2013 American Athletic Conference football season

2013 American Athletic Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport	Football
Duration	August 29, 2013 through January 1, 2014
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	ESPN
2014 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	Blake Bortles (UCF)
Picked by	Jacksonville Jaguars, 3rd overall
Regular season
Champion	UCF

2013 American Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 10 UCF $		8	–	0					12	–	1
No. 15 Louisville		7	–	1					12	–	1
Cincinnati		6	–	2					9	–	4
Houston		5	–	3					8	–	5
SMU		4	–	4					5	–	7
Rutgers		3	–	5					6	–	7
UConn		3	–	5					3	–	9
South Florida		2	–	6					2	–	10
Memphis		1	–	7					3	–	9
Temple		1	–	7					2	–	10
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 American Athletic Conference football season was the 23rd NCAA Division I FBS football season of the American Athletic Conference (The American). The season was the first after the breakup of the former Big East Conference, which lasted in its original form from its creation in 1979 until July 2013. The charter of the former Big East was retained by The American, henceforth the legal status as the 23rd season overall.

UCF as The American's Champion earned the league's last automatic berth for a BCS Bowl Game. Following the 2013 college football season, the BCS (1998–2013) will be replaced by a four team playoff system. Starting in 2014, The American will lose its Automatic Qualifier (AQ) status, and fall into the "Group of Five" with Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, Mountain West Conference, and the Sun Belt Conference.

In its first year, the conference consisted of 10 football members: Cincinnati, Connecticut, Houston, Louisville, Memphis, Rutgers, SMU, South Florida, Temple, and UCF.^[1] Conference members began regular-season play on August 29 when UCF hosted Akron. Conference play started on September 7 when Temple hosted Houston. The regular season concluded on December 7.^[2] The following match-ups were not seen in conference play in 2013: Cincinnati–UCF, Connecticut–Houston, Louisville–SMU, Memphis–Rutgers, and South Florida–Temple. Louisville–SMU and Memphis–Rutgers will not be seen in any year in The American play as Louisville and Rutgers are leaving for the ACC and Big Ten, respectively, in 2014.

Previous season

On February 28, 2013, ESPN reported that the conference's seven schools that did not play FBS football, which had announced plans to leave the conference as a bloc no later than July 2015, had reached an agreement to leave in July 2013, and would keep the "Big East" name when they formed a new conference at that time. As a result, the football schools retained the original Big East charter and would operate under a new name in the 2013 football season.^[3] The new conference name was officially announced on April 3, 2013.^[4]

Cincinnati, Louisville, Rutgers, and Syracuse were co-champions with identical 5–2 records. Louisville received the Big East BCS bid. As the Big East BCS representative, the Cardinals defeated Florida 33–23 in the 2013 Allstate Sugar Bowl. In other bowl games, Cincinnati defeated Duke 48–34 in the Belk Bowl 48–34 with interim coach Steve Stripling. Rutgers lost to Virginia Tech 13–10 in the Russell Athletic Bowl, while Syracuse in their final game as a Big East member defeated former Big East member West Virginia 38–14 in the Pinstripe Bowl. In Pittsburgh's final game as a Big East member, the Panthers lost to Ole Miss 38–17 in the BBVA Compass Bowl.

Preseason

Coaching changes

Three teams have new head coaches for the 2013 season. Tommy Tuberville replaces Butch Jones at Cincinnati, Willie Taggart replaces Skip Holtz at South Florida and Matt Rhule has taken over for Steve Addazio at Temple.

Preseason Poll

The 2013 American Athletic Conference Preseason Poll was announced at the 2013 American Athletic Conference Media Day in Newport, Rhode Island on July 30, 2013.^[5]

1. Louisville (28)
2. Cincinnati (2)
3. Rutgers
4. UCF
5. South Florida
6. Houston
7. UConn
8. SMU
9. Temple
10. Memphis

• (first place votes)

