finishing two of 16 on third down conversions. Oklahoma State's defense also had three sacks and intercepted two Mississippi State passes.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #13 Oklahoma State
Mississippi State marched down the field in 57 yards on 13 plays taking over six minutes off the clock, but the Bulldogs were only able to get Devon Bell's 40-yard field goal to take a 3–0 lead. Russell was 5 of 7 on the drive for 58 yards. Oklahoma State's offense gained only 67 yards with less than four minutes remaining in the first half before Walsh got going.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #13 Oklahoma State
Walsh worked the quarterback keeper three times for gains of 46 yards down the left sideline, 12 yards down the left sideline to the MSU 3 and capping it off with a 3-yard touchdown run to give the Cowboys a 7–3 lead with 2:16 left in the half. The Bulldogs looked to respond before the half as Jameon Lewis weaved the kickoff return 66 yards to the OSU 34, but a holding penalty and a sack by Tyler Johnson stopped the drive.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #13 Oklahoma State
OSU continued the offensive momentum in the second half, driving 75 yards in 11 plays to take a 14–3 lead on a Smith 1-yard run with 10:41 left in the third. Smith tacked on a 20-yard touchdown run to begin the fourth quarter to up the lead to 21–3.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Alcorn State
Dak Prescott threw for 174 yards and two touchdowns in his first career start and Mississippi State breezed past Alcorn State 51–7. Mississippi State (1–1) didn't use several regular starters, including quarterback Tyler Russell, who suffered a concussion in the Bulldogs' season-opening loss to Oklahoma State. It didn't matter. The Bulldogs led 21–0 by early in the second quarter and 37–0 by halftime. It was the most points in the first half for the program since 1996. Mississippi State's Ashton Shumpert rushed for 98 yards and two touchdowns. Nick Griffin added 54 yards on the ground and a touchdown.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Alcorn State
Alcorn State (1–1), which plays in the Football Championship Subdivision, managed just two first downs in the first three quarters. The Braves scored their only touchdown early in the fourth quarter on a 25-yard pass from John Gibbs Jr. to Tollete George.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Alcorn State
The 6-foot-2, 230-pound Prescott showed his poise early in the first quarter by converting two straight passes on 4th and 9 for a first down. The first was an 18-yard strike to Joe Morrow, but it was disallowed after officials ruled Alcorn State had called timeout. A sold out Davis Wade Stadium groaned, but Prescott came right back and hit Malcolm Johnson for a 23-yard gain. Two plays later, Prescott burst through the line for an 11-yard touchdown run and a 7–0 lead. The rout was just beginning. Mississippi State outgained Alcorn State 308–30 in total yards on the way to the huge halftime lead. Prescott completed 12 of 19 passes while also rushing for 20 yards and a touchdown. He didn't play in the second half.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Alcorn State
The second half started just as lopsided. Brandon Holloway ran the kickoff back 95 yards to Alcorn's 1-yard line, and Mississippi State scored two plays later for a 44–0 lead with 13:57 left in the third quarter. Alcorn State's George finished with four catches for 80 yards and the Braves' only touchdown. Gibbs was 11 of 25 passing for 135 yards, one touchdown and one interception.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn
Nick Marshall hit C.J. Uzomah for an 11-yard touchdown with 10 seconds left to lift Auburn to a 24–20 victory over Mississippi State on Saturday night, ending the Tigers' 10-game Southeastern Conference losing streak. Marshall led the Tigers (3–0, 1–0 SEC) down the field with big running and passing plays in easily his best game. The junior-college transfer completed his first five passes for 55 yards in leading Auburn 88 yards over the final 1:56. He then ran 11 yards on 3rd-and-10 before lofting the decisive throw to the right corner of the end zone. The play was reviewed and instant replay officials ruled that the 6-foot-4 tight end, Uzomah, was pushed out of bounds, enabling him to come back.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn
Subbing for an injured Tyler Russell for a second straight game, quarterback Dak Prescott ran for 133 yards and two touchdowns and passed for 213 for Mississippi State (1–2, 0–1). Russell sustained a concussion in the opener against Oklahoma State.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn
With the game on the line, Marshall suddenly looked like anything but a guy who's had six weeks to learn an offense. He hit freshman Marcus Davis on three straight passes to cover 29 yards, then had a 17-yarder to Jaylon Denson. He also salvaged short gains with a couple of runs before heading out of bounds. Tre Mason's 3-yard run pushed it to the 11 before Auburn called timeout with 15 seconds left. Marshall was 23-of-34 passing for 339 yards and two touchdowns but was intercepted twice.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn
He passed for just 246 yards and two TDs in his first two games as starter combined. Marshall showed a knack for turning potential miscues into big plays. He dropped the shotgun snap, collected it on the bounce and hit a wide-open Quan Bray downfield for a 76-yard touchdown on the opening drive. Ryan White then hit Brandon Fulse for the two-point conversion. In the third quarter, Marshall caught his own batted pass and raced for a 37-yard gain. The Bulldogs forced the Tigers to settle for Cody Parkey's 47-yard field goal after Jamerson Love tackled Corey Grant for a loss. Parkey also had a 40-yarder and 19-yarder.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn
The Bulldogs were able to keep in check Auburn tailbacks Corey Grant, Tre Mason and Cameron Artis-Payne, who had been the strength of the offense. Prescott completed 15 of 28 passes and carried 22 times. LaDarius Perkins gained 36 yards after he was one of seven starters held out of a route of FCS team Alcorn State.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn
Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen gambled on fourth-and-2 from his own 29 late, and Prescott delivered with a 3-yard gain. That enabled the Bulldogs to burn off another two minutes before punting, though they couldn't get another first down. It proved just enough time for the Tigers.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn
Mississippi State twice forced turnovers in Auburn territory in the second half, but failed to produce points both times.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Troy
Dak Prescott threw for 233 yards and a touchdown, rushed for 53 yards and two touchdowns and caught a 36-yard touchdown pass to lead Mississippi State over Troy 62–7. Prescott's diverse and efficient performance was matched by Jameon Lewis, who caught a 50-yard touchdown pass, rushed for an 8-yard touchdown and threw the 36-yard touchdown that Prescott caught on a trick play. Prescott was starting just his third career game. The 6-foot-2, 230-pound sophomore completed 13 of 21 passes.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Troy
Mississippi State (2–2) led 10–7 after the first quarter, but erupted for 35 points in the second quarter to take a 45–7 halftime lead. Troy (2–2) never recovered from the brutal second quarter. Corey Robinson, who is the NCAA's active leader in career passing yards, completed 15 of 25 passes for just 105 yards, one touchdown and one interception. It was the most points Mississippi State has scored in a game since 1994. The Bulldogs finished with 551 total yards.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Troy
Besides Prescott and Lewis, Mississippi State didn't have many players with big individual numbers. That's because just about any Bulldog who touched the ball produced. Ten players caught a pass and nine had at least one rushing attempt.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Troy
The Troy-Mississippi State series has traditionally been close, with the Trojans even earning one of the biggest wins in school history against the Bulldogs in 2001. But this one turned ugly by halftime.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #10 Louisiana State
Zach Mettenberger surveyed the field with plenty of time to throw and then delivered a perfect spiral to Odell Beckham Jr., who stopped short of the sideline, spun inside and galloped 33 yards untouched for the touchdown. It was the ninth and final time the two hooked up for a completion, and it proved to be the knockout blow. Mettenberger threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns, Beckham had 179 yards receiving and two touchdowns and No. 10 LSU blew past Mississippi State for a 59–26 victory.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #10 Louisiana State
It was a tight game for three quarters, but Mettenberger's touchdown to Beckham gave LSU a 38–26 lead on the first play of the fourth quarter and Mississippi State couldn't respond. LSU closed the game on a 31–0 run, including four touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Mettenberger completed 25 of 29 passes in another impressive performance during the senior's breakout season. Beckham was his favorite target – but Jarvis Landry also caught eight passes for 96 yards. It was a nearly flawless performance, and helped erase some of the sting of last week's 44–41 loss to Georgia. LSU's Jeremy Hill added 157 yards rushing and two touchdowns while Kenny Hilliard added 39 yards rushing and three touchdowns. The Tigers (5–1, 2–1 Southeastern Conference) have won 14 straight over Mississippi State (2–3, 0–2) dating back to 1999. LSU has a 21–1 record under Miles following a loss.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #10 Louisiana State
