2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Brian Kelly and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. They competed as an independent.


2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
All wins in the 2012 and 2013 seasons were later vacated for use of ineligible players.


2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Before the season, Previous season
The Fighting Irish finished the 2012 regular season 12–0. They lost to the University of Alabama 42–14 in the 2012 BCS National Championship Game.


2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Before the season, 2013 NFL Draft
The following former Notre Dame players were selected in the 2013 NFL Draft:


2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Before the season, Transfers out / departures
On March 8, 2013, after only one year with the program, reserve quarterback Gunner Kiel announced he would transfer from the university. Sophomore wide receiver Davonte Neal left the team in late March, citing a desire to be closer to home. The day after Davonte Neal decided to transfer from Notre Dame, fellow wide receiver sophomore Justin Ferguson announced he was transferring as well and confirmed by coach Brian Kelly at a news conference.


2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Before the season, Transfers out / departures
On May 28, 2013, it was announced that starting quarterback Everett Golson is no longer enrolled at the university, and was suspended from the school for the fall semester due to an academic violation. Chris Badger departs back home to Provo, Utah and will transfer to BYU due to family illness and will appeal for waiver to play this season.


2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Before the season, Transfers in
Alex Wulfeck, a specialist at Wake Forest, announced he would transfer to Notre Dame in May after he received his degree in May 2013. He would be enrolled in a graduate studies program while exhausting his final season of eligibility.


2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Before the season, Coaching changes
There were no staff changes following the 2012 season. The only "change" is that Brian Kelly turned play calling duties over to Chuck Martin.


2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Before the season, Recruiting class
Brian Kelly received 24 commitments in his third full recruiting class including four five-star recruits: outside linebacker Jaylon Smith, defensive tackle Eddie Vanderdoes, running back Greg Bryant, and defensive back Max Redfield. Vanderdoes would later decommit to play at UCLA, citing family health issues required that he be closer to home.


2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Season, Schedule
‡Former NCAA Attendance Record (September 7, 2013 – September 10, 2016)


2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Season, Game summaries, Michigan (rivalry)
Following its game against Temple, Notre Dame played the Michigan Wolverines in Ann Arbor. Notre Dame won the previous meeting 13–6. Billed as "Under the Lights II", this was the second night game in Michigan Stadium's history; the previous game also featured Notre Dame. Tom Harmon was honored as a Michigan Football Legends, and his #98 jersey was unretired and given to quarterback Devin Gardner.


2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Season, Game summaries, Michigan (rivalry)
Michigan won the game, 41–30. The game attendance of 115,109 was the largest crowd ever to watch a college football game. Quarterback Devin Gardner completed 21 of 33 passes for 294 yards and four touchdowns while throwing one interception. Gardner has also rushed for 134 yards and three rushing touchdowns in the first two games of the season. Gardner contributed 376 yards of total offense against Notre Dame ranks as the tenth best performance in Michigan history, as reflected in the following list.


2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Season, Game summaries, Michigan (rivalry)
The only two Michigan players to contribute more total yards in a single game are Denard Robinson and John Navarre. Wide receiver Jeremy Gallon caught eight passes for 184 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 14 yards. Gallon's 184 receiving yards against Notre Dame is tied for the sixth highest single-game performance in Michigan history. On defense, cornerback Blake Countess had two interceptions for Michigan.


2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Season, Game summaries, Michigan (rivalry)
References to chickens were a widely reported side story to the game. After Notre Dame announced one year earlier that it would terminate the rivalry after the 2014 season, Michigan head coach Brady Hoke said Notre Dame was "chickening out". When ESPN commentator Lee Corso made his pick for the game during the College GameDay show (which was in Ann Arbor for the game), he brought out a live chicken, and fans in the background carried signs with poultry references, including "Cluck of the Irish." At the end Michigan's 41–30 victory, in what Chantel Jennings of ESPN.com called the "Dig of the Day", the speakers at Michigan Stadium loudly played the "Chicken Dance" as Michigan fans "danced in the stands."


2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Season, Game summaries, Michigan (rivalry)
The win made Michigan favorites in the Big Ten Conference.


2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Season, Game summaries, USC (Jeweled Shillelagh) (rivalry)
1st quarter scoring: USC – Silas Redd 1-yard run (Andre Heidari kick); ND – Troy Niklas 7-yard pass from Tommy Rees (Kyle Brindza kick)


2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Season, Game summaries, USC (Jeweled Shillelagh) (rivalry)
2nd quarter scoring: USC – Heidari 22-yard field goal; ND – TJ Jones 11-yard pass from Rees (Brindza kick)


2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Season, Game summaries, Pittsburgh (rivalry)
Although Notre Dame's sports teams have joined the Atlantic Coast Conference (which Pittsburgh has also joined), the Panthers will be the only ACC team on Notre Dame's football schedule this year, as the agreement to play five ACC teams each year does not begin until 2014.


2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Postseason, NCAA sanctions
In 2018, an investigation was launched that found Notre Dame had used ineligible players during the 2012 and 2013 seasons. As a result, Notre Dame was forced to vacate all wins from the 2012 and 2013 seasons as a punishment from the NCAA, which includes their Pinstripe Bowl win over Rutgers.


2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team
The 2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2013 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 37th season of the university fielding a program. The Irish were coached by 13th-year head coach Bobby Clark and sixth year assistant coach, B. J. Craig, who was promoted to associate head coach prior to the season's start. Additionally, the coaching staff consisted of second year assistant coach, Greg Dalby.


2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team
The 2013 season was the Irish's first year winning an NCAA title. The Irish finished the season with 17–1–6 record, and defeated Wisconsin, Wake Forest, Michigan State, New Mexico and Maryland en route to the championship. Additionally, the Irish won the ACC regular season with a 7–1–3 record.


2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team, Roster
The following players were members of the 2013 Notre Dame team.


2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team, MLS Draft
The following members of the 2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team were selected in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft.


2013 Nottingham Challenge
The 2013 Nottingham Challenge (known for sponsorship reasons as the Aegon Nottingham Challenge) was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2013 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Nottingham, United Kingdom, on 10–16 June 2013.


2013 Nottingham Challenge, ATP entrants, Singles, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Nottingham Challenge, ATP entrants, Doubles, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 Nottingham Challenge, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Nottingham Challenge – Men's Doubles
Olivier Charroin and Martin Fischer were the defending champions, but decided not to participate. Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana won the final 7–6(7–5), 6–7(3–7), [10–8] against Purav Raja and Divij Sharan


2013 Nottingham Challenge – Men's Singles
Grega Žemlja was the defending champion, but chose to compete in the 2013 Birmingham Championship instead. Steve Johnson won the final 7–5, 7–5 against Ruben Bemelmans.


2013 Nottingham Challenge – Women's Doubles
Ashleigh Barty and Sally Peers were the defending champions, having won the event in 2012, but Barty chose to participate in the 2013 Birmingham Classic during that week and Peers chose not to participate.


2013 Nottingham Challenge – Women's Doubles
Julie Coin and Stéphanie Foretz Gacon won the 2013 title, defeating Julia Glushko and Erika Sema in the final, 6–2, 6–4.


2013 Nottingham Challenge – Women's Singles
Ashleigh Barty was the defending champion, having won the event in 2012, but decided to participate in the 2013 Birmingham Classic that week.


2013 Nottingham Challenge – Women's Singles
Britain's Elena Baltacha defeated Tadeja Majerič of Slovenia 7–5, 7–6(9–7) in the final, to claim the 2013 title.


2013 Nottinghamshire County Council election
The Nottinghamshire County Council Election took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. 67 councillors were elected from 54 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. No elections were held in the City of Nottingham, which is a unitary authority outside the area covered by the County Council. The Labour Party won a narrow majority of one seat, gaining overall control from the Conservative Party who had controlled the council since the 2009 election.


2013 Nottinghamshire County Council election, By-Elections between May 2013 - May 2017
By-elections are called when a representative Councillor resigns or dies, so are unpredictable. A by-election is held to fill a political office that has become vacant between the scheduled elections.


2013 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2013 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the women's provincial curling championship for Nova Scotia, was held from January 23 to 27 at the Halifax Curling Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The winning Mary-Anne Arsenault rink represented Nova Scotia at the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Kingston, Ontario.


2013 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-4).


2013 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification rounds, Round 1
The first qualification round for the 2013 Nova Scotties Tournament of Hearts took place from December 13 to 16, 2012 at the Sydney Curling Club in Sydney. The format of play was an open-entry triple knockout qualifying six teams to the provincial playoffs.


2013 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification rounds, Round 2
The second qualification round for the 2013 Nova Scotties Tournament of Hearts took place from January 4 to 6 at the Strait Area Community Curling Club in Port Hawkesbury. The format of play was an open-entry double knockout qualifying two teams to the provincial playoffs.


2013 Nova Scotia general election
The 2013 Nova Scotia general election was held on October 8, 2013, to elect members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.


2013 Nova Scotia general election
The result of the election was a Liberal victory under the leadership of Stephen McNeil, with the Liberals winning their first election since 1998. The Progressive Conservatives under the leadership of Jamie Baillie improved on their 2009 results and formed the official opposition, despite winning fewer votes than the New Democratic Party (NDP). The NDP, which had won power for the first time in 2009 under the leadership of Darrell Dexter was reduced to third place and became only the second one-term government in the province's history, and the first since 1882. Dexter was defeated in the riding he contested in Cole Harbour-Portland Valley by Liberal candidate Tony Ince.


2013 Nova Scotia general election, Campaign
The election campaign began the week after Labour Day, when the Legislature would normally have been expected to return to work, had there been no election campaign. As criticism or defence of government policy would dominate the agenda, and by convention electoral mandates are understood to last about four years, despite a lack of fixed election dates, the timing was not controversial.