Rankings

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

Main article: 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

		Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
Cincinnati	AP	RV	RV	NR										RV	RV	RV	RV	NR
	C	RV	RV	NR			RV	NR					RV	RV	25	23	RV	RV
	Harris	Not released												RV	RV	RV	RV
	BCS	Not released
Connecticut	AP
	C
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Houston	AP								RV	NR		RV	RV	NR
	C								RV	RV	RV	RV	NR
	Harris	Not released							RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR
	BCS	Not released
Louisville	AP	9	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	18	20	20	19	21	21	19	18	15
	C	9	8	7	6	7	8	8	6	16	17	16	13	15	16	16	16	15
	Harris	Not released							6	16	16	16	14	16	18	17	16
	BCS	Not released								20	19	20	20	21	20	19	18
Memphis	AP
	C
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Rutgers	AP					RV	RV	RV	RV	NR
	C	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	RV	NR
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
SMU	AP
	C
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
South Florida	AP
	C
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
Temple	AP
	C
	Harris	Not released
	BCS	Not released
UCF	AP				RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	21	19	19	15	17	17	15	15	10
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	22	21	19	20	19	17	15	12
	Harris	Not released							RV	25	22	21	20	19	20	18	15
	BCS	Not released								23	23	21	17	18	19	16	15

Schedule

Index to colors and formatting
American member won
American member lost
American teams in bold

Week 1

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
August 29	7:00 p.m.	Akron	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN3	W 38–7	35,115
August 29	7:30 p.m.	Towson	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	ESPN3	L 33-18	30,689
August 29	10:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	ESPNU	L 52-51 ^OT	33,098
August 30	8:00 pm	Texas Tech	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX	ESPN	L 43-21	34,790
August 30	8:30 p.m.	Southern	Houston	Reliant Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN3	W 62–13	26,205
August 31	12:00 p.m.	Purdue	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPNU	W 42-7	36,007
August 31	3:30 p.m.	Temple	No. 14 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	NBC	L 28-6	80,795
August 31	7:00 p.m.	McNeese State	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN3	L 53-21	35,470
September 1	3:30 p.m.	Ohio	No. 9 Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPN	W 49-7	55,332
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Memphis

Week 2

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 6	8:00 pm	UCF	FIU	FIU Stadium • Miami, FL	CBSSN	W 38–0	15,823
September 7	12:00 pm	Cincinnati	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	ESPN2	L 17–45	43,031
September 7	12:00 pm	South Florida	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	ESPNU	L 6–21	70,401
September 7	12:00 p.m.	Houston	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	American Athletic Network	HOU 22–13	27,328
September 7	12:00 p.m.	Norfolk State	Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	CBSSN	W 0–38	49,111
September 7	12:00 p.m.	Eastern Kentucky	#8 Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPN3	W 7–44	53,647
September 7	4:30 p.m.	Duke	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN3	L 28–14	44,237
September 7	8:00 p.m.	Montana State	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX	ESPN3	W 30–31	10,107
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Connecticut

Week 3

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 14	12:00 p.m.	#7 Louisville	Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY (Battle for the Governor's Cup)	ESPN	W 27–13	65,445
September 14	1:00 p.m.	Eastern Michigan	Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPN3	W 28–10	47,604
September 14	1:00 p.m.	Fordham	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN3	L 30–29	20,047
September 14	6:00 p.m.	UCF	Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	Big Ten Network	W 34–31	92,855
September 14	7:00 p.m.	Northwestern State	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN3	W 9–66	30,384
September 14	7:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN3	L 28–10	33,792
September 14	7:30 p.m.	Maryland	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	ESPN3	L 32–21	38,916
September 14	8:00 p.m.	Memphis	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	CSS	L 15–17	23,992
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Houston, SMU

Week 4

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 21	8:00 p.m.	No. 15 Michigan	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	ABC	L 24–21	42,704
September 21	4:00 p.m.	Cincinnati	Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH (Battle for the Victory Bell)	ESPN3	W 14–0	21,269
September 21	3:00 p.m.	Houston	Rice	Reliant Stadium • Houston, TX (rivalry)	FSN	W 31–26	34,831
September 21	7:00 p.m.	SMU	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	ESPNU	L 42–13	86,542
September 21	3:30 p.m.	Arkansas	Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPN	W 28–24	51,969
September 21	4:30 p.m.	Arkansas State	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN3	W 31–7	36,279
September 21	12:00 p.m.	FIU	#7 Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	American Athletic Network	W 72–0	51,586
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Temple, South Florida, UCF

Week 5

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 28	12:00 p.m.	South Carolina	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL	ABC	L 28–25	47,605
September 28	12:00 p.m.	Miami	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPNU	L 49–21	47,562
September 28	12:00 p.m.	SMU	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	FS1	L 17–48	45,111
September 28	3:30 p.m.	Connecticut	Buffalo	UB Stadium • Amherst, NY	ESPN3	L 12–41	20,952
September 28	4:00 p.m.	Houston	UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	FSN	W 59–28	32,487
September 28	4:00 p.m.	Temple	Idaho	Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID	Altitude	L 24–26	15,323
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Cincinnati, Louisville, Memphis, Rutgers