Mississippi State's Dak Prescott threw for 106 yards and rushed for 103 more. Jameon Lewis caught seven passes for 111 yards and a touchdown. The Bulldogs' offense was good, especially early, but LSU's was even better. The Tigers' receiver duo of Landry and Beckham was unstoppable, even when Mississippi State appeared to have good coverage, and Mettenberger found them early and often. The Tigers finished with 563 total yards.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #10 Louisiana State
LSU needed all those yards, because the defense was gashed for a second straight week. The Tigers gave up nearly 500 yards last week in a loss to Georgia and Mississippi State had some early success with a two-quarterback system. The 6-foot-2, 230-pound Prescott has been terrific in Russell's place, providing much more of a running threat. On the team's first offensive drive, he rewarded Mullen's confidence with a 28-yard touchdown run to pull the Bulldogs to 7–6.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #10 Louisiana State
Russell entered the game early in the second quarter and also had immediate success, throwing a 20-yard touchdown to Lewis to pull Mississippi State to 21–16 in the second quarter. The Bulldogs took a 23–21 lead on Russell's 59-yard touchdown pass to De'Runnya Wilson, but LSU responded with a 14-yard touchdown pass from Mettenberger to Beckham to take a 28–23 lead into halftime. Russell's second touchdown pass was the 39th of his career, which set a Mississippi State record. He finished 7 of 11 for 146 yards passing.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #10 Louisiana State
The teams combined for 608 total yards in the first half – 334 for LSU and 274 for Mississippi State. LSU's defense tightened in the second half, giving up just three points.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Bowling Green
Dak Prescott rushed for 139 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead Mississippi State to a 21–20 win over Bowling Green in a non-conference game Saturday night. After a failed fourth-and-1 by MSU, Bowling Green (5–2) had the ball and 4:21 on the clock at the end of the game, but couldn't get inside field goal range. Mississippi State (3–3) had 422 yards of offense, 245 on the ground as the Bulldogs won their 11th straight nonconference home game.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Bowling Green
The game was a back-and-forth affair. Mississippi State opened the game on a 9-play, 75-yard drive that ended in a LaDarius Perkins touchdown. Bowling Green's BooBoo Gates intercepted Prescott on MSU's next offensive series, and the Falcons eventually settled for a 35-yard field goal by Tyler Tate. Prescott responded on the next drive by rushing for a 75-yard touchdown. In the second quarter, Bowling Green answered with a 96-yard drive capped off by a 7-yardAndre Givens touchdown run. Mississippi State countered with a 75-yard drive and a 10-yard Prescott touchdown run with 1:04 left in the second quarter. But quarterback Matt Johnson worked Bowling Green into field goal range, and Tate nailed a 45-yarder to end the first half.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Bowling Green
Tate missed a 45-yard field goal on the opening drive of the third quarter, but Bowling Green responded with a 7-play touchdown drive on its next possession, to pull within one point; the eventual final margin. With 4:21 left in the game, Mississippi State went for a fourth-and-1 on the Bowling Green six yard line. Prescott's rush was inches short, and the Bulldogs turned it over on downs. Johnson completed four passes and Green rushed once to get the Falcons to midfield. But then the drive stalled, and Johnson failed to complete a fourth-and-11 to Ryan Burbrink, and Mississippi State ran out the clock.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Bowling Green
For MSU, Perkins rushed for 83 yards and one touchdown. Perkins, Joe Morrow and Jameon Lewis each caught four passes. Prescott was also 7-of-11 passing for 75 yards and one interception. Mullen again used both Prescott, a sophomore, and veteran quarterback Tyler Russell throughout the game. Russell finished 12-of-14 for 102 yards.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Bowling Green
Johnson was 19-of-33 for 194 yards for Bowling Green. Travis Green rushed for 99 yards and Ryan Burbrink caught four passes for a game-high 66 yards. Bowling Green's Gates was ejected in the second quarter for targeting.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Kentucky
Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen came to the postgame press conference, sat in his chair, adjusted the microphone and then let out a strange noise that was somewhere between a scream and sigh of relief. The Bulldogs had picked up their first Southeastern Conference victory of the season. But it wasn't easy at all. Mississippi State beat Kentucky 28–22 on Thursday night at Davis Wade Stadium. The Bulldogs built a 21–7 lead in the first half, but couldn't secure the game until Kentucky's last drive fell short at Mississippi State's 29 with 21 seconds left.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Kentucky
Dak Prescott threw for 268 yards and two touchdowns and also caught a 17-yard touchdown pass in another impressive all-around performance. He completed a career-high 23 of 34 passes and also rushed for 33 yards. Jameon Lewis had a 19-yard touchdown run, caught a 17-yard scoring pass and also threw the 17-yard touchdown to Prescott on a trick play. Mississippi State (4–3, 1–2 SEC) beat Kentucky (1–6, 0–4) for a fifth straight season. It's the second time this season Lewis has had rushing, receiving and passing touchdowns in a game. The 5-foot-9, 195-pound senior was a quarterback in high school and Mullen relishes his diverse skill set.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Kentucky
Kentucky's Joe Mansour made a 44-yard field goal with 8:15 remaining to pull the Wildcats to 28–22. Mississippi State chewed up 6 minutes of clock the ensuing next drive, but Kentucky had one final chance. The Wildcats methodically moved downfield until Maxwell Smith's fourth-down pass missed its target and Mississippi State escaped.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Kentucky
Kentucky pulled to 21–19 in the third quarter on Jojo Kemp's 14-yard touchdown run. Then in what proved to be a key moment, the Wildcats recovered an onside kick, only to have it disallowed because of an offsides penalty. Mississippi State took advantage. A 74-yard drive ended on the halfback pass from Lewis to Prescott, who handed the ball off before leaking into the open field for the catch, touchdown and 28–19 lead. Prescott, a 6-foot-2, 230-pound sophomore, completed 11 of 18 passes for 160 yards and two touchdowns in the first half, helping Mississippi State to a 21–10 halftime lead.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Kentucky
Prescott's first touchdown pass – a 60-yard fling to a wide open Malcolm Johnson – came after he danced out of the pocket while avoiding a sack. Kentucky's defense shifted forward because of Prescott's ability to run, and it gave Johnson time to slip behind the secondary undetected. The Bulldogs had 296 total yards in the first half. Mississippi State started the game with the intention of using two quarterbacks, but Tyler Russell suffered a sprained ankle on his first series and never returned.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Kentucky
Kentucky's offense had a few good early moments – especially on a 51-yard screen pass from Smith to Timmons that tied the game at 7 – but the Wildcats became predictable because of their inability to throw downfield. Smith has dealt with pain in his throwing shoulder all season and wasn't close on most of his attempts to complete long passes. Kentucky's Smith completed 18 of 33 passes for 160 yards and one touchdown. Backup Jalen Whitlow led one touchdown drive, but was hampered because of a previous ankle injury. Raymond Sanders had 86 yards rushing.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Kentucky
Mississippi State safety Nickoe Whitley was ejected in the second quarter after earning two personal foul penalties over a span of four plays. The extra 30 yards greatly aided Kentucky on a drive that ended on a 45-yard field goal by Mansour.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #14 South Carolina
Connor Shaw passed for four touchdowns, Mike Davis moved past 1,000 yards this season and the 14th-ranked Gamecocks got five turnovers to defeat the Bulldogs 34–16 for their school-record tying 15th straight home victory Saturday. It had been a long time coming for a group that had been one of the Southeastern Conference's best defenses the past few years. The Gamecocks had collected only 11 turnovers its first eight games, but got five of them – four off Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott – to pull away in the second half. The Gamecocks (7–2, 5–2 SEC) got 20 points off the turnovers, including 10 in the third quarter as they went from a touchdown up to a 34–10 lead.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #14 South Carolina
Shaw played quarterback just the way he always has – with an emphasis on results. He missed practice Monday and Tuesday with a virus and was not as sharp as usual. Still, the senior tied his career best with the four touchdown passes. He had scoring throws of 14 and 43 yards to Shaq Roland, 6 yards to Damiere Byrd and 4 yards to Jerell Adams to move to 23–5 as South Carolina's starting quarterback. Shaw can tie Todd Ellis' school record for victories when South Carolina plays Florida here in two weeks. Davis had 128 yards and became the Gamecocks' first 1,000-yard rusher since Marcus Lattimore ran for 1,197 yards his freshman season three years ago. South Carolina won its seventh in row over the Bulldogs (4–4, 1–3).


