2013 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team

The 2013 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team represented the University of the Incarnate Word in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Cardinals played their first season of a transition to the FCS level. However, they were not considered a FCS team for scheduling purposes until 2014. They were led by second-year head coach Larry Kennan.[1] Home games were played at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium. This was a transition season for the Cardinals. As a transitioning school from D2 to D1, the Cardinals were ineligible for the FCS Playoffs and the D2 playoffs. They played a mixed schedule of schools from the FCS, NAIA, and D-II. The Cardinals joined the Southland Conference for football in the 2014 season, and it counted as the 2nd year in a 4-year transition into the D1 level that will make them eligible for the FCS Playoffs in 2017–18.[2] They finished the season 6–5.

2013 Incarnate Word Cardinals football
Conference	Independent
2013 record	6–5
Head coach	Larry Kennan (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Tony Marciano (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple formation
Defensive coordinator	Brian Gamble (2nd as coordinator, 5th overall season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium (Capacity: 6,000)

2013 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Old Dominion			–						8	–	4
Abilene Christian			–						6	–	5
Incarnate Word			–						6	–	5
Monmouth			–						6	–	6
Charlotte			–						5	–	6
Houston Baptist			–						3	–	4
Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word ineligible for FCS playoffs as part of reclassification from Division II Charlotte and Old Dominion ineligible for FCS playoffs as part of FBS transition Houston Baptist ineligible for FCS playoffs due to playing only a partial exhibition schedule

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	7:00 pm	at No. 7 Central Arkansas	Estes Stadium Conway, AR	UCA Showcase	L 7–58	10,455
September 7	6:00 pm	Texas College	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	UIW TV	W 69–0	3,927
September 14	7:00 pm	Langston	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	UIW TV	W 24–0	3,417
September 21	7:00 pm	at No. 5 Sam Houston State	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX	BSN	L 21–52	5,789
September 28	6:00 pm	Eastern New Mexico	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	UIW TV	W 33–26	3,752
October 5	7:00 pm	at Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	Southeastern Channel*	L 3–35	4,235
October 19	2:00 pm	at Abilene Christian	Shotwell Stadium Abilene, TX	KTES*	L 6–40	8,119
October 26	6:00 pm	Houston Baptist	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	UIW TV	W 24–3	3,891
November 2	2:00 pm	at McMurry	Wilford Moore Stadium Abilene, TX		W 47–43	1,713
November 9	2:00 pm	Abilene Christian	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	UIW TV	W 34–31	3,517
November 16	2:00 pm	Angelo State	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX	UIW TV	L 0–7	4,122
Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

*Tape delayed broadcast

Game summaries

Central Arkansas

Incarnate Word at Central Arkansas

1 2 3 4 Total Cardinals 0 0 0 7 7 • #7 Bears 16 14 14 14 58 Date: August 29 Location: Estes Stadium Conway, AR Game start: 7:00 p.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:05 Game attendance: 10,455 Game weather: 97°F • Clear Referee: Ken Ray TV announcers (UCA Gameday): Steve Sullivan, Justin Acri, and Monty Powell Sources: Box Score

Scoring summary 1 10:18 Central Arkansas Blake Veasley 11 yard run (Eddie Camara kick failed), Drive: 10 plays, 70 yards, 4:42 0–6 1 7:21 Central Arkansas Blake Veasley 18 yard run (Eddie Camara kick), Drive: 6 plays, 59 yards, 2:30 0–13 1 1:39 Central Arkansas Eddie Camara 42 yard field goal, Drive: 9 plays, 34 yards, 2:59 0–16 2 7:36 Central Arkansas Jatavio Wilson 29 yard pass from Wynri Smothers (Eddie Camara kick), Drive: 9 plays, 77 yards, 4:13 0–23 2 2:36 Central Arkansas Danze Williams 1 yard run (Eddie Camara kick), Drive: 9 plays, 72 yards, 3:54 0–30 3 12:59 Central Arkansas Desmond Smith 0 yard blocked punt return (Eddie Camara kick) 0–37 3 0:09 Central Arkansas Danze Williams 3 yard run (Eddie Camara kick), Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards, 4:45 0–44 4 6:02 Central Arkansas Jatavio Wilson 36 yard pass from Taylor Reed (Eddie Camara kick), Drive: 5 plays, 50 yards, 2:12 0–51 4 4:00 Incarnate Word Trent Brittain 38 yard run (Jake Wilcox kick), Drive: 6 plays, 68 yards, 1:55 7–51 4 3:44 Central Arkansas Jatavio Wilson 93 yard kickoff return (Eddie Camara kick) 7–58