2013 Nova Scotia general election, Campaign
The Muskrat Falls or Lower Churchill Project, its associated Maritime Link, and electricity policy generally, immediately emerged as the key issue in the early campaign. . Liberals emphasized Nova Scotia Power's (NSPI) dominance of power generation, and its ability to exclude alternatives through its near-monopoly ownership of the distribution network, covering 129/130 Nova Scotians. They also promised to remove a conservation charge, named for demand response programs that never materialized (though many passive conservation programs run by Efficiency Nova Scotia did prove effective) – instead proposing that NSPI pay for it from its return.


2013 Nova Scotia general election, Campaign
Liberals and Conservatives criticized NSPI's unaccountable 9.2% guaranteed rate of return even for unwise investments. Conservatives acknowledged that it was under pressure to meet a tough renewable standard (which they would relax) but also promised to freeze rates. The NDP government continued to defend Muskrat Falls as the only viable alternative to replace coal-fired power, even though this project was before the Nova Scotia Utilities Review Board as of the election call, remained unchanged and this was reflected in their campaign materials – they criticized the Liberal plan as likely to lead to higher power rates. The basis for these criticisms was unclear. However, a similar attempt to open generation competition in New Brunswick failed, in part because New Brunswick Power retained monopoly control of the distribution and transmission network, which intimidates competitors and makes it easy in practice to exclude them.


2013 Nova Scotia general election, Analysis
On election night, the Liberal Party formed a majority government by a comfortable margin. This was the first time the Liberals had formed government in Nova Scotia since 1999, and their first majority government victory since the 1993 election. From mid 2012, the Liberals had led every public poll and entered the campaign with a 20-point lead over the New Democratic Party (NDP).


2013 Nova Scotia general election, Analysis
While the Liberals had been relatively successful in the Annapolis Valley and on Cape Breton Island during the 2009 election, they were completely shut out of the South Shore, Fundy, and Central Nova Scotia. More importantly, the NDP had dominated the Halifax metropolitan area, winning 14 out of 20 seats. In 2009, the NDP had been able to count on a large number of ridings in and around Halifax, while achieving historic gains across the province, including in traditionally Progressive Conservative (PC) and Liberal areas of rural Nova Scotia. In 2009, the PCs fell from first place to third place in the Legislature, and were completely shut out of the Halifax metropolitan area.


2013 Nova Scotia general election, Analysis
In the 2013 election, NDP support collapsed across the province, as it lost all of its seats in Central Nova Scotia, three of its seats in Fundy, and three of its seats on the South Shore. However, the most important shift was in the Halifax metropolitan area, where NDP support dropped from 54.07% in 2009 to 31.29% in 2013. The party wound up losing 13 of its seats, as the Liberals won 18 of 20 seats in and around Halifax.


2013 Nova Scotia general election, Analysis
Strong NDP areas in 2009, like Dartmouth, Central Halifax, and suburban areas north and east of the Harbour swung from the NDP to the Liberals. Among the casualties was Dexter, who lost his own seat to Liberal challenger Tony Ince by 21 votes. He was the first premier since Ernest Armstrong to be defeated in his own riding.


2013 Nova Scotia general election, Analysis
The NDP had very poor vote concentration in the 2013 election. In Halifax, where it won 31.29% of the vote, it won only two seats. While the party finished second in the popular vote ahead of the PCs, its support was spread out around the province and not concentrated in enough areas to translate into seats. Combined with its collapse in Halifax, this left the NDP with only seven seats to the Tories' 11.


2013 Novak Djokovic tennis season
The 2013 Novak Djokovic tennis season officially commenced on 31 December 2012 with the start of the 2013 ATP World Tour.


2013 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary
Novak Djokovic began the 2013 season in Australia. Alongside Ana Ivanovic, he represented Serbia at the 2013 Hopman Cup, where he played four singles and four mixed doubles matches. The Serbian duo finished runner-up, losing 1–2 to Spanish duo Anabel Medina Garrigues and Fernando Verdasco in the final. Two weeks later Djokovic took part in the first competitive tournament of the year – 2013 Australian Open as the two-time defending champion. On the road to the final Novak defeated Stanislas Wawrinka in an epic five-hour meeting that finished 12–10 in the decisive set.


2013 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary
Along the way, he defeated two Top 10 players – Tomáš Berdych and David Ferrer. In the final he met the No. 3 seed Andy Murray, whom he defeated in four sets to take his third straight title at Melbourne Park, the first man in the open era to do so.


2013 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary
The following week, Djokovic represented his country in 2013 Davis Cup and helped Serbia to beat Belgium 3–2, winning his only match against Olivier Rochus in straight sets.


2013 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary
At the end of the month Novak took part in the 2013 Dubai Tennis Championships, which he won without dropping a single set. In the final he defeated Berdych, winning his fourth Dubai title and maintaining a 100 percent start to the season.


2013 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary
After the short break Djokovic headed to the United States, where traditionally the first two Masters tournaments are played. In Indian Wells, Novak was eliminated in the semifinals by Juan Martín del Potro and in Miami, he lost surprisingly in the fourth round to Tommy Haas. Djokovic remained in the USA and won two singles matches against John Isner and Sam Querrey in the Davis Cup Quarterfinal, clinching the place for Serbia in autumn semifinal against Canada.


2013 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary
Next Djokovic took part in European Clay Court Season, where he played in four tournaments, aiming to capture the 2013 French Open at the end. For the first time in his career he won the Monaco Masters, defeating eight-time defending champion Rafael Nadal in the final. Djokovic was unsuccessful in the following events, losing in second round in Madrid and in the quarterfinals of Rome to Grigor Dimitrov and Berdych respectively. In Roland Garros he missed the opportunity to complete the Career Grand Slam after losing an epic five-set semifinal to Nadal, who eventually won the title.


2013 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary
After a two-week break Novak entered the Wimbledon Championships, where he played much better than in the previous tournaments on clay. He reached the final without dropping a set in the first five matches and won a tight meeting with del Potro, the meeting lasting almost five hours and being the longest semifinal in Wimbledon history. However, two days later Djokovic was not able to threaten Murray despite leading in the second and third set and having saved three championship points. He lost in straight sets, for the first time since 2010.


2013 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary
Novak then started a four-week break and started the North American Hard Court season at the beginning of August, aiming to stay at the top of ATP Ranking. At the Rogers Cup, he came attempting to win his third consecutive Canadian Open at the Montreal edition. Although he defeated Gasquet in a rematch of the 2012 final in what he called almost perfect play, he lost a close 7–6 third set tiebreak to nemesis Rafael Nadal in the semis, ending his hard court winning streak against Nadal.


2013 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary
Djokovic reached the quarterfinals at Cincinnati but lost to Isner 7–5 in a third set. Djokovic then lost in the US Open final in four sets to Nadal. Since then Djokovic won Beijing against Nadal in straight sets, Shanghai against del Potro and Paris against Ferrer. At the ATP World Tour Finals, Djokovic retained the trophy, beating Nadal in straight sets.


2013 Novak Djokovic tennis season, All matches
This table chronicles all the matches of Djokovic in 2013, including walkovers (W/O) which the ATP does not count as wins. They are marked ND for non-decision or no decision.


2013 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly records, Head-to-head matchups
Novak Djokovic has a 24–6 (80.0%) record against players from the top 10, a 34–3 (91.9%) record against other players from the top 50 and 16–0 (100%) record against other players outside the top 50.


2013 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly records, Head-to-head matchups
Ordered by number of wins(Bolded number marks a top 10 player at the time of match, Italic means top 50)


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary
The presidential primaries of the Nueva Mayoría in 2013 was the method of election of the Chilean presidential candidate of the political parties Christian Democrat, Radical Social-Democrat, For Democracy, Socialist (who formed the Concertation of Parties for Democracy), Movimiento Amplio Social, Communist and Citizen Left and, in addition to the left-wing and center-left independents, grouped in the "Nueva Mayoría" pact, for the 2013 election. On that same date, the conglomerate also planned to hold its parliamentary primaries in districts and/or districts where appropriate; However, on 1 May it was decided that such primaries would not be carried out at the official level.


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary
It was the first primary of the Concertación under the primary law, approved during 2012, which regulates its exercise. In addition, it had as a novelty the participation of more than two candidates, unlike the previous primary elections of the coalition, in it they faced - according to the order in which they appeared in the ballot - Michelle Bachelet, José Antonio Gómez Urrutia, Claudio Orrego  and Andres Velasco.


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary
Michelle Bachelet, who was president of the Republic between 2006 and 2010, obtained the nomination after winning more than 73% of the votes with the official support of the Socialist Party, the Party for Democracy, the Broad Social Movement, the Citizen Left and the Communist Party of Chile. In second place, the independent Andres Velasco was with about 13% of the votes. Further down was the Christian Democrat Claudio Orrego with 9% and the radical José Antonio Gómez Urrutia with 5%.


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary, Background
After the last primaries, and the defeat of Eduardo Frei before Sebastián Piñera that gave way to the first government of center right since the return to the democracy, voices arose to reform Concertación and to think in a process of primaries more ample for the elections of 2013.


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary, Background
On the other hand, the high popularity that Michelle Bachelet had when leaving the government placed her as the first option to face the following presidential elections; Despite her arrival in New York to run UN Women, Bachelet led all polls, outnumbering her nearest rival for the primaries by more than 40 points and defeating potential right-wing candidates in a runoff in all stages. This advantage of Bachelet, who held in suspense her aspirations as a candidate, raised the possibility of a direct nomination by the parties of the Concertación without going to primaries.