Week 6

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 5	12:00 p.m.	#7 Louisville	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	American Athletic Network	UL 30-7	21,709
October 5	12:00 p.m.	Rutgers	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX	ESPNews	RU 55-52 ^OT	19,436
October 5	4:30 p.m.	UCF	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN3	UCF 24-17	30,274
October 5	7:00 p.m.	Cincinnati	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN3	USF 26-20	31,077
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Connecticut, Houston

Week 7

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 10	7:30 p.m.	Rutgers	#8 Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPN	UL 24-10	55,168
October 11	8:30 p.m.	Temple	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN	CIN 38-20	32,220
October 12	12:00 p.m.	Memphis	Houston	BBVA Compass Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPNews	HOU 25–15	20,103
October 12	12:00 p.m.	South Florida	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	American Athletic Network	USF 13–10	37,861
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: SMU, UCF

Week 8

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 18	8:00 p.m.	UCF	#8 Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPN	UCF 38–35	55,215
October 19	12:00 p.m.	Connecticut	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPNU	CIN 41–16	28,847
October 19	12:00 p.m.	SMU	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	American Athletic Network	SMU 34–29	16,241
October 19	1:00 p.m.	Army	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN3	W 34–29	25,333
October 19	3:30 p.m.	BYU	Houston	Reliant Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPNews	L 47–46	33,115
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Rutgers, South Florida

Week 9

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 26	12:00 p.m.	Connecticut	No. 21 UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL	American Athletic Network	UCF 62–17	37,924
October 26	12:00 p.m.	Houston	Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPNews	HOU 49–14	52,200
October 26	12:00 p.m.	No. 18 Louisville	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN2	LOU 34–3	35,782
October 26	3:00 p.m.	Temple	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX	ESPN3	SMU 59–49	15,786
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Cincinnati, Memphis

Week 10

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 30	8:00 p.m.	Cincinnati	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN2	CIN 34–21	22,571
October 31	7:00 p.m.	South Florida	Houston	Reliant Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN	HOU 35–23	22,707
November 2	12:00 p.m.	Temple	Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	American Athletic Network	RUT 23–20	46,447
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Connecticut, Louisville, SMU, UCF

Week 11

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 8	8:30 p.m.	#20 Louisville	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	ESPN2	LOU 31-10	27,104
November 9	7:00 p.m.	Houston	#19 UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN2	UCF 19-14	44,665
November 9	12:00 p.m.	SMU	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	American Athletic Network	CIN 28-25	28,069
November 9	3:30 p.m.	UT Martin	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN3	MEM 21-6	24,487
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Rutgers, South Florida

Week 12

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 16	12:00 p.m.	Cincinnati	Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ		CIN 52-17	40,870
November 16	3:00p.m.	Connecticut	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX		SMU 38-21	14,639
November 16	7:00 p.m.	Houston	#19 Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPNU	LOU 20-13	53,027
November 16	7:00 p.m.	Memphis	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL		MEM 23-10	30,831
November 16	12:00 p.m.	#15 UCF	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	American Athletic Network	UCF 39-36	20,174
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 13

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 21	7:30 p.m.	Rutgers	#17 UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN	UCF 41-17	41,244
November 23	12:00 p.m.	Cincinnati	Houston	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPNews	CIN 24-17	20,197
November 23	7:00 p.m.	Connecticut	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA		CONN 28-21	20,045
November 23	12:00 p.m.	Memphis	#21 Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	American Athletic Network	LOU 24-17	46,421
November 23	7:00 p.m.	SMU	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL		SMU 16-6	28,397
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 14

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 29	8:00 p.m.	South Florida	#17 UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL (War on I-4)	ESPN	UCF 23-20	45,952
November 29	12:00 p.m.	SMU	Houston	Reliant Stadium • Houston, TX (rivalry)	ESPN2	HOU 34-0	23,210
November 30	12:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	ESPNU	CONN 28-17	22,163
November 30	12:00 p.m.	Temple	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN		TEM 41-21	25,671
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Cincinnati, Louisville

Week 15

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 5	7:30 p.m.	#19 Louisville	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH (Battle for The Keg of Nails)	ESPN	LOU 31-24 OT	35,097
December 7	7:30 p.m.	South Florida	Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPN2	RUTG 31-6	37,645
December 7	1:00 p.m.	Memphis	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT		CONN 45-10	17,086
December 7	12:00 p.m.	#15 UCF	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX	ESPN	UCF 17-13	12,589
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bye Week: Temple, Houston