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #14 South Carolina
Prescott threw three interceptions – he had just three in seven games coming in – and had a fumble. He did have touchdown runs of 1 and 11 yards, upping his SEC-leading touchdown total to 12.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #14 South Carolina
The Gamecocks got themselves back in the SEC Eastern Division hunt with last week's 27–24, double-overtime victory at then No. 5 Missouri. South Carolina's home streak is the second current longest in the country behind Michigan's 19 in a row.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #11 Texas A&M
Johnny Manziel threw for 446 yards and tied a career-high with five touchdown passes to lead No. 15 Texas A&M to a 51–41 win over Mississippi State. The crowd chanted "one more year" late in the game for Manziel, who is eligible for the draft after this season. Whether he comes back remains to be seen, but he went into the stands to celebrate with the student section when the game was over. Manziel denied that he even has entertained the thought that he might not play here again.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #11 Texas A&M
Among the crowd of 88,504, third largest ever at A&M, on hand to see Manziel play at Kyle Field for the possibly final time was former President George H.W. Bush and former Texas A&M and current St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Michael Wacha. Texas governor Rick Perry was the co-pilot in the pre-game flyover and also attended the game. Manziel set a school career record for total yards with 9,040 and a single-season record with 31 touchdown passes. He became just the second A&M quarterback to run for 2,000 yards in a career and has 3,313 yards passing this year to become the first Aggie with two 3,000-yard passing seasons.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #11 Texas A&M
Mississippi State cut the lead to 10 points early in the fourth quarter, but Manziel threw his fifth touchdown pass to make it 44–27 for A&M (8–2, 4–2 Southeastern Conference). The defense grabbed an interception and Ben Malena's 2-yard touchdown run extended the lead to 51–27. Dak Prescott threw for 149 yards and two scores and ran for 154 yards for Mississippi State (4–5, 1–4). Kennedy and Travis Labhart had two touchdown receptions each. Mike Evans had 116 yards receiving to break the school single-season record with 1,263.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #11 Texas A&M
Russell started the game in place of Prescott, who missed practice this week after his mother died of cancer on Sunday. Prescott entered the game on Mississippi State's third drive and got the majority of the snaps after that. Manziel evaded the rush and connected with Kennedy for a 21-yard touchdown to extend Texas A&M's lead to 30–14 in the third quarter. The Bulldogs cut the lead to 10 points late in the third quarter on a touchdown pass by Prescott. But A&M made it 37–20 two plays later on a 15-yard run by Williams. That scored was set up by a 75-yard reception by Evans.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #11 Texas A&M
The Bulldogs got within 10 points again after a touchdown throw by Tyler Russell with 2:19 remaining. But the onside kick was recovered by A&M. Bulldogs receiver Jameon Lewis threw a touchdown pass to Joe Morrow on a reverse early in the fourth quarter to get within 37–27. Trey Williams returned the ensuing kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown. But it was negated by an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty after he flipped into the end zone.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #11 Texas A&M
Manziel was intercepted three times, twice by Jamerson Love. The turnovers helped keep Mississippi State close, but the Bulldogs couldn't keep up.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #1 Alabama
Alabama looked lethargic, uninspired, sloppy and downright ordinary against a middling Southeastern Conference team. And the top-ranked Crimson Tide still found a way to win by nearly two touchdowns. T. J. Yeldon rushed for 160 yards and A. J. McCarron threw two touchdown passes as Alabama overcame four turnovers to beat Mississippi State 20–7.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #1 Alabama
It was the lowest scoring game of the season for Alabama (10–0, 7–0 SEC), which led 10–7 midway through the third quarter before pulling away. Alabama has seemed invincible over the past two months, winning seven straight games by at least three touchdowns. But that aura wasn't anywhere to be found at Davis Wade Stadium, with Nick Saban's bunch looking curiously mortal after last week's emotional victory over LSU.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #1 Alabama
Mississippi State (4–6, 1–5) kept the game far closer than most anticipated, but couldn't take advantage of Alabama's mistakes. Tyler Russell started for the injured Dak Prescott and completed 15 of 24 passes for 144 yards and an interception before leaving with a shoulder injury when the Bulldogs were trying to rally in the fourth quarter. A.J. McCarron tossed two rare interceptions and Yeldon had a costly fumble that led to Mississippi State's only touchdown, but Alabama survived to set up a much-anticipated Iron Bowl with Auburn.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #1 Alabama
Mississippi State had two chances to get back into the game in the fourth quarter after McCarron's second interception and a fumble by Kenyan Drake gave the Bulldogs field position in Alabama territory. But without Russell, Mississippi State's offense went nowhere. Freshman Damian Williams didn't connect on any of his five pass attempts – though two of them were good passes that were dropped.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #1 Alabama
McCarron completed 18 of 32 passes. His first interception in the second quarter was his first in 139 pass attempts. It was the third 100-plus streak without an interception during his career. Alabama parlayed a methodical 14-play, 59-yard opening drive into Cade Foster's 33-yard field goal and a 3–0 lead. But the next four drives were brutal for the Crimson Tide's offense, which managed just two first downs during that span.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #1 Alabama
Mississippi State tried to take advantage with a long drive midway through the second quarter, but it bogged down on the 7 and Evan Sobiesk missed a 24-yard field goal that could have tied the game. A few minutes later, the Tide finally broke through with Yeldon's 50-yard run down the sideline to Mississippi State's 28. McCarron hit Brian Vogler five plays later for an 18-yard touchdown pass with 20 seconds remaining in the second quarter to give Alabama a 10–0 halftime lead.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, #1 Alabama
It looked like that would be all the breathing room Alabama needed, but the mistakes continued in the second half. Yeldon fumbled after a 10-yard run and Mississippi State's Beniquez Brown recovered at Alabama's 48. The Bulldogs then drove downfield and scored thanks to Russell's timely passes and a stroke of luck. Russell fumbled just short of a touchdown, but right tackle Charles Siddoway fell on the ball in the end zone to pull Mississippi State within 10–7. McCarron's 11-yard pass to Norwood pushed the Tide ahead 17–7 with 5:46 left in the third quarter. Alabama's defense held an opponent to seven points or less for the sixth time this season.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
Mississippi State finally got the best of Arkansas in an overtime game and in the state of Arkansas. True Freshman and third-string quarterback Damian Williams scored on a 25-yard touchdown run on the first play of overtime, and the Mississippi State defense made it stand, as the Bulldogs defeated Arkansas 24–17 on Saturday at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
Mississippi State (5–6, 2–5 Southeastern Conference) got an interception by Taveze Calhoun on fourth down to seal the victory and keep its bowl hopes alive. Arkansas gained only one yard on its first three plays, and Calhoun stepped in front of the receiver and snared Brandon Allen's pass, returning it across midfield before being tackled. The Bulldogs lost to Arkansas in overtime contests in 1996, 2000 and 2010, all in Starkville, Miss., and had never defeated the Razorbacks in Arkansas. Mississippi State's best result in the Natural State was a 13–13 tie in 1993. Arkansas still leads the all-time series 15–8–1. The Bulldogs can become bowl eligible with a win over rival Ole Miss on Thanksgiving night in Starkville.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
Mississippi State had a chance to win the game in regulation, but Devon Bell's 42-yard field goal drifted wide right with 24 seconds remaining. That came after Arkansas (3–8, 0–7) failed to cash in on its own chance to take the lead late in regulation. With the score tied 17–17, Allen passed to Jeremy Sprinkle for 44 yards to the Mississippi State 12. But Alex Collins fumbled on the next play, and Nickoe Whitley recovered for the Bulldogs at the Arkansas 9.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