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary, Primaries of the Christian Democrat Party
Within the Christian Democratic Party of Chile (PDC), there was debate regarding the possibility of raising one's own candidacy or to fold to the potential candidacy of Michelle Bachelet if she decided to return to the country. Finally, the party opted for the first option and two militants demonstrated their interest in being the candidate of the community: Senator Ximena Rincón, who publicly stated this intention in December 2011, which officialized on November 16, 2012; And the then mayor of Peñalolén, Claudio Orrego who decided to run for the presidency of Chile in March 2012.


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary, Primaries of the Christian Democrat Party
Faced with such a scenario, the PDC defined in November 2012 to carry out an internal primary to define its pre-candidate to the Concertación primary, which was held on January 19, 2013. This election was opened, so that both militants were able to vote for the PDC as citizens who were not registered in another political party.


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary, Primaries of the Christian Democrat Party
56, 263 people participated in the election, and the results were as follows:


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary, Expansion of the coalition
In the months leading up to the 2012 municipal elections, the possibilities of reforming the Concertación and expanding it, include other parties and movements of the left and center-left. In September 2011, the idea of generating an "Opposing Convergence" that replaced the Concertación was born; However, this proposal would not materialize. Many concertationist leaders raised the exhaustion or death of the Concertación as such.


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary, Expansion of the coalition
Although already since the municipal elections of 2008, the Concertación had participated alongside the Communist Party and other movements in an instrumental pact to promote the election of candidates of both blocks (and that allowed in the 2010 parliamentarians the PC to obtain its first deputies under the Binominal system), the possibility of officially integrating them into a broader pact began to materialize during 2012.


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary, Expansion of the coalition
The PPD and the PRSD formalized the list For a fair Chile for the election of councilors with the PC, which annoyed the PS leadership and The PDC, who even indicated the "end of the Concertación." Nevertheless, the parties of the Concertación and the Communist Party maintained their pact for the election of mayors, adding other movements and carrying out a process of primaries in 143 Communes in order to determine the unique candidate of the pact. The important victory that obtained the opposition to the government of Piñera in the Municipalities, achieving some emblematic victories like the one of the independent Josefa Errázuriz in Providencia, enhanced the possibility of a great pact between the parties and movements of center and left.


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary, Expansion of the coalition
The Radical Social Democratic Party had already announced in mid 2012 the election as a candidate for the presidency of José Antonio Gómez Urrutia, president of the group. The independent Andres Velasco, who had mentioned his possible candidacy in the event that Michelle Bachelet did not come, made his precandidature on 16 of November 2012 in the context of the Concertación primaries, beyond what Bachelet did.


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary, Expansion of the coalition
Although talks were held with Marco Enríquez-Ominami (ex-MP, who won 20% of the vote in the elections Presidential elections of 2009 after they did not allow him to participate in the concertacionist primaries) to integrate the Progressive Party into the presidential and parliamentary primaries, he finally rejected the option and announced his direct candidacy for the first round of 2013.


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary, Expansion of the coalition
In March 2013, Michelle Bachelet officially announced her resignation to UN Women in order to return to Chile; In her return speech, Bachelet mentioned his intention to participate in a "great primary" that "for a new majority, for a new policy, for a better country." His candidacy was immediately supported by the Socialist Party and Party for Democracy, which was joined by other movements such as the Broad Social Movement in the following days.


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary, Expansion of the coalition
In previous months, Congress had debated bills for the conduct of official primaries organized by the Electoral Service, unlike previous years where they were organized by the same parties. The law was finally approved, establishing June 30, 2013 as the first official primary in the country, both for presidential and parliamentary candidacies.


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary, Expansion of the coalition
On April 30, the presidents of the four parties of the Concertación, plus those of the Broad Social Movement, the Citizen Left and the Communist Party of Chile, registered the presidential primary candidates in the pact called "Nueva Mayoría": Michelle Bachelet, José Antonio Gómez Urrutia, Claudio Orrego and Andrés Velasco. This new pact, however, faced a severe crisis days later due to the impossibility of reaching an agreement to register primaries for the parliamentary elections before Servel.


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary, Expansion of the coalition
Although the four candidates expressed their rejection of this situation, it was Velasco who most strongly criticized the presidents of the parties, even studying the possibility of retiring from the primaries and running directly to the first round of the presidential elections. However, the new law prevented candidates enrolled in a primary can participate in the first round, before which Velasco agreed to continue in the primary election.


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary, Expansion of the coalition
The Communist Party, in spite of signing the registration of the candidates of the Nueva Mayoría, had not defined the candidate that would support in the primaries. After a long internal discussion, where it was analyzed the support to Gómez or Bachelet, the party finally chose to supportfor the latter.


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary, Expansion of the coalition
The support of the PC to Bachelet generated diverse critics, particularly by the rejection that previously had manifested some figures of the Communist Youths (such as Camila Vallejo) to the figure of Bachelet; besides, the possibility that the PC integrated for the first time a government since 1973, alerted certain moderated sectors of the old Concertación.


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary, Campaign
The campaign of the primaries was marked by the invitation to participate in the primaries, in the context of the first ones made officially by the Servel and under the voluntary vote, which debuted in the municipal elections of the previous year.


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary, Campaign
Michelle Bachelet launched a campaign focused on citizenship, showing faces of people who mentioned their government program through videos and social networks, taking advantage of the charisma and proximity that are considered her main attributes. Along with the motto "I love Chile", Bachelet raised on several occasions that she had not sought her candidacy, but had responded to the call of citizenship. Her campaign was aimed at mentioning her proposals to draft a new constitution, a free higher education system and a tax reform to finance it, without going into the details that could rub her broad base of support. Also, her campaign called for support from those who participated in the various demonstrations against the government of Sebastián Piñera (especially the student mobilization of 2011) to turn their demands into reality.


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary, Campaign
José Antonio Gómez Urrutia, meanwhile, put an emphasis on his concrete proposals, aligned more to the left than the rest of the candidates, especially focusing on convening a constituent assembly or eliminating the system of AFPs, should they be elected. With a much better budget than other candidates, Gómez had to focus mainly on his campaign through social networks.


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary, Campaign
Andres Velasco's campaign started by strengthening his participation in them after he had originally raised his participation only if Bachelet did not appear. To this end, Velasco used the first motto VOY, reinforcing its distancing from the former. Moving forward in the campaign, Velasco concentrated on posing as a renewal against the bad practices of the "old politics"; the campaign adopted a more inclusive speech, with the new motto Allá vamos, and also more avant-garde in line with the liberal positions of Velasco. Thus, phrases like "Let's get out of the closet" or "Let's abort prejudice" were used by the independent campaign.


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary, Campaign
Claudio Orrego, known mainly for his role as mayor of Peñalolén, had to face the challenge of positioning himself as a statesman. For this, the campaign was oriented to show him as a serious and responsible candidate, using dark colors and highlighting a red O. He also pointed to the most centrist and conservative electorate on several occasions, with a few posters being debated with the phrase "I believe in God, so what? ", Paralleling the other pre-candidates with an agnostic or lay profile. Along with his campaign slogan "Chile Dares", Orrego also raised the issue of abuses and injustices as central in his campaign, especially through a viral video showing the indignation of citizenship.


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary, Campaign
In the weeks leading up to the primary, two live televised debates were held. The first was jointly organized by Canal 13 and CNN Chile, broadcast on June 10 and was moderated by journalists Daniel Matamala and Montserrat Álvarez. The second, was produced by Televisión Nacional de Chile, was held on June 23 and was moderated by Mauricio Bustamante.


2013 Nueva Mayoría presidential primary, Campaign
Although in the first debate the candidates devoted themselves to defend their ideas, the second debate marked a strong confrontation between some candidates, especially between Velasco and Orrego, who would have been targeting the most centrist segment of the electorate to reach second place (before an expected victory of Bachelet) that better position their future aspirations.


2013 Nui by-election
A by-election was held in the Nui constituency in Tuvalu on 10 September 2013. It was triggered by the resignation of the incumbent, MP Taom Tanukale, the Minister for Health, in the government of Willy Telavi.


2013 Nui by-election, Result of the by-election
The Nui by-election was held on 10 September 2013. Leneuoti Maatusi was declared the winner, polling 297 of the 778 registered voters. Matusi has been a civil servant and served as the Secretary of the Nui Falekaupule. He beat Palemene Anelu, a recent graduate of the University of the South Pacific, who received 206 votes and Taom Tanukale, who received 160 votes. Nui is a two-seat constituency, and in the 2010 general election it had returned Isaia Italeli and Taom Tanukale with 24.6% and 23% of the vote respectively, ahead of three other candidates.


2013 Nui by-election, Result of the by-election
The second member of parliament from Nui is Pelenike Isaia, who was elected following the death of her husband Isaia Italeli, in the 2011 Nui by-election.<


2013 Nui by-election, Background to the Nui by-election
Although there are no political parties in Tuvalu, Members of Parliament align themselves with the government or with the Opposition. A constitutional crisis developed in 2013 when Willy Telavi, the Prime Minister of Tuvalu, refused to recall Parliament following the 2013 Nukufetau by-election. Tuvalu's opposition then requested the Governor-General Iakoba Italeli to intervene against the Prime Minister's decision not to recall Parliament. On 3 July 2013 the Governor-General exercised his reserve powers in ordering Parliament to convene.


2013 Nui by-election, Background to the Nui by-election
When the Parliament met on 30 July, the Speaker (Kamuta Latasi) refused to allow a debate on a no-confidence motion in the government of Willy Telavi. Taom Tanukale, the Health Minister then resigned from Parliament (and thus also from the government). This resignation appeared to be political manoeuvre as Willy Telavi responded by insisting that Parliament should be suspended until a by-election was held and declined to call the by-election. In Tuvalu a by-election can only be called when requested by the Prime Minister.