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Texas College

Texas College at Incarnate Word

1 2 3 4 Total Steers 0 0 0 0 0 • Cardinals 14 28 17 10 69 Date: September 7 Location: Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX Game start: 6:00 PM CST Elapsed time: 3:00 Game attendance: 3,927 Game weather: 93 °F (34 °C), Partly Cloudy Referee: Kevin Hassell Television network: UIW TV Sources:

Scoring summary 1 13:17 UIW Matt Bass 1-yard touchdown run, Jake Wilcox kick good UIW 7–0 1 8:18 UIW Matt Bass 16-yard touchdown pass from Trent Brittain, Jake Wilcox kick good UIW 14–0 2 14:28 UIW Daryl Brooks 31-yard touchdown pass from Trent Brittain, Jake Wilcox kick good UIW 21–0 2 11:29 UIW Broderick Reeves 5-yard touchdown run, Jake Wilcox kick good UIW 28–0 2 4:10 UIW JR Sessions 6-yard touchdown run, Jake Wilcox kick good UIW 35–0 2 0:08 UIW Matt Bass 2-yard touchdown pass from Trent Brittain, Jake Wilcox kick good UIW 42–0 3 11:50 UIW Matt Bass 2-yard touchdown run, Jake Wilcox kick good UIW 49–0 3 8:06 UIW Broderick Reeves 22-yard touchdown run, Jake Wilcox kick good UIW 56–0 3 1:38 UIW Jake Wilcox 35-yard Field Goal UIW 59–0 4 10:55 UIW Jake Wilcox 39-yard Field Goal UIW 62–0 4 8:25 UIW John Oglesby 2-yard touchdown run, Jake Wilcox kick good UIW 69–0

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Langston

Langston at Incarnate Word

1 2 3 4 Total Lions 0 0 0 0 0 • Cardinals 15 6 3 0 24 Date: September 14 Location: Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX Game start: 6:00 PM CST Elapsed time: 2:41 Game attendance: 3,417 Game weather: 95 °F (35 °C), Partly Cloudy, winds ESE @ 14mph Referee: Brian Alos Television network: UIW TV Sources:

Scoring summary 1 13:25 UIW Team Safety UIW 2–0 1 8:22 UIW Junior Sessions 2-yard touchdown run, Jake Wilcox kick good UIW 9–0 1 5:39 UIW Matt Bass 1-yard touchdown run, Jake Wilcox failed UIW 15–0 2 4:17 UIW Casey Jennings 35-yard touchdown pass from Trent Brittain, Jake Wilcox kick failed UIW 21–0 3 12:21 UIW Jake Wilcox 27-yard Field Goal UIW 24–0

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Sam Houston State

Incarnate Word at Sam Houston State

1 2 3 4 Total Cardinals 7 7 7 0 21 • #5 Bearkats 10 21 14 7 52 Date: September 21 Location: Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX Game start: 6:00 PM CST Elapsed time: 2:50 Game attendance: 5,789 Referee: K Mar TV announcers (BSN): Charlie Farris Sources:

Scoring summary 1 12:29 Incarnate Word Casey Jennings 9-yard touchdown pass from Trent Brittain, Jake Wilcox kick good 7–0 1 7:49 Sam Houston State Luc Swimberghe 19-yard Field Goal 7–3 1 1:43 Sam Houston State Chance Nelson 39-yard touchdown pass from Brian Bell, Luc Swimberghe kick good 7–10 2 13:59 Incarnate Word Junior Sessions 1-yard touchdown run, Jake Wilcox kick good 14–10 2 8:52 Sam Houston State Timothy Flanders 7-yard touchdown run, Luc Swimberghe kick good 14–17 2 5:29 Sam Houston State Richard Sincere 26-yard touchdown pass from Brian Bell, Luc Swimberghe kick good 14–24 2 1:49 Sam Houston State Torrance Williams 3-yard touchdown pass from Brian Bell, Luc Swimberghe kick good 14–31 3 13:07 Sam Houston State Torrance Williams 16-yard touchdown pass from Brian Bell, Luc Swimberghe kick good 14–38 3 11:33 Sam Houston State Timothy Flanders 41-yard touchdown run, Luc Swimberghe kick good 14–45 3 3:08 Incarnate Word Cole Wick 19-yard touchdown pass from Trent Brittain, Jake Wilcox kick good 21–45 4 10:26 Sam Houston State Brian Bell 1-yard touchdown run, Luc Swimberghe kick good 21–52