The Razorbacks took the opening kick and went 56 yards for a touchdown. After Korliss Marshall's kick return gave the Razorbacks a short field, they quickly moved into Mississippi State territory. Javontee Herndon scored, also on an end around, and Arkansas led 7–0. Zach Hocker added a career-best 54-yard field goal in the second quarter to make it 10–0. Arkansas led 10–0 in the first half, but was unable to maintain the lead and lost its eighth consecutive game for the first time in school history. The Bulldogs countered in the final minutes of the second quarter. Bell's 24-yard field goal got them on the scoreboard with 5:08 left. Russell then found LaDarius Perkins on a play action down the middle of the field for a 30-yard touchdown to pull the Bulldogs even.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
After a first half that ended in a 10–10 tie, the Razorbacks took a 17–10 lead on a 22-yard run by Julian Horton in the third quarter on an end around. The Bulldogs answered immediately, covering 75 yards in 11 plays, as Tyler Russell connected with Jameon Lewis for a 5-yard touchdown on third down to knot the score. Russell completed 18 of 28 passes for 263 yards and two scores before leaving the game late in regulation with an apparent shoulder injury. Josh Robinson had 17 carries for 101 yards. Arkansas rushed for 225 yards as a team, spread out among nine ball carriers, but managed only 114 yards passing.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Mississippi
With Mississippi State's offense struggling and time slipping away in the Egg Bowl, coach Dan Mullen turned to Dak Prescott and asked him to win the game. Injured shoulder and all, the sophomore quarterback did just that, running for a 3-yard touchdown in overtime to lead the Bulldogs past rival Mississippi 17–10 on a chilly Thursday night at Davis Wade Stadium. Prescott didn't enter the game until the fourth quarter because of a nerve injury to his non-throwing arm that caused him to miss the previous two games.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Mississippi
But the sophomore led the Bulldogs (6–6, 3–5 Southeastern Conference) to their tying drive in the fourth quarter and the game winner in overtime. Prescott completed 11 of 20 passes for 115 yards in a performance that will long be remembered in Egg Bowl lore. His game-winning touchdown came on a gutsy call by Mullen, who opted to go for it on fourth-and-1 at the 3 instead of kicking a short field goal. It was an emotional win for the Bulldogs and especially Prescott, whose mother died earlier this month after a yearlong battle with cancer.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Mississippi
Ole Miss had a chance to tie the game in overtime, but the drive ended when quarterback Bo Wallace fumbled and Mississippi State's Jamerson Love recovered the ball in the end zone. The Bulldogs are now bowl eligible for a fourth straight season, the longest streak in school history. Mississippi State has won four of the past five Egg Bowls and five in a row at Davis Wade Stadium.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Mississippi
Mississippi State Freshman Damian Williams, the third-string quarterback, made his first career start because of injuries to Prescott and Tyler Russell. He completed 8 of 18 passes for 82 yards and one interception. Both teams struggled to move the ball in the chilly conditions – especially through the air. The temperature hovered in the low 30s throughout the night, which is downright frigid by Magnolia State standards. Ole Miss (7–5, 3–5) didn't have an offensive touchdown, scoring only on a field goal and blocked punt in the end zone. The Rebels ended the regular season on a two-game losing streak. The Rebels had one good early drive but it ended with nothing after Andrew Ritter's 27-yard field goal attempt bounced off the left upright.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Mississippi
Wallace threw three interceptions before halftime, and the final one was costly. Mississippi State's Justin Cox grabbed it at the Ole Miss 30, and the Bulldogs' subsequent drive ended with Josh Robinson's 1-yard touchdown run for a 7–0 lead with 1:32 remaining in the second quarter. Ole Miss did nothing on its next possession and quickly punted back to Mississippi State, which looked as though it would ease into halftime with the lead. But a mistake on special teams hurt the Bulldogs when Collins Moore burst through the line and blocked Baker Swedenburg's punt after the snap was bobbled.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Mississippi
It was recovered by little-used senior Terrell Grant in the end zone to tie the game at 7. Ole Miss grabbed the lead for the first time early in the third quarter after Ritter's 22-yard field goal gave the Rebels a 10–7 advantage. The points were certainly welcome for the Ole Miss offense, but it was the team's fifth straight trip to the red zone without a touchdown, dating back to last weekend's loss to Missouri.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Mississippi
That lack of efficiency came back to haunt the Rebels. Williams played decently for the Bulldogs and avoided any major mistakes, but with the offense struggling early in the fourth quarter, Mullen turned to Prescott. Mullen said earlier in the week that Prescott wouldn't play in the Egg Bowl, but he looked plenty healthy as he led the Bulldogs down the field on his second drive, completing several impressive passes. The drive ended with Sobiesk's 36-yard field goal to tie it at 10. Mississippi State received the ball one final time but Sobiesk missed a 38-yard field goal wide right at the end of regulation that would have won the game.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Rice
Dak Prescott delivered a performance that would have made his mother proud and make him a dark-horse candidate for the Heisman Trophy in 2014. Prescott threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more scores Tuesday as Mississippi State trounced Rice 44–7 in the most one-sided AutoZone Liberty Bowl victory in the game's 55-year history in Memphis. The sophomore quarterback delivered arguably the finest performance of his career less than two months after his mother, Peggy, died of cancer.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Rice
Mississippi State (7–6) wrapped up its fourth straight winning season and prevented Rice (10–4) from winning bowl games in back-to-back years for the first time. All of Mississippi State's losses this season came against teams currently in the Top 25: No. 13 Oklahoma State, No. 2 Auburn, No. 14 LSU, No. 8 South Carolina, No. 20 Texas A&M and No. 3 Alabama. The Bulldogs became bowl eligible by closing the regular season with consecutive overtime victories over Arkansas and Ole Miss. This marks the first time since 1974 that Mississippi State has closed a season with three straight wins.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Rice
Nobody faced more adversity than Prescott, who set a Liberty Bowl record by accounting for five touchdowns. Prescott was 17 of 28 for 283 yards passing and also ran for 78 yards on 14 carries. Prescott's performance delighted a partisan crowd of 57,846 and capped a triumphant late-season performance amid personal tragedy for the sophomore quarterback. Prescott came off the bench in the fourth quarter to lead Mississippi State to a 17–10 overtime victory over Ole Miss last month that earned the Bulldogs a bowl bid. Although Prescott and senior Tyler Russell had shared quarterback duties throughout the regular season, Prescott had the job to himself in the Liberty Bowl while Russell recovered from surgery to repair a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder. Prescott responded better than anyone could have reasonably imagined.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Rice
Prescott wasn't Mississippi State's only star on a night when the Bulldogs outgained Rice 533–145 and scored the game's final 44 points. Mississippi State's Jameon Lewis caught nine passes for 220 yards to break the Liberty Bowl receiving record held by Houston's Vincent Marshall, who had 201 yards in a 44–36 loss to South Carolina in 2006. Lewis also set the school single-game record.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Rice
Not to forget, the Bulldogs also played dominant defense. Rice had won the Conference USA title – its first outright league championship of any kind since 1957 – by relying on a rushing attack that was ranked 16th among all Football Bowl Subdivision teams. Rice gained only 61 yards rushing – 179 below its season average – on 32 carries against Mississippi State. Charles Ross, who entered the day having rushed for 1,252 yards and 14 touchdowns this season, was held to 28 yards on 10 carries.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Rice
Rice took an early lead on Ross' 1-yard touchdown run, but Mississippi State took control by reaching the end zone on six of its next seven possessions. Prescott threw first-half touchdown passes to LaDarius Perkins, Malcolm Johnson and Artimus Samuel before running for two scores in the third quarter.