2013 Nui by-election, Background to the Nui by-election
The Governor-General Iakoba Italeli then proceeded to exercise his reserve powers to order Mr Telavi's removal and the appointment of Enele Sopoaga as interim prime minister. The Parliament subsequently confirmed the appointment of Enele Sopoaga as prime minister. The government of Enele Sopoaga had a majority of two going into the by-election. Leneuoti Maatusi, elected in the by-election, committed to support Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga.


2013 Nukufetau by-election
A by-election was held in the Nukufetau constituency in Tuvalu on 28 June 2013. It followed the death of MP and Minister for Finance Lotoala Metia, who died suddenly on 21 December 2012.


2013 Nukufetau by-election
The by-election ultimately played a key part in an unprecedented constitutional crisis, culminating in a change of government.


2013 Nukufetau by-election, Context
The by-election was seen as crucial for the future of Prime Minister Willy Telavi's government, which was reduced by Metia's death to a parity of seven seats apiece with the Opposition in Parliament. The government had previously survived a by-election in August 2011 caused by the death of Minister for Works Isaia Italeli.


2013 Nukufetau by-election, Context
Nukufetau is a two-seat constituency. In the 2010 general election, it had returned Enele Sopoaga and Lotoala Metia, respectively with 40.46% and 32.95% of the vote, ahead of one other candidate (incumbent Elisala Pita). For the by-election, of course, only one seat would be provided for, Sopoaga (the Leader of the Opposition) retaining the other.


2013 Nukufetau by-election, Context
By early February 2013, no date had been set for the Nukufetau by-election, prompting the opposition to accuse the government of unnecessary (and potentially unconstitutional) delay. Tensions were reported on Nukufetau between supporters of the government and supporters of the opposition, with fears of violence, accentuating calls that the election should be decided swiftly. The opposition was campaigning actively for the seat, before the by-election had even been called.


2013 Nukufetau by-election, Context
Nukufetau's council of elders (Falekaupule) reportedly backed the opposition, as they had been doing for a while; in 2011, the elders had unsuccessfully asked Metia to "reconsider his allegiance" to Telavi, and to support Sopoaga instead. By mid-March, the government had still not set a date for the by-election, and Opposition MP Taukelina Finikaso accused the Telavi government of having shelved a water supply project on Nukufetau, so as to punish the atoll for its elders' lack of political support.


2013 Nukufetau by-election, Context
At the start of April, Finikaso lodged a claim in the High Court of Tuvalu, seeking an injunction to compel the government to proceed with the by-election. He argued that the government was afraid of losing its majority through the by-election, Parliament not having sat since Metia's death had rendered the seat vacant in December. Prime Minister Telavi responded that he wished to see the tensions on Nukufetau resolved before a by-election was held.


2013 Nukufetau by-election, Context
He pointed to "a number of officials" having been dismissed by the local council, identifying this as a source of tension and division, and called for reconciliation before the election. He stated that the dismissal of officials, which he described as "wrongful", led him to doubt whether the election would be "free and fair"; hence the delay, he explained.


2013 Nukufetau by-election, Context
In May, complications emerged in relation to the court hearing due to rule on Finikaso's claim. Tuvalu's Chief Justice Sir Gordon Ward was a resident of New Zealand; to reach Tuvalu, he had to transit via Fiji. (The only flights to Funafuti International Airport are from Fiji.) He had formerly served as President of Fiji's Court of Appeal, but had resigned following the 2006 Fijian coup d'état; he had then criticised Fiji's military government. The Fiji government refused him transit, stating that Tuvaluan authorities had not "submitted the proper paperwork in time". Ward then offered to hear the case in New Zealand, which Finikaso accepted. The Tuvalu High Court ruling was issued in Auckland on 24 May, ordering that the by-election must be held within twenty-six days. The government then announced the election would be held on 28 June 2013.


2013 Nukufetau by-election, Candidates
The government nominated Petely Niuatui, a teacher. Were she to be elected, she would be only the third woman ever to be elected to the Tuvaluan Parliament, which for the first time ever would have two female MPs simultaneously.


2013 Nukufetau by-election, Candidates
Two candidates were "nominated by the Nukufetau community with a strong Opposition backing", with the understanding that one or the other would withdraw. One was Saufatu Sopoaga, former Prime Minister (2002-2004) and elder brother of the other sitting Nukufetau MP, Opposition leader Enele Sopoaga. The other was Elisala Pita, formerly an MP for the constituency from the 2003 by-election until his defeat in the 2010 general election. It was eventually decided that Pita would be the Opposition's candidate.


2013 Nukufetau by-election, Result and consequences
Pita won the seat by a landslide, with over two-thirds of the vote. The Opposition now had a majority of seats (eight to seven), and immediately called for the government to reconvene Parliament, which had not sat since Metia's death in December. A constitutional crisis developed when Prime Minister Telavi responded that, under the Constitution, he was only required to convene Parliament once a year, and was thus under no obligation to summon it until December 2013. Tuvalu's opposition then requested the Governor-General Iakoba Italeli to intervene against the Prime Minister's decision. On 3 July, Italeli exercised his reserve powers in ordering Parliament to convene, against the Prime Minister's wishes, on 30 July.


2013 Nukufetau by-election, Result and consequences
On 30 July 2013, as the government was about to face a motion of no confidence, Health Minister Taom Tanukale unexpectedly resigned from Parliament (and thus also from the government) altogether. With Metia dead, Education Minister Falesa Pitoi ill and outside the country since December 2012, and Tanukale having resigned, this left Telavi with only three active government ministers other than himself: Deputy Prime Minister Kausea Natano, Foreign Affairs Minister Apisai Ielemia, and Home Affairs Minister Pelenike Isaia; he also had the support of the Speaker. (There were no government backbenchers.)


2013 Nukufetau by-election, Result and consequences
The following day, the reason for Tanukale's resignation became apparent. The Speaker, Kamuta Latasi, rejected the Opposition's attempt to table a motion of no confidence, on the grounds that there was now a vacant seat in Parliament. Latasi adjourned Parliament, and ruled that it would not reconvene until a by-election had been held - thus prolonging Telavi's minority government once more.


2013 Nukufetau by-election, Result and consequences
Ultimately, on 1 August Governor General Sir Iakoba Italeli intervened to remove Prime Minister Telavi from office, so as to enable Parliament to sit and determine who was to form a government. Parliament elected Opposition Leader Enele Sopoaga to the premiership.


2013 Nunavut general election
The 2013 Nunavut general election was held October 28, 2013, to elect 22 members to the 4th Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. In November 2012 the assembly passed the Nunavut Elections Act 2012, stating that the writs for election drop September 23, 2013, and an election be held October 28, 2013, the proclamation was registered November 9, 2012. At the 2013 forum, held on November 15, 2013, Peter Taptuna was selected as the new Premier of Nunavut.


2013 Nunavut general election, Redistribution
The number of electoral districts were increased to 22 from 19. This is the first redistribution of boundaries since the territory was created in 1999.


2013 Nunavut general election, New premier and MLAs
On September 5, 2013, Premier Eva Aariak announced that she would stand for reelection but would not run for the position of premier after the election, paving the way for the 3rd Premier of Nunavut to be chosen. Despite wanting to seek a new position in the Legislature she was defeated in the general election marking the fourth provincial / territorial election in a row that an incumbent Premier has been defeated in his or her riding. (She was preceded by Darrell Dexter in Nova Scotia, Christy Clark in B.C. and Jean Charest in Quebec). A total of seven incumbents did not run for re-election.


2013 Nunavut general election, New premier and MLAs
In total 73 people registered with Elections Nunavut as candidates. Of these 73 candidates, 12 were incumbents hoping for reelection, and five have been elected in previous territorial elections, four to Nunavut and one to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories and 56 have not been elected in a territorial election before.


2013 Nunavut general election, New premier and MLAs
Two ridings were won by acclamation and both of these were returning MLAs. A total of eight ridings were contested solely by candidates who have not been elected in a previous territorial election.


2013 Nunavut general election, New premier and MLAs
Of the seven incumbent cabinet ministers, two chose not to re-offer, two were defeated (one in a by-election following a tie), and three were reelected (one by acclamation).


2013 Nunavut general election, Candidates
Following is a list of candidates that had filed with Elections Nunavut by 2:00 pm (local time), September 27, 2013. Bold represents winning candidate. All results from Elections Nunavut.


2013 Nunavut general election, Candidates
There were ties in two districts. In Rankin Inlet South, incumbent MLA Lorne Kusugak and challenger Alexander Sammurtok were tied with 172 votes. An official recount was held November 5 and was still found to be a tie. A by-election was scheduled for February 10, 2014, which was won by Sammurtok. In Uqqummiut, Niore Iqalukjuak and Samuel Nuqingaq were tied with 197 votes. After the official recount held November 5 Nuqingaq was found to have two more votes than Iqalukjuak.


2013 Nunavut general election, Candidates, Retiring incumbents
The following incumbents have announced that they will not be running in the 2013 election.


2013 Nunavut general election, Candidates, By-election
With the tie in Rankin Inlet South confirmed by a judicial recount, a new by-election was scheduled on February 10, 2014.


2013 Nyamira local elections
Local elections were held in Nyamira County to elect a Governor and County Assembly on 4 March 2013. Under the new constitution, which was passed in a 2010 referendum, the 2013 general elections were the first in which Governors and members of the County Assemblies for the newly created counties were elected. They will also be the first general elections run by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission(IEBC) which has released the official list of candidates.


