2013 Colorado State Rams football team
American college football team season
The 2013 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rams were led by second-year head coach Jim McElwain and played their home games at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium. They were members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 8–6, 5–3 in Mountain West play to finish in third place in the Mountain Division. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they defeated Washington State.
Schedule
Game summaries
vs Colorado
At Tulsa
Cal Poly
At Alabama
UTEP
San Jose State
At Wyoming
At Hawaii
Boise State
Nevada
At New Mexico
At Utah State
Air Force
Washington State (New Mexico Bowl)
Players in the 2014 NFL draft
* = undrafted free agent.
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