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Statistics
Name	CMP	ATT	YDS	%	AVG	TD	INTDak Prescott	156	267	1940	58.4	7.27	10	7Tyler Russell	71	109	875	65.1	8.03	5	3Damian Williams	23	47	279	48.9	5.94	0	2Jameon Lewis	3	3	84	100.0	28.0	3	0


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Statistics
Name	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG	TDDak Prescott	134	829	6.2	75	13LaDarius Perkins	137	542	4.0	35	2Josh Robinson	78	459	5.9	51	3Ashton Shumpert	46	190	4.1	14	3Jameon Lewis	13	117	9.0	44	3Damian Williams	37	112	3.0	25	1Nick Griffin	24	96	4.0	10	1Derrick Milton	13	69	5.3	14	2


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Statistics
Name	REC	YDS	AVG	LNG	TDJameon Lewis	64	923	14.4	65	5Malcolm Johnson	30	391	13.0	60	2Robert Johnson	34	389	11.4	61	0De’Runnya Wilson	26	351	13.5	59	3LaDarius Perkins	27	248	9.2	32	3Joe Morrow	18	211	11.7	31	1Josh Robinson	12	115	12.8	23	0Fred Ross	9	115	12.8	23	0Brandon Holloway	7	77	11.0	34	0Fred Brown	5	74	14.8	19	0Dak Prescott	2	53	26.5	36	2