2013 Nyandarua local elections
Local elections were held in Nyandarua to elect a Governor and County Assembly on 4 March 2013. Under the new constitution, which was passed in a 2010 referendum, the 2013 general elections were the first in which Governors and members of the County Assemblies for the newly created counties were elected. They will also be the first general elections run by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission(IEBC) which has released the official list of candidates.


2013 Nyeri local elections
Local elections were held in Nyeri County to elect a Governor and County Assembly on 4 March 2013. Under the new constitution, which was passed in a 2010 referendum, the 2013 general elections were the first in which Governors and members of the County Assemblies for the newly created counties were elected. They will also be the first general elections run by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission(IEBC) which has released the official list of candidates.


2013 Nürnberger Versicherungscup
The 2013 Nürnberger Versicherungscup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place in Nuremberg, Germany, on 10–15 June 2013.


2013 Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 Nürnberger Versicherungscup – Doubles
Raluca Olaru and Valeria Solovyeva won the first edition of the tournament over first seeded Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Květa Peschke with the score 2–6, 7–6(7–3), [11–9].


2013 Nürnberger Versicherungscup – Singles
In the first edition of the tournament, Simona Halep defeated wild card Andrea Petkovic in the final, 6–3, 6–3, to claim her first WTA singles title.


2013 O'Byrne Cup
The 2013 O'Byrne Cup is a Gaelic football competition played by the teams of Leinster GAA. The competition differs from the Leinster Senior Football Championship as it also features further education colleges and the winning team does not progress to another tournament at All-Ireland level. The O'Byrne Cup began on 6 January 2013 and was competed on a round robin basis, the top team in each group qualifying for the semi-finals. Kildare were the winners.


2013 O'Higgins F.C. season
The 2013 O'Higgins F.C. season is O'Higgins F.C. 's 50th season in the Primera División and their seventh consecutive season in Primera División. The club plays in two tournaments: The 2013 Primera División of Chile season and the Copa Chile.


2013 O'Higgins F.C. season
Until February 2013, O'Higgins played its home matches at the Estadio El Teniente in Rancagua. On 19 February, the stadium was closed in order to begin its renovation process. The stadium will be expanded to 15,000 seats and is set to be a host venue for the 2015 Copa América. Meanwhile, O'Higgins will use the Estadio La Granja in Curicó as a temporary venue for home matches. Apart from this, the team played 2 of its home matches in Santiago.


2013 O'Higgins F.C. season
O'Higgins finished the Torneo Transición in 4th position, having big chances of reaching the title until the end of the season. The club enlist this season as "a prelude" for the title won at the 2013–14 Torneo Apertura in late 2013. In Copa Chile, the team eliminated Colo-Colo and managed to reach the Quarterfinals, where they lost to Cobreloa by a single goal.


2013 O'Higgins F.C. season
The season covers the period from 1 January to 31 May 2013. This article also includes the Copa Chile, despite the competition started in 23 June 2012, as the team progressed to the knockout stages that were held during this season.


2013 OEC Kaohsiung
The 2013 OEC Kaohsiung was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kaohsiung, Taiwan between 16 and 22 September 2013.


2013 OEC Kaohsiung, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 OEC Kaohsiung – Doubles
John Paul Fruttero and Raven Klaasen were the defending champion but chose not to compete. Top Seeds Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah claimed the title defeating Yuki Bhambri and Wang Chieh-fu 6–4, 6–2


2013 OEC Kaohsiung – Singles
Go Soeda was the defending champion but chose not to compete. Top seed Lu Yen-hsun won the title over Yuki Bhambri 6–4, 6–3.


2013 OEC Taipei WTA Ladies Open
The 2013 OEC Taipei WTA Ladies Open also known as 2013 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and the last event of the 2013 WTA 125K series. It took place in Taipei, Taiwan, on 4–10 November 2013.


2013 OEC Taipei WTA Ladies Open, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 OEC Taipei WTA Ladies Open – Doubles
Chan Hao-ching and Kristina Mladenovic were the defending champions, but Mladenovic decided not to participate. Chan played alongside Chan Yung-jan but lost in the first round to Anna-Lena Friedsam and Alison Van Uytvanck.


2013 OEC Taipei WTA Ladies Open – Doubles
Caroline Garcia and Yaroslava Shvedova won the tournament, defeating Friedsam and Van Uytvanck in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


2013 OEC Taipei WTA Ladies Open – Singles
Kristina Mladenovic was the defending champion, but decided not to participate.


2013 OEC Taipei WTA Ladies Open – Singles
Alison Van Uytvanck won the tournament, defeating fellow Belgian Yanina Wickmayer in the final, 6–4, 6–2.


2013 OFC Beach Soccer Championship
The 2013 OFC Beach Soccer Championship took place from 31 August to 2 September 2013 on the grounds of the University of New Caledonia in Nouméa, New Caledonia. It acted as a qualifier for the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. This time around, a second OFC team qualified alongside Tahiti for the World Cup, due to the facts that Tahiti is the host of the World Cup and that the OFC is only supposed to have one representative.


2013 OFC Beach Soccer Championship
The tournament was originally scheduled to take place in Papeete, Tahiti from August 4 – 9 however due to the Tahitian national squad being involved in a European tour it was decided that the competition would be moved to New Caledonia.


2013 OFC Beach Soccer Championship, Participating teams
Three teams have been confirmed to be participating in the tournament


2013 OFC Beach Soccer Championship, Group stage
Due to numerous delays in the tournament's administration, the official schedule was not released until 22 August 2013, when the draw was conducted. The first-place finisher was declared the winner of the tournament.


2013 OFC Beach Soccer Championship, Group stage
All kickoff times are listed as local time in New Caledonia, (UTC+11:00).


2013 OFC Champions League Final
The 2013 OFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2012–13 OFC Champions League, the 12th edition of the Oceania Cup, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 7th season under the current OFC Champions League name.


2013 OFC Champions League Final
The final was contested between two New Zealand teams, Waitakere United and Auckland City, at Arena 2 of Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand, on 19 May 2013. The winner earned the right to represent the OFC at the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the qualifying play-off round.


2013 OFC Champions League Final
Auckland City won the final 2–1 to record their third consecutive and fifth overall Champions League title.


2013 OFC Champions League Final, Background
This is the first ever OFC club final which involves two teams from the same country. Either Auckland City or Waitakere United have appeared in the previous seven OFC club finals. Auckland City are the two-time defending champions and have played in four previous finals, winning all of them (2006, 2009, 2011, and 2012), while Waitakere United have played in three previous finals, winning two (2007 and 2008) and losing one (2010).


2013 OFC Champions League Final, Road to final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.


2013 OFC Champions League Final, Rules
The final was played as a single match at a pre-determined venue (a change from previous OFC Champions League finals which had been played on a home-and-away two-legged basis). If tied after regulation, extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner.


2013 OFC Champions League Final, Match
Assistant referees:Jan-Hendrik Hintz (New Zealand)Ravinesh Kumar (Fiji)Fourth official:Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)


2013 OFC Futsal Championship
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2013 OFC Futsal Championship
The 2013 OFC Futsal Championship, also known as the OFC Futsal Championship Invitational 2013, was the ninth edition of the main international futsal tournament of the Oceanian region, organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). It took place from 23 to 27 July 2013, and was hosted by Auckland, New Zealand.


2013 OFC Futsal Championship
Eight teams took part in the tournament, including Malaysia and Australia (appearing as guest nations) and a 'New Zealand Invitational' side.


2013 OFC U-17 Championship
The 2013 OFC U-17 Championship was the 15th edition of the OFC's Under 17 championship, the biennial football championship of the Oceanian Confederation. All matches took place at Chapuis stadium, Luganville in Vanuatu from 17 to 27 April. 6 teams contested the final round of the Championship after the Solomon Islands Football Federation withdrew, as it could only financially support its Beach Soccer and Fustal sides in national competition.


2013 OFC U-17 Championship
As winners, New Zealand qualified as Oceania's representative for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.


2013 OFC U-17 Championship, Qualification
5 teams 'pre-qualified' for the competition (before the Solomon Islands withdrawal), with the final team being decided through a preliminary round hosted by Samoa in late January 2013.


2013 OFC U-17 Championship, Preliminary round
A preliminary competition was required to find the Sixth and final place in the competition. The mini-tournament was hosted by the Samoan Football Federation between the dates of 22 and 26 January 2013.


2013 OFC U-17 Championship, Final round
The draw for the final round of competition was held at the Headquarters of the Oceania Football Confederation on 13 February 2013. The teams will play each other once in a round robin tournament based on a league system, with the winner qualifying for the FIFA U-17 World Cup


2013 OFC U-20 Championship
The 2013 OFC U-20 Championship was the 19th edition of the OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament, the biennial football championship of Oceania (OFC). The competition was held at two venues in Fiji, from the 21 to 29 March, with the winner qualifying as Oceania's representative at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.


2013 OFC U-20 Championship
New Zealand, the previous title holders, won this year's edition.


2013 OFC U-20 Championship, Venues
Four matchdays were held at Churchill Park in Lautoka with the last matchday being held at Govind Park in Ba.


2013 OFC U-20 Championship, Group stage
The competition draw was conducted on February 8 at the headquarters of the Oceania confederation in Auckland, New Zealand.


2013 OFC U-20 Championship, Awards
The Golden Ball Award was awarded to the most outstanding player of the tournament. The Golden Glove Award was awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament. The Golden Boot Award was awarded to the top scorer of the tournament. The Fair Play Award was awarded to the team with the best disciplinary record at the tournament.


2013 OFC U-20 Championship squads
Association football team rosters for the 2013 OFC U-20 Championship, the Oceanic Youth Championship.