Reference:^[6]

Bowl Games

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 28*	12:15 p.m.	Rutgers	Notre Dame	Yankee Stadium • Bronx, NY (Pinstripe Bowl)	ESPN	L 29-16	47,122
December 28*	3:20 p.m.	Cincinnati	North Carolina	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC (Belk Bowl)	ESPN	L 39-17	45,211
December 28*	6:45 p.m.	No. 18 Louisville	Miami Hurricanes	Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL (Russell Athletic Bowl)	ESPN	W 36-9	51,098
January 1*	8:30 p.m.	No. 15 UCF	No. 6 Baylor	University of Phoenix Stadium • Glendale, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	ESPN	W 52-42	65,172
January 4*	1:00 p.m.	Vanderbilt	Houston	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (BBVA Compass Bowl)	ESPN	L 41-24	42,717
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Note: The American Athletic Conference did not have enough bowl eligible teams to send a representative to the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl.

Bowl Eligibility

Bowl Eligible

• Louisville (11-1): Became bowl eligible on October 10 after defeating Rutgers.
• Houston (8-4): Became bowl eligible on October 26 after defeating Rutgers.
• UCF (11-1): Became bowl eligible on October 26 after defeating Connecticut.
• Cincinnati (9-3): Became bowl eligible on October 30 after defeating Memphis.
• Rutgers (6-6): Became bowl eligible on December 7 after defeating South Florida.

Bowl Ineligible

• Connecticut (3-9): Lost the ability to become bowl eligible on October 26 after losing to UCF.
• Temple (2-10): Lost the ability to become bowl eligible on October 26 after losing to SMU.
• South Florida (2-10): Lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 16 after losing to Memphis.
• Memphis (3-9): Lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 23 after losing to Louisville.
• SMU (5-7): Lost the ability to become bowl eligible on December 7 after losing to UCF.

Records against other conferences

American vs. BCS conferences

Legend
	American Win
	American Loss

Date	Visitor	Home	Winning Team	Opponent Conference
August 30	Texas Tech	SMU	Texas Tech	Big 12
August 31	Purdue	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Big Ten
September 7	Cincinnati	Illinois	Illinois	Big Ten
September 7	Duke	Memphis	Duke	ACC
September 7	South Florida	Michigan State	Michigan State	Big Ten
September 14	Louisville	Kentucky	Louisville	SEC
September 14	Maryland	Connecticut	Maryland	ACC
September 14	UCF	Penn State	UCF	Big Ten
September 21	Michigan	Connecticut	Michigan	Big Ten
September 21	Arkansas	Rutgers	Rutgers	SEC
September 21	SMU	Texas A&M	Texas A&M	SEC
September 28	SMU	TCU	TCU	Big 12
September 28	Miami	South Florida	Miami	ACC
September 28	South Carolina	UCF	South Carolina	SEC

American vs. FBS conferences

Conference	Record[7]
ACC	1-3
Big 12	1-2
Big Ten	2-3
Independents	1-3
Pac-12	0-0
SEC	2-3
Total	7-14

Players of the week

Following each week of games, American Athletic Conference officials select the players of the week from the conference's teams.

Week	Offensive			Defensive			Special teams
	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
Aug 31	Teddy Bridgewater	QB	Louisville	Terrance Plummer	LB	UCF	Richie Leone	P	Houston
Sept 7	Deontay Greenberry	WR	Houston	Calvin Pryor	S	Louisville	JaBryce Taylor	WR	SMU
Sept 14	Blake Bortles	QB	UCF	Lorenzo Mauldin	DE	Louisville	Quron Pratt	WR	Rutgers
Sept 21	Gary Nova	QB	Rutgers	Martin Ifedi	DE	Memphis	Janarion Grant	WR	Rutgers
Sept 28	John O'Korn	QB	Houston	William Jackson	CB	Houston	Brandon Wilson	DB	Houston
Oct 5	Garrett Gilbert	QB	SMU	Terrance Plummer	LB	UCF	Marvin Kloss	K	USF
Oct 12	Brendon Kay	QB	Cincinnati	Calvin Pryor	S	Louisville	Jake Elliott	K	Memphis
Oct 19	Storm Johnson	RB	UCF	Derrick Matthews	LB	Houston	Paul Layton	P	Temple
Oct 26	Garrett Gilbert	QB	SMU	Trevon Stewart	S	Houston	Shawn Moffitt	K	UCF
Nov 2	Gary Nova	QB	Rutgers	Zach Edwards	S	Cincinnati	Marvin Kloss	K	USF
Nov 9	Garrett Gilbert	QB	SMU	Brandon Alexander	S	UCF	Charles Gaines	CB	Louisville
Nov 16	J. J. Worton	WR	UCF	Bobby McCain	CB	Memphis	Jake Elliott	K	Memphis
Nov 23	Brandon Kay	QB	Cincinnati	Yawin Smallwood	LB	Connecticut	Richie Leone	P	Houston
Nov 30	P. J. Walker	QB	Temple	Taylor Mack	CB	Connecticut	Rannell Hall	WR	UCF