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Eastern New Mexico

Eastern New Mexico at Incarnate Word

1 2 3 4 Total Greyhounds 7 2 7 10 26 • Cardinals 10 16 0 7 33 Date: September 28 Location: Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX Game start: 6:00 PM CST Elapsed time: 4:02 Game attendance: 3,752 Game weather: 84 °F (29 °C), Drizzly Referee: Ross Smith Television network: UIW TV Sources:

Scoring summary 1 12:29 UIW Matt Bass 2-yard touchdown run, Jake Wilcox kick good UIW 7–0 1 8:54 UIW Jake Wilcox 25-yard Field Goal UIW 10–0 1 4:11 ENMU Myles Johnson 34-yard touchdown pass from Jeremy Buurma, Mitchell Cox kick good UIW 10–7 2 11:25 UIW Jake Wilcox 23-yard Field Goal UIW 13–7 2 9:39 UIW Junior Sessions 89-yard touchdown run, Jake Wilcox kick good UIW 20–7 2 3:16 UIW Clint Killough 90-yard touchdown pass from Trent Brittain, Jake Wilcox kick blocked UIW 26–7 2 3:16 ENMU David Strickland returns blocked PAT for 2 UIW 26–9 3 4:35 ENMU Vaughn Johnson 1-yard touchdown run, Mitchell Cox kick good UIW 26–16 4 8:55 ENMU Christian long 1-yard touchdown run, Mitchell Cox kick good UIW 26–23 4 3:17 UIW Junior Sessions 1-yard touchdown run, Jake Wilcox kick good UIW 33–23 4 1:50 ENMU Mitchell Cox 48-yard Field Goal UIW 33–26

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Southeastern Louisiana

Incarnate Word at Southeastern Louisiana

1 2 3 4 Total Cardinals 0 3 0 0 3 • Lions 14 7 7 7 35 Date: October 5 Location: Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA Game start: 7:00 PM CST Elapsed time: 2:49 Game attendance: 4,235 Referee: Ken Ray TV announcers (Southeastern Channel): Chris Coleman, Allen Waddell, & Sources:

Scoring summary 1 13:12 SLU Marquis Hayes 41-yard touchdown pass from Bryan Bennett, Seth Sebastian kick good SLU 7–0 1 0:57 SLU Rasheed Harrell 5-yard touchdown run, Seth Sebastian kick good SLU 14–0 2 8:30 UIW Jake Wilcox 42-yard Field Goal SLU 14–3 2 0:03 SLU Marice Sutton 67-yard Interception returned for a touchdown, Seth Sebastian kick good SLU 21–3 3 5:10 SLU Bryan Bennett 1-yard touchdown run, Seth Sebastian kick good SLU 28–3 4 7:38 SLU Jeff Smiley 17-yard touchdown pass from Bryan Bennett, Seth Sebastian kick good SLU 35–3

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Abilene Christian

Incarnate Word at Abilene Christian

1 2 3 4 Total Cardinals 6 0 0 0 6 • Wildcats 13 17 3 7 40 Date: October 19 Location: Shotwell Stadium Abilene, TX Game attendance: 8,119 TV announcers (KTES): Grant Boone, Lance Fleming, and Matt Sloan Sources:

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Houston Baptist

Houston Baptist at Incarnate Word

1 2 3 4 Total Huskies 0 0 3 0 3 • Cardinals 3 14 0 7 24 Date: October 26 Location: Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX Game attendance: 3,891 Television network: UIW TV Sources:

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McMurry

Incarnate Word at McMurry

1 2 3 4 Total • Cardinals 13 0 13 21 47 War Hawks 6 14 14 9 43 Date: November 2 Location: Wilford Moore Stadium Abilene, TX Game attendance: 1,713 Sources:

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Abilene Christian

Abilene Christian at Incarnate Word

1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 9 Location: Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX Television network: UIW TV Sources:

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Angelo State

Angelo State at Incarnate Word

1 2 3 4 Total Rams 0 0 0 0 0 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 16 Location: Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX Television network: UIW TV Sources:

Audio streaming

All Incarnate Word games were broadcast on KKYX with the voices of Gabe Farias and Shawn Morris. KKYX's broadcasts were available at their website. KUIW Radio produced a student media broadcast every week, that is available online, and they provided streaming of all non-televised home games were shown via UIW TV.

References

1. Flores, David (December 17, 2011). "Longtime college, pro coach Kennan couldn't resist taking job at UIW". KENS 5. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
2. Network, Sports (August 20, 2012). "Incarnate Word joining Southland Conference". Fox News. Retrieved August 20, 2012.