2013 OSN Cup
The 2013 OSN Cup was an association football tournament held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 5 September 2013 to 9 September 2013. The tournament was organized by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation and sponsored by the Middle Eastern and North African TV network OSN. This was the premier edition of the tournament. New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Trinidad and Tobago and the United Arab Emirates were invited to the tournament.


2013 OSN Cup
All matches were held at the King Fahd International Stadium  About the tournament, SAFF president Ahmed Eid Al-Harbi said, "Our goal is to promote the culture of football in the Kingdom, set more platforms for our talented team to demonstrate their skills and to encourage new talent to step forward and be proud participants in Saudi Arabia’s modern football history." The United Arab Emirates were crowned champions after defeating New Zealand 2–0 in the final.


2013 OSN Cup squads
The following is a list of squads for each nation who competed at the 2013 OSN Cup in Saudi Arabia from 5 to 9 September 2013. Each squad consisted of  players,  of which had to be goalkeepers. Replacement of injured players was permitted until 24 hours before the team's game. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national team.


2013 OSN Cup squads, Player representation, By club nationality
Nations in italics are not represented by their national teams in the finals.


2013 Oakland Athletics season
The 2013 Oakland Athletics season  was the 45th for the franchise at O.co Coliseum, as well as the 113th in club history. Oakland was defending their division title in the new five-team American League West during the 2013 season. On September 22, 2013, they clinched their second straight American League West championship. They lost to the Detroit Tigers in five games in the 2013 American League Division Series.


2013 Oakland Athletics season, Offseason
Following a successful 2012 season in which the team won the AL West, GM Billy Beane stated he would keep the team mostly intact, and "if moves are made, they will be additions". The first acquisition occurred October 19 in a three-team trade involving  Arizona and Miami; Oakland sent Cliff Pennington to Arizona and minor leaguer Yordy Cabrera to Miami, and the team received Chris Young from Arizona. In November, the team traded pitcher Tyson Ross and minor leaguer A. J. Kirby-Jones to San Diego for infielder Andy Parrino and pitcher Andrew Werner.


2013 Oakland Athletics season, Offseason
Grant Green, Arnold Leon, Shane Peterson, and Michael Ynoa were added to the 40-man roster and Andrew Carignan, Brandon Hicks (who was traded to the Mets) and Jim Miller (who was claimed off waivers by the Yankees and later designated for assignment) were removed. The next move was to trade Collin Cowgill to the Mets for Jefry Marté. When free agent Stephen Drew signed with the Boston Red Sox, Oakland signed Japanese shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima to a 2-year, $6.5 million deal, with an option for a third year, in order to fill the vacancy.


2013 Oakland Athletics season, Offseason
Pitcher Graham Godfrey was sent to Boston as a player to be named later to complete a previous trade, while Brandon McCarthy and Jonny Gomes, who both elected free agency, signed with Arizona and Boston, respectively. In January, Oakland was involved in their second three-team trade of the offseason, trading pitching prospect A. J. Cole back to Washington (he was part of a trade for Gio González the year before) and receiving catcher John Jaso from Seattle. Upon the acquisition of Jaso, George Kottaras was designated for assignment. In February, the A's were involved in a five-player deal with new division rival Houston, trading Chris Carter, Brad Peacock and Max Stassi in exchange for shortstop Jed Lowrie and reliever Fernando Rodriguez.


2013 Oakland Athletics season, Offseason
In addition to player movement, there was also a coaching change made by the Athletics. Bullpen coach Rick Rodriguez was offered a position within the organization, and Darren Bush, the manager of the Triple-A affiliate Sacramento River Cats, will assume bullpen coaching responsibilities.


2013 Oakland Raiders season
The 2013 Oakland Raiders season was the franchise's 44th season in the National Football League, the 54th overall and the second under head coach Dennis Allen. With a 4–12 record, the Raiders secured their eleventh consecutive non-winning season, and missed the playoffs for an eleventh consecutive season. The Raiders entered the season with a new quarterback in Terrelle Pryor. Pryor started off the season in impressive fashion, with the team almost pulling off the upset in Week 1 against the Indianapolis Colts, and defeating the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 2.


2013 Oakland Raiders season
The team and Pryor eventually cooled down, resulting in Pryor being benched for Matt McGloin in the game against the Houston Texans. Before this game, history was made in the game against the Philadelphia Eagles when Eagles quarterback Nick Foles threw 7 touchdown passes, the most passing touchdowns the Raiders had ever allowed in its history. Prior to the season starting, the Raiders brought back defensive back Charles Woodson, who spent the last 7 years with the Green Bay Packers.


2013 Oakland Raiders season, 2013 draft class
The Raiders did not have a selection in the fifth round, as they traded their fifth-round selection (No. 138 overall) to the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for linebacker Aaron Curry.


2013 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. San Diego Chargers
This game was moved to an 8:35 p.m. PDT kickoff, and from CBS to NFL Network as a "special edition" of Thursday Night Football, as extended time was required to convert the field back from its baseball configuration due to an Oakland Athletics American League Division Series game the previous night.


2013 Oberstaufen Cup
The 2013 Oberstaufen Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Oberstaufen, Germany between 22 and 28 July 2013.


2013 Oberstaufen Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Oberstaufen Cup – Doubles
Andrei Dăescu and Florin Mergea were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Dominik Meffert and Philipp Oswald won the title, defeating Stephan Fransen and Artem Sitak 6–1, 3–6, [14–12] in the final.


2013 Oberstaufen Cup – Singles
Dominik Meffert was the defending champion, but lost to Guillaume Rufin in the semifinals.


2013 Oberstaufen Cup – Singles
Rufin won the title, defeating Peter Gojowczyk in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2013 Oceania Athletics Championships
The 2013 Oceania Athletics Championships were held at the Stade Pater Te Hono Nui in Papeete, French Polynesia, between June 3–5, 2013. The event was held jointly with the 2013 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships, and there were also exhibition events for masters, athletes with a disability and children. Detailed reports on a day by day basis were given.


2013 Oceania Athletics Championships
The event was overshadowed by the death of New Zealand racewalker Lesley Cantwell. She collapsed while waiting for the medal ceremony after winning the gold medal in the 5000 metres race walk event, and was taken to Papeete Hospital on life support. However, she died a few days later.


2013 Oceania Athletics Championships
In the open division, a total of 44 events were contested, 21 by men and 22 by women, as well as 1 mixed medley relay.


2013 Oceania Athletics Championships, Medal summary
Complete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage.


2013 Oceania Athletics Championships, Participation (unofficial)
The participation of 480 athletes representing 24 teams from 22 countries was published. The list comprises also the U-18 athletes, some of them competed inboth the open and the youth event, especially in the relays.


2013 Oceania Athletics Championships, Participation (unofficial)
20 of the participating teams were OAA members, one team an associate OAA member, only Niue was absent.


2013 Oceania Athletics Championships, Participation (unofficial)
In addition, there was a team from Wallis and Futuna, which is no OAA member, and two regional teams: A local team dubbed "Tahiti West Coast" (TWC in the results list, here dubbed TAH) and a "Regional Australia Team" (RAT in the results list, here dubbed NAUS) including athletes with "their normal place of residence in Northern Australia (defined as comprising the Northern Territory and any parts of Western Australia and Queensland, north of 26th parallel south latitude)."


2013 Oceania Handball Champions Cup
The 2013 Oceania Handball Champions Cup was held in Sydney, Australia in August, 2013. This was organised by the Oceania Handball Federation and featured teams from Australia and New Zealand.


2013 Oceania Handball Champions Cup
The tournament was won by Australian team Sydney University. They won the right to represent Oceania in the 2013 IHF Super Globe.


2013 Oceania Sevens Championship
The 2013 Oceania Sevens Championship was the sixth Oceania Sevens in men's rugby sevens. It was held at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji.


2013 Oceania Sevens Championship
Samoa won the Oceania Sevens Championship by defeating Fiji 31-17. Cook Islands and American Samoa, as the two highest finishers excluding core teams Fiji, Australia and Samoa, qualified for qualified for the 2013 Hong Kong Sevens and the opportunity later to qualify for the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series.


2013 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships
The 2013 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships were held at the Stade Pater Te Hono Nui in Papeete, French Polynesia, between June 3–5, 2013. They were held together with the 2013 Oceania Open Championships. Detailed reports on a day by day basis were given.


2013 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships
A total of 40 events were contested, 21 by boys and 19 by girls.


2013 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships, Medal summary
Complete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage.


2013 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships, Participation (unofficial)
According to an unofficial count, 116 athletes from 17 countries participated. In addition to 14 OAA member and 1 associate member teams, there was a team from Wallis and Futuna, which is no OAA member, and two regional teams: A local team dubbed "Tahiti West Coast"  (TWC in the result lists) and a "Regional Australia Team" (RAT in the result lists) including athletes with "their normal place of residence in Northern Australia (defined as comprising the Northern Territory and any parts of Western Australia and Queensland, north of 26th parallel south latitude)."


2013 Odds BK season
The 2013 season is Odd 5th consecutive year in Tippeligaen. It is Dag-Eilev Fagermo's sixth season as the club's manager. Odd also competed in the 2013 Norwegian Football Cup reaching the fourth round where they were knocked out by Bodø/Glimt.


2013 Odds BK season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 Odds BK season, Squad, On Loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 Odds BK season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 Odds BK season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 Odds BK season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 Odds BK season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 Oddset Hockey Games
The 2013 Oddset Hockey Games was played between 6–10 February 2013. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. Five of the matches were played in the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and one match in the Ice Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Finland won the tournament for the fourth time. The tournament was part of the 2012–13 Euro Hockey Tour.