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Statistics
Name	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	%	LNG	PTSDevon Bell	25	26	6	14	42.9	40	43Evan Sobiesk	15	16	3	6	50.0	38	24


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Statistics
Name	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	I-20Blake Swedenberg	25	1063	42.4	53	6Devon Bell	24	990	41.2	62	14


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Statistics
Name	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNGJameon Lewis	19	446	23.5	0	66Robert Johnson	4	41	10.2	0	19Brandon Holloway	3	113	37.7	0	95Chris Harrison	1	7	7.0	0	7


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Statistics
Name	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNGJameon Lewis	22	51	2.3	0	16Brandon Holloway	2	36	18.0	0	23


2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Statistics
Name	SOLO	AST	TKL	TFL	SACKS	INT	FUMBrandon McKinney	42	29	71	7	3.5	0	2Deontae Skinner	33	31	64	4.5	1	1	0Kendrick Market	43	19	62	1.5	0	0	0Nikoe Whitley	38	17	55	1	0	5	1Matthew Wells	28	22	50	6	1	0	2Taveze Calhoun	33	12	45	1.5	0	3	1Preston Smith	29	15	44	6.5	2.5	0	0Beniquez Brown	16	23	39	4.5	0	0	2Richie Brown	16	22	38	3	2	1	0Zach Jackson	16	17	33	2.5	0	0	0Chris Jones	17	15	32	7	3	0	0Denico Autry	14	17	31	6.5	2	0	0Justin Cox	23	8	31	0.5	0	1	0Jamerson Love	22	5	27	1	0	3	1Kaleb Eulls	9	17	26	1.5	0	0	0P.J. Jones	9	16	25	3	1	0	0Will Redmond	14	9	23	2.5	0	0	0Cedric Jiles	14	6	20	0	0	0	0Deontay Evans	11	8	19	0	0	0	0A.J. Jefferson	12	7	19	4	2	0	0


2013 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team
The 2013 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team represented Mississippi Valley State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Delta Devils were led by fourth year head coach Karl Morgan and played their home games at Rice–Totten Field. They were a member of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).


2013 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team
Mississippi Valley State entered the season with a new offensive coordinator Karl Morgan, who was in his third season overall with the staff, after former offensive coordinator Ramon Flanigan became the head coach at The Lincoln University. On Media Day, Mississippi Valley State State was picked to finish fourth in the Eastern Division of the SWAC. They had two players, Defensive Lineman Robert Simpson and Defensive Back Kevin Euegene, selected to the Pre-Season All-SWAC 1st Team Defense. 2 additional players: wide receiver Julian Staford and offensive lineman Antonio Griggs, were selected as part of the All-SWAC 2nd Team Offense.


2013 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team, Media
All Delta Devils games will once again be carried live on WVSD radio and can be heard online through .


2013 Missouri Monsters season
The 2013 Missouri Monsters season was the first season for the professional indoor football franchise and first in the Ultimate Indoor Football League (UIFL). One of six teams that competed in the UIFL for the 2013 season.


2013 Missouri Monsters season
Led by interim head coach Martino Theus, the Monsters played their home games at the Family Arena in St. Charles, Missouri.