2013 Oddset Hockey Games, Games
All times are local (UTC+1 for the games in Sweden, and UTC+4 for the game in Russia).


2013 Oddset Hockey Games, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = PositionSource:


2013 Oddset Hockey Games, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2013 Oddset Hockey Games, Tournament awards
Tournament All-Star Team selected by the media: Goaltender:  Alexander Salak Defencemen:  Ilya Nikulin,  Ville LajunenForwards:  Juhamatti Aaltonen,  Sergei Mozyakin,  Evgeny Kuznetsov


2013 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
The 2013 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 9th edition, for men, and 12th edition, for women, of the tournament and part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2013 ITF Women's Circuit, offering totals of $100,000, for men, and $100,000, for women, in prize money. It took place in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada between July 29 to August 4, 2013.


2013 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw by special exempts:


2013 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open – Men's Doubles
Maxime Authom and Ruben Bemelmans are the defending champions, having won the event in 2012, but lost in the first round.


2013 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open – Men's Doubles
Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram won the title, defeating James Cerretani and Adil Shamasdin in the final, 6–1, 6–4.


2013 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open – Men's Singles
Igor Sijsling is the defending champion, having won the event in 2012, but decided not to participate this year.


2013 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open – Men's Singles
Vasek Pospisil won the title after defeating Daniel Evans 6–0, 1–6, 7–5 in the final.


2013 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open – Women's Doubles
Julia Glushko and Olivia Rogowska were the defending champions, having won the event in 2012, but lost in the first round to Stéphanie Dubois and Stéphanie Foretz Gacon.


2013 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open – Women's Doubles
Sharon Fichman and Maryna Zanevska won the tournament, defeating Jacqueline Cako and Natalie Pluskota in the final, 6–2, 6–2.


2013 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open – Women's Singles
Mallory Burdette was the defending champion, having won the event in 2012, but she decided to participate at the 2013 Southern California Open instead.


2013 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open – Women's Singles
Johanna Konta won the tournament, defeating Sharon Fichman in the final, 6–4, 6–2.


2013 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship
The 2013 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship was the 115th staging of the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment in 1896. The championship began on 10 May 2013 and ended on 6 October 2013.


2013 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship
Kilcormac/Killoughey were the reigning champions, and they successfully defended their title following a 1-21 to 1-14 defeat of Birr.


2013 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship, Teams, Overview
All but one of the twelve teams from the 2012 championship participated in the top tier of Offaly hurling in 2013.


2013 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship, Teams, Overview
Lusmagh, who defeated St. Rynagh's by 4-11 to 2-14 in the final of the intermediate championship in 2012, availed of their right to automatic promotion to the senior championship.


2013 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship, Teams, Overview
Similarly, Drumc defeated Shamrocks in the 2012 relegation play-off, and so Shamrocks were relegated to the intermediate grade for 2013.


2013 Ohio Bobcats football team
The 2013 Ohio Bobcats football team represented Ohio University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Frank Solich and played their home games at Peden Stadium. They are a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in MAC play to finish in a tie for third place in the East Division. They were invited to the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl where they lost to East Carolina.


2013 Ohio Machine season
The 2013 Ohio Machine season is the second season for the Ohio Machine of Major League Lacrosse. The Machine will try to improve upon their inaugural season in 2011, where they finished a league-worst 2-12.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The 2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Buckeye's 124th overall, the 101st as a member of the Big Ten Conference, and the third as a member of the Big Ten Leaders Division. The team was led by Urban Meyer, in his second year as head coach, and played its home games at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The Buckeyes finished the regular season with an undefeated record for the second consecutive year, as well as Big Ten Leaders Division champions for the second consecutive year. They finished the season with a record of 12 wins and 2 losses (12–2 overall, 8–0 in the Big Ten), following losses to Michigan State in the Big Ten Championship Game and to Clemson in the Orange Bowl.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
After an undefeated season in 2012, Ohio State signed a highly ranked recruiting class and entered the 2013 season ranked No. 2 in all major college football polls, as well as being considered the favorite to win the Leaders Division, while also competing for the Big Ten championship and national championship. Ohio State opened the season defeating all of their non-conference opponents by a combined score of 210–61. The Buckeyes opened their conference schedule with victories over the Wisconsin Badgers and Northwestern Wildcats, both ranked at the time, and improved their record to 6–0.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
A 63–14 victory over Penn State and a 60–35 victory over Illinois kept the Buckeyes highly ranked throughout the season. A 42–41 victory over Michigan in The Game gave Ohio State a 12–0 regular season record for the second consecutive season. Following losses in the Big Ten Championship Game and the Orange Bowl, the Buckeyes finished the season ranked No. 10 in the Coaches' Poll and No. 12 in the AP Poll.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
At the end of the season, several players were recognized with postseason awards for individual accomplishments. Braxton Miller was named the Big Ten offensive player of the year, as well as the Big Ten quarterback of the year for the second consecutive season, while Carlos Hyde was named the Big Ten running back of the year. Also, Ryan Shazier was named to the Associated Press All-American First Team, while Carlos Hyde and Jack Mewhort were named to the Associated Press All-American Second Team. The Buckeyes' also had six players taken in the NFL Draft, including Shazier and Bradley Roby, who were both taken in the first round.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Before the season, Previous season
Urban Meyer, after being hired in November 2011, quickly brought in an entirely new staff to lead the team in 2012, featuring Tom Herman and Ed Warinner as co-offensive coordinators, with Everett Withers and former interim head coach Luke Fickell as co-defensive coordinators. Meyer also began to shape the team by bringing in a top ten recruiting class. Following an offseason of transition, Ohio State began the 2012 season against Miami (Ohio) on September 1, defeating the RedHawks 56–10.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Before the season, Previous season
Ohio State entered Big Ten Conference play with a 4–0 record and in their first conference game, would defeat the Michigan State Spartans 17–16. A 63–38 victory over Nebraska on homecoming would give Ohio State a 6–0 record and put them in the top ten in the AP Poll. Overtime victories over Purdue and Wisconsin, along with many other close victories, would give the Buckeyes an 11–0 record heading into their annual matchup with the Michigan Wolverines. The Buckeyes defeated the Wolverines 26–21 and completed their undefeated season, the first for the program since 2002.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Before the season, Previous season
Though Ohio State was ineligible to play in any bowl game or to be ranked in the BCS or Coaches' Poll, they were still eligible for the AP National Championship. Following the season, Ohio State was ranked third in the AP Poll behind the national champion Alabama Crimson Tide and the second ranked Oregon Ducks.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Before the season, Spring practice
Ohio State began their spring camp earlier than they had in previous seasons, starting it on March 5. The 2013 spring game was played on April 13 and was broadcast on the Big Ten Network. Ohio State played their spring game at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, while Ohio Stadium underwent renovations. In similar formats to previous seasons, the Buckeyes were divided up into Scarlet and Gray teams.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Before the season, Spring practice
Quarterback Braxton Miller, who played on the Scarlet team, opened up the game with a 20-yard touchdown pass to Devin Smith and with no other scoring in the first quarter, the Scarlet team took their 7–0 lead to the second quarter. Kenny Guiton, who was the starting quarterback for the Gray team, tied the game up with a touchdown pass of his own to receiver Chris Fields. A Corey Brown touchdown reception with a few seconds remaining in the first half, would give the Scarlet team the 14–7 advantage heading into halftime.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Before the season, Spring practice
The third quarter would be dominated by the Scarlet team as Braxton Miller would drive the team to the endzone, capping off the drive with a 5-yard touchdown run. A Drew Basil field goal with about four minutes remaining in the quarter would give the Scarlet a 24–7 advantage. The Gray team would not score until the fourth quarter, off of a 4-yard touchdown pass from Cardale Jones to Michael Thomas. The game, scoring wise, was capped off with a Chris Field 6-yard touchdown run, with the final score being 31–14 in favor of the Scarlet team.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Before the season, Spring practice
Quarterback Braxton Miller finished the game going 16 of 25 for a total of 217 yards and two touchdown passes, along with his touchdown run. Corey Brown led the receivers with five receptions for 25 yards and touchdown, while sophomore receiver Michael Thomas accounted for 79 yards, a touchdown and seven receptions. On defense, lineman Adolphus Washington accounted for four sacks, leading both teams. The game also featured many new players replacing starters last season, though playmakers Noah Spence and Washington on the defensive line still impressed the coaching staff. The line accounted for a total of 11 sacks during the game, with a four quarterbacks involved being sacked at some point. Though the defense, impressed, with the majority of the success coming from the passing game with both teams only accounting for 122 rushing yards collectively on 45 carries.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Before the season, Fall camp
Twelve separate Ohio State players were on preseason award watch lists in sixteen different award categories.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Before the season, Fall camp
These include C.J. Barnett, Bradley Roby and Ryan Shazier for the Bednarik Award; Corey Brown and Devin Smith for the Biletnikoff Award; Christian Bryant, Roby and Shazier for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy; Shazier for the Butkus Award; Braxton Miller for the Davey O'Brien Award; Carlos Hyde for the Doak Walker Award; Barnett, Bryan and Roby for the Jim Thorpe Award; Jeff Heuerman for the Mackey Award; Hyde and Miller for the Maxwell Award; Jack Mewhort and Andrew Norwell for the Outland Trophy; Corey Linsly for the Rimington Trophy; Norwell and Shazier for the Lombardi Award; as well as Miller and Roby for the Walter Camp Award.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Before the season, Fall camp
Before the start of camp, Ohio State faced off the field issues with some players, including running back Carlos Hyde, who was suspended from the team following his arrest and involvement in an assault case against a female in Columbus, Ohio. Hyde was originally dismissed from the program when the news of the investigation first broke, however, when he was dropped as a person of interest, head coach Urban Meyer dropped his suspension to three games. Cornerback Bradley Roby was arrested on July 21 after an altercation at a bar in Bloomington, Indiana. The charges against Roby were reduced to misdemeanor on August 16. Ohio State opened their fall camp with all freshmen reporting on August 4, with other players reporting later in the week.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Personnel, Coaching staff
Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer was in his second year as the Buckeye's head coach during the 2013 season. In his first season with Ohio State, he led the Buckeyes to an undefeated season with twelve wins (12–0), though the team was unable to participate in the Big Ten Championship Game or a bowl game due to sanctions. On February 8, 2013, it was announced the cornerbacks coach Kerry Coombs was promoted to special teams coach for the upcoming season, while also retaining his role as cornerbacks coach.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Personnel, Returning starters
Ohio State returns 14 starters from the 2012 season, including nine on offense, four defense, as well as one on special teams. Quarterback Braxton Miller returns after starting all twelve games in 2012 and eight games in 2011. Along with Miller on offense, running back Carlos Hyde, offensive tackle Jack Mewhort and offensive guard Andrew Norwell all return on offense after being named to the Big Ten All-Conference team last season.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Personnel, Returning starters
On defense linebacker Ryan Shazier returns after being named to the All-Conference team in 2012, while cornerback Bradley Roby returns after being named to the AP All-American team last season. On offense, Ohio State lost tight end Jake Stoneburner and offensive tackle Reid Fragel, along with punter Ben Buchanan, all seniors. On defense, Ohio State lost defensive lineman John Simon, Garrett Goebel and Nathan Williams, linebackers Etienne Sabino and Zach Boren, along with cornerback Travis Howard, all to graduation. The only Buckeye junior eligible for the NFL Draft that declared eligibility was defensive lineman Johnathan Hankins, who was selected in the second round by the New York Giants.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Personnel, Recruiting class
Prior to National Signing Day on February 6, 2013, six high school players that graduated early and one transfer of the 2013 recruiting class enrolled for the spring semester in order to participate in spring practice. These early enrollments included: cornerbacks Eli Apple and Cameron Burrows, quarterback J.T. Barrett, fullback William Houston, defensive ends Tyquan Lewis Tracy Sprinkle, and fullback Devin Hill, who transferred from Purdue University. On February 6, 2013, the Ohio State University athletic department confirmed that it had received the National Letter of Intent from seventeen additional players to play at Ohio State that completed the 2013 recruiting class.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Personnel, Recruiting class
Ohio State's recruiting class was highlighted by seventeen players from the "ESPN 300", including eight in the top 100: No. 11 Eli Apple (cornerback); No. 43 Gareon Conley (cornerback); No. 48 Trey Johnson (linebacker); No. 49 Jalin Marshall (wide receiver); No. 50 Vonn Bell (safety); No. 55 Dontre Wilson (athlete); No. 56 Joey Bosa (defensive tackle); and No. 62 Cam Burrows (cornerback). On signing day, Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer was quoted as calling it a great day. With Meyer going onto say, "I thought it would be a good day, but now I'll put it in the great category." The Buckeyes' signed the No. 2 recruiting class according to Rivals.com, the No. 1 recruiting class according to Scout.com, and the No. 3 recruiting class according to ESPN.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Schedule
The Big Ten Conference released the schedules for the 2013 season on April 6, 2011. The Big Ten will continue the same scheduling alignment as they had during the 2011 and 2012 seasons. As a result, Ohio State will play all five Leaders Division opponents: Illinois, Indiana, Penn State, Purdue, and Wisconsin. Ohio State will also face three Legends Division opponents: Iowa, Northwestern, and Michigan, the permanent cross-division opponent.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Schedule
Ohio State will play four non-conference games: Buffalo of the Mid-American Conference, San Diego State of the Mountain West Conference, California of the Pac-12 Conference, and Florida A&M of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Ohio State has two bye weeks during the season, the first between their games against Northwestern and Iowa and their second between their games against Purdue and Illinois. Following their second consecutive undefeated season, Ohio State won the Leaders Division Championship and qualified to play in the Big Ten Championship Game against Michigan State, who defeated the Buckeyes 34–24. On December 8, Ohio State was selected to play in the Orange Bowl against Clemson.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Schedule
All games during the 2013 season will be broadcast on the Ohio State Football Radio Network. Paul Keels will head the crew with play-by-play, Jim Lachey with color commentary, Marty Bannister as sideline and locker room reporter, and Skip Mosic serving as the pre-game and halftime show host.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, Buffalo
The Buckeyes' opened the 2013 season against the Buffalo Bulls, who they defeated 40–20 in Columbus. A false start and delay of game penalty would force Buffalo to punt on their first possession. Following a 4-play drive, the Buckeyes' would score on a touchdown pass from Braxton Miller to Devin Smith, and after a Kenny Guiton two-point conversion run, Ohio State took an 8–0 lead. Ohio State would score again on their second drive after a 7-yard touchdown pass from Miller to Chris Fields, and would convert another two-point conversion on a pass from Guiton to Jordan Hall. A 49-yard Hall touchdown run on the Buckeyes' next possession gave the Buckeyes' a 23–0 lead after the first quarter.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, Buffalo
Ohio State would be unable to capitalize on a Ron Tanner interception of Bull's quarterback Joe Licata, with freshman Dontre Wilson fumbling the ball on the next play. Buffalo would score their first points of the game on a 3-play drive that ended in a touchdown pass from Licata to Matt Weiser. Khalil Mack returned a Braxton Miller interception for a touchdown on the Buckeyes' ensuing possession and cut the Ohio State lead to 23–13. A 37-yard touchdown run from Jordan Hall would give Ohio State a 30–13 lead at halftime. Ryan Shazier, along with other Buckeyes players were carried off in the second quarter due to cramps in the hot weather.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, Buffalo
Buffalo would score on their first possession of the second half on a 10-yard pass from Joe Licata to Alex Neutz. The Buckeyes' responded with a 14-play drive, which ended in a 21-yard touchdown pass from Kenny Guiton to Chris Fields, giving Ohio State a 37–20 lead. A 39-yard Drew Basil field goal in the fourth quarter would be the final scoring play. With the victory, Ohio State extended their winning streak to 13 games, dating back to the previous season, the longest streak in the nation. The Bull's received $1 million to play the game in Ohio Stadium.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, San Diego State
On November 2, 2012, Ohio State announced San Diego State would replace Vanderbilt on the 2013 schedule after the Commodores canceled the game. Ohio State defeated the Aztecs 42–7 in the second game of the season. The Buckeyes' scored on their first offensive possession on a 7-yard touchdown run from freshman Dontre Wilson. Starting quarterback Braxton Miller left the game after the first drive with a knee injury and was replaced by Kenny Guiton. The Buckeyes would be unable to capitalize following a Doran Grant interception on the Aztecs' ensuing possession. A touchdown pass from Guiton to Corey Brown and a 4-yard touchdown run from Jordan Hall gave Ohio State a 21–0 lead at the end of the first quarter.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, San Diego State
Kenny Guiton threw his first interception early in the second quarter to Damontae Kazee, though Guiton would score on the Buckeyes' next offensive possession on a 44-yard run. A fumble and sack by Noah Spence gave the Buckeyes the ball in Aztec territory, which would lead to a Rod Smith touchdown run, giving Ohio State a 35–0 lead at halftime. Ohio State would score on their second drive of the third quarter on a Guiton touchdown pass to Corey Brown.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, San Diego State
The Buckeye defense would give up their first points against midway through the third quarter, following a 6 play, 72-yard drive by San Diego State. The Aztecs' scored a touchdown on a pass from Quinn Kaehler to Chad Young. Ohio State would run out the clock in the fourth quarter, ensuring the 42–7 victory. With the victory, Ohio State extended their winning streak to 14 games, and improved their overall record against San Diego State to 4–0.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, California
In their first road game of the 2013 season, Ohio State defeated the California Golden Bears of the Pac-12 Conference 52–34 in Berkeley. Kenny Guiton was named the starting quarterback prior to the game, replacing Braxton Miller, who was injured. Within the first five minutes of the game, the Buckeyes' jumped out to a 21–0 lead following 90 and 47-yard touchdown passes from Guiton to Devin Smith. A sack and forced fumble by Ryan Shazier on California's third drive of the game would help set up a 1-yard touchdown pass from Guiton to Chris Fields.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, California
The Golden Bears' first touchdown would come on their fourth drive, on a 61-yard reception thrown by Jared Goff to James Grisom. A Christian Bryant interception for the Buckeyes' would set up a 39-yard Drew Basil field goal. A 42-yard touchdown pass from Goff to Chris Harper would make the score 24–14, in favor of Ohio State, at the end of the first quarter. Following a 12 play, 74-yard drive, Ohio State extended their led to 31–14 following a 1-yard Jordan Hall touchdown run. Two field goals of 27 and 43-yards for California's Vincen D'Amato, would cut the Buckeye lead to 31–20 at halftime.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, California
Ohio State would open the second half with possession of the ball, and scoring a touchdown on Jordan Hall's second touchdown run of the game. A 6-yard touchdown pass from Kenny Guiton to Corey Brown on their next possession, would make the score 45–20, in favor of the Buckeyes'. Jared Goff would throw his third touchdown pass of the day to Bryce Treggs midway through the third quarter. Hall's third touchdown run for the Buckeyes' would give Ohio State a 52–27 lead at the end of the third quarter.


2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, California
A 1-yard touchdown run for Daniel Lasco of the Golden Bears' would be the only scoring play of the fourth quarter, with the Buckeyes winning 52–34. Kenny Guiton was recognized as the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week for his 276 passing yard and four touchdown passes, while Ryan Shazier was recognized as the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for his 12 tackles and forced fumble. With the victory, Ohio State's winning streak reached 15 games, and they improved their all-time record against California to 7–1.