2013 Missouri Monsters season, Roster
Rookies in italicsRoster updated May 24, 201318 Active, 0 Inactive


2013 Missouri State Bears football team
The 2013 Missouri State Bears football team represented Missouri State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Terry Allen and played their home games at the Plaster Sports Complex. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 5–3 in MFVC play to finish in a four way tie for second place.


2013 Missouri Tigers football team
The 2013 Missouri Tigers football team (also called "Mizzou") represented the University of Missouri in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It marked the Tigers' second season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in the Eastern Division. The team was led by head coach Gary Pinkel, in his 13th year and played its home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri. The Tigers went into the season hoping to return to a bowl game after missing out the previous season. They succeeded after an 11–1 regular season and their first-ever SEC Eastern Division title. After a loss to Auburn in the SEC Championship Game they played in the 2014 Cotton Bowl Classic on January 3, 2014 against Oklahoma State, which they won 41–31. The two teams had last met on October 22, 2011.


2013 Missouri Tigers football team, Recruits
All 20 recruits signed their National Letter of Intent on February 6, during the National Signing Period (February 6 – April 1).


2013 Missouri Tigers football team, Recruits
On the eve of National Signing Day, Missouri ranks last in the SEC, 46th in the overall rankings according to .On the day after National Signing Day,  ranks Missouri as 36th (3.00) best overall, ahead of only Kentucky (39th) in the SEC. has Mizzou at 39th (3.00).


2013 Missouri Tigers football team, Recruits
His coaching staff agrees with his analysis, as does former Mizzou wide receiver Jeremy Maclin.


2013 Missouri Tigers football team, Recruits
Mizzou's class has 11 of the 20 recruits from Missouri. In 2011, Mizzou had 19 recruits, and in 2010, only 17.


2013 Missouri Tigers football team, Recruits
The team added a needed defensive tackle, DeQuinton Osborne on May 31, 2013, but MU has not officially announced Osborne's addition to the recruiting class.


2013 Missouri Tigers football team, Recruits
Four recruits of the 20 (listed in the recruit section below) left the program for various reasons. Freshman offensive tackle Harneet Gill left the Missouri football team three days into preseason camp after deciding he had “lost faith in the plan” to treat his surgically repaired foot and that Mizzou was not “the right fit,” he said. Tailback Chase Abbington (Fort Zumwalt South) and defensive lineman Antar Thompson (Maplewood Richmond Heights) both failed to qualify academically and enrolled in junior college. Duron Singleton, a safety from Fresno City, CA, Community College, was expected to transfer and arrive last week, but Pinkel announced Thursday that Singleton wasn't joining the program, citing undisclosed “personal reasons.”


2013 Missouri Tigers football team, Schedule
, as of December 8, 2013 (Retrieved: December 8, 2013)


2013 Missouri Tigers football team, Honors
On December 9, 2013, defensive end Michael Sam was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Year by the Associated Press, and was also a unanimous first-team All-SEC selection. Before the bowl season starts, Sam led the SEC with 10.5 sacks and 18 tackles for loss. Offensive tackle Justin Britt was also named to the first-team AP all-conference, as was defensive lineman Kony Ealy, and cornerback E.J. Gaines. Wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham and linebacker Andrew Wilson were named to the second-team list. Defensive end Markus Golden made the honorable mention list.


2013 Missouri Tigers football team, Honors
Ealy had the strongest finish to the regular season of any Mizzou defender and heads into bowl season with 7.5 sacks, 12.5 tackles for loss, a team-best 14 hurries and three forced fumbles, the most among all SEC defensive lineman. Gaines finished the regular season with 68 tackles and a team-best four interceptions. In the December 7 loss to Auburn in the SEC title game, he picked up a fumble forced by Ealy, and returned it for a touchdown. He also earned first-team All-Big 12 honors as a sophomore in 2011.


2013 Missouri Tigers football team, Honors
With a huge game against Auburn, Green-Beckham now shares the team lead with 55 catches for 850 yards and a team-best 12 touchdowns. Wilson leads Mizzou in tackles for a third straight season with 98, matching his 2011 total. Coach Gary Pinkel is one of eight finalists for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year award.


2013 Missouri Tigers football team, Honors
Michael Sam named a Walter Camp Football Foundation First-Team All-American, the seventh for Coach Pinkel in his 13 years at Mizzou, and the first on the defensive side for Mizzou since Justin Smith in 2000.


2013 Missouri Tigers football team, Rankings
Missouri cracked the AP poll (#25) on October 6, for the first time since the second week of the 2011 season when it was ranked #21. Missouri jumped nine slots to #5 in the AP poll on October 19, after their 36–17 win over #22 Florida. The #5 ranking is Missouri's highest since reaching No. 3 in 2008 at 5–0 before a home loss to Oklahoma State. They debuted at #5 in the .


2013 Missouri Tigers football team, Rankings
They reached #5 again on the AP poll on Nov. 24, after beating #24 Ole Miss, 24–10, at Oxford the day before, and stayed at #5 on all four polls after beating Texas A&M on Nov. 30. The Tigers fell to #9  after its 42–59 loss to the Auburn Tigers in the 2013 SEC Championship Game on December 7, ending its bid for a possible trip to the BCS National Championship Game. The 2013 Tigers team is the fourth in the past seven years to reach double-digits in wins, with the previous time a 10–3 record in 2010.


2013 Missouri Tigers football team, Rankings
Missouri ended the SEC season with an 11–2 record. Mizzou extended its nation-leading streak of games forcing a takeaway to 43 consecutive games. Mizzou has jumped on top of opposing teams on the scoreboard all season, only trailing at the half for the second time this season vs. Auburn. The 8th ranked (BCS) Tigers were invited to and accepted an invitation to the 78th Cotton Bowl against the (10–2) #13-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys on January 3, 2014, 7pm CT, to be televised on Fox.


2013 Missouri Tigers football team, Rankings
The Cotton Bowl appearance will mark Mizzou's 11th New Year's Day (or later) bowl game in program history, and its first since playing in the 2008 Cotton Bowl against the Arkansas Razorbacks. The invitation is a reward for an outstanding season which saw the Tigers post one of the top turnaround years in the nation, going from 5–7 in 2012 to 11–2 – a 6-1/2 game improvement. This is MU's 30th alltime bowl appearance. The Tigers will be making their third appearance in the tradition-rich game.


2013 Missouri Tigers football team, Rankings
Mizzou rolled to a 38–7 win over Arkansas in the 2008 game, as TB Tony Temple rushed for a Cotton Bowl-record 281 yards and four touchdowns against the 25th-ranked Razorbacks. That win closed a stellar season for Mizzou, who finished with a 12–2 record and a school-best final ranking of 4th in the final polls. Mizzou's other appearance in the Cotton Bowl was back in 1946, when Texas claimed a 40–27 victory.


2013 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2013 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21–25. All eight teams will participate in the double-elimination tournament, which was held at Illinois State's Duffy Bass Field in Normal, Illinois. The winner of the tournament will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2013 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The league's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The teams will play a two-bracket, double-elimination format tournament, with the winner of each bracket then playing a single-elimination final.


2013 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Outstanding Player
Wichita State outfielder Garrett Bayliff was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.


2013 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2013 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, popularly referred to as "Arch Madness", as part of the 2012-13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season was played in St. Louis, Missouri March 7–10, 2013 at the Scottrade Center. The championship game was televised on CBS on Sunday March 10. The tournament's winner received the Missouri Valley Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament.


2013 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season
The 2013 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season was the 23rd season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The defending regular and postseason champions, Creighton, left the conference to join the new Big East Conference.


2013 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season
The 2013 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was hosted and won by Bradley.


2013 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season, Honors, 2013 NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Men's All-Midwest Region Teams
First Team— Midfielder James Fawke, Missouri State; Midfielder Faik Hajderovic, Evansville; Forward Wojciech Wojcik, Bradley


2013 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season, Honors, 2013 NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Men's All-Midwest Region Teams
Second Team— Goalkeeper Brian Billings, Bradley; Defender Alec Bartlett, Drake; Forward Mark Anthony Gonzalez, Evansville


2013 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season, Honors, 2013 NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Men's All-Midwest Region Teams
Third Team— Goalkeeper Trevor Spangenberg, Missouri State; Defender Grant Bell, Bradley; Midfielder Matt Polster, SIUE; Forward Christian Okeke, Bradley


2013 Missouri's 8th congressional district special election
A special election for Missouri's 8th congressional district was held on June 4, 2013, following the resignation of Jo Ann Emerson on January 22, 2013, to head the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. The Republican and Democratic parties selected their own nominees without a primary.


2013 Missouri's 8th congressional district special election
The deadline to request an absentee ballot for the special election was May 29, 2013. A televised candidate's forum took place on May 27, 2013, at Southeast Missouri State University-River Campus; all party candidates participated while the write-in candidate did not attend. In the general election on June 4, 2013, Republican Jason Smith received 67.1% of the vote, beating Democrat Steve Hodges (27.4%), Constitutional Doug Enyart (3.6%), and Libertarian Bill Slantz (1.5%).


2013 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election
The Mizoram Legislative Assembly election, 2013 was held on 25 November 2013 in all 40 constituencies of the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram. Results were declared on 9 December. The main contest was between incumbent the Indian National Congress and the Mizo National Front led Mizoram Democratic Alliance. Incumbent Chief Minister Pu Lalthanhawla and his party Indian National Congress won a majority and continued in government.


2013 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election, Background
The election for 40 seats legislative assembly was held on 25 November 2013. There were 6.9 lakh eligible voters. Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) along with EVMs was used on a large-scale for the first time in India, in 10 assembly seats out of 40  in Mizoram elections. The seven armed battalion of state police and 31 companies of central para-military forces and other state police were deployed for peaceful election.


2013 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election, Background, Candidates
There were total 142 candidates including 40 Congress and 40 Mizoram Democratic Alliance (MDA) candidates. MDA candidates include 31 Mizo National Front (MNF), 8 Mizoram People's Conference (MPC) and one Maraland Democratic Front (MDF) candidates. 38 Zoram Nationalist Party, 17 Bharatiya Janata Party, 2 Nationalist Congress Party and one Jai Maha Bharath Party candidate also contested. There were total six female candidates including 3 Bharatiya Janata Party candidates, one Congress, one MNF and one other female candidate. All the seats were reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidates, except Lunglei South.


2013 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election, Results
The result was declared on 9 December 2013. Indian National Congress won a large majority of 34 out of 40 seats. Mizo National Front and Mizoram People's Conference won five seats and one seat respectively. 81% of eligible voters turned out to vote.


2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards
The 2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards took place on November 22, 2013, at AsiaWorld-Arena in Hong Kong. The ceremony was the fourth consecutive Mnet Asian Music Awards to occur outside of South Korea


2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards
Nominations were announced on October 23, 2013. Leading the nominees was Cho Yong-pil with six, followed by Psy, G-Dragon, and Girls' Generation with five nominations each. By the end of the ceremony, G-Dragon received the most wins with four awards, which includes the daesang (or grand prize) award "Artist of the Year


2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards, Background
This event marked the fifteenth Mnet Asian Music Awards. Using its slogan "Music Makes One" for the third consecutive time, MAMA was broadcast live in China, Japan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia through various channels, as well as around the world.


2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards, Background
This is the first time that the three daesang awards were presented separately. The first daesang, the song of the year award, was given at the end of the first block, the second daesang, the artist of the year award, was given at the end of the second block, and the third daesang, the album of the year award was given at the finale. After the last daesang award was given, Stevie Wonder performed.


2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards, Multiple awards, Artist(s) with multiple wins
The following artist(s) received two or more wins (excluding the special awards):


2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards, Multiple awards, Artist(s) with multiple nominations
The following artist(s) received three or more nominations (excluding the special awards):


2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards, Presenters and performers
The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.


2013 Mogadishu Turkish embassy attack
The  2013 Mogadishu Turkish embassy attack  occurred on 27 July 2013 when al-Shaabab militants attacked the Turkish embassy in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, killing 3 people and injuring 9 others. At around 5:00 p.m. a minivan rigged with explosives detonated near the embassy compound. The explosion was followed by three armed militants attempting to storm the compound on foot, but they were repelled and killed by Turkish and Somali security guards.