Position key

Center	C		Cornerback	CB		Defensive back	DB		Defensive end	DE
Defensive lineman	DL		Defensive tackle	DT		Guard	G		Kickoff returner	KR
Offensive tackle	OT		Offensive lineman	OL		Linebacker	LB		Long snapper	LS
Punter	P		Placekicker	PK		Punt returner	PR		Quarterback	QB
Running back	RB		Safety	S		Tight end	TE		Wide receiver	WR

Awards and honors

Conference awards

The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the American Athletic Conference football coaches

2013 American Athletic Conference Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year	Blake Bortles, UCF
Defensive Player of the Year	Marcus Smith, Louisville
Special Teams Player of the Year	Tom Hornsey, Memphis Demarcus Ayers, Houston
Rookie of the Year	John O' Korn, Houston
Coach of the Year	George O' Leary, UCF

2013 All-American Athletic Conference Football Teams
First Team		Second Team
Offense	Defense	Offense	Defense
WR - Deontay Greenbury Houston WR - DeVante Parker, Louisville OT - Eric Lefeld, ^^ Cincinnati OT - Jamon Brown, Louisville OG - Jordan McCray, UCF C - Jake Smith, Louisville TE - Blake Annen, Cincinnati TE - Tyler Kroft, Rutgers QB - Blake Bortles, UCF RB - Storm Johnson, ^^UCF RB - Paul James, Rutgers K - Jake Elliot, Memphis RS - Ralph David Abernathy IV, Cincinnati RS - Demarcus Ayers, Houston	DL - Jordan Stepp, Cincinnati DL - Marcus Smith, Louisville DL - Martin Ifedi, Memphis DL - Aaron Lynch, USF LB - Terrance Plummer, UCF LB - Yawin Smallwood, UConn LB - Tyler Matakevich, Temple CB - Jacoby Glenn, UCF CB - Charles Gaines, Louisville S - Calvin Pryor, Louisville S - Hakeem Smith, Louisville P - Tom Hornsey, Memphis	WR - Anthony McClung, Cincinnati WR - J.J. Worton, UCF WR - Jeremy Johnson, SMU OT - Chris Martin, UCF OT - DeAnthony Sims, Houston OG - Sam Longo, Cincinnati OG - John Miller, Louisville C - Betim Bujari, Rutgers QB - Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville TE - Mike McFarland, USF RB - William Stanback, UCF RB - Marcus Shaw, USF K - Shawn Moffitt, UCF RS - Janarion Grant, Rutgers	DL - Silverberry Mouhon, Cincinnati DL - Shamar Stephen, UConn DL - Lorenzo Mauldin, Louisville DL - Luke Sager, USF LB - Greg Blair, Cincinnati LB - Preston Brown, Louisville LB - DeDe Lattimore, USF CB - Deven Drane, Cincinnati CB - Zach McMillian, Houston CB - Kenneth Acker, SMU S - Clayton Geathers, UCF P - Trevon Stewart, Houston P - Richie Leone, Houston
^^ - denotes unanimous selection  Additional players added to the All-AAC teams due to ties in the voting

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Home game attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Gm 1	Gm 2	Gm 3	Gm 4	Gm 5	Gm 6	Gm 7	Total	Average
Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium	35,000	36,007	30,384	32,220	28,847				127,458	31,864
Connecticut	Rentschler Field	40,000	30,689	38,916	42,704	37,861				150,170	37,542
Houston	Reliant Stadium, BBVA Compass Stadium	46,846 (Average of Stadiums)	26,205 1	20,103 2	33,115 1					79,243	26,474
Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium	55,000	55,332	53,647	55,168	55,215				270,948	54,190
Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	61,000	44,237	36,279	30,274	16,241				127,031	31,758
Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium	52,454	49,111	47,604	51,969					148,684	49,561
SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium	32,000	34,790	10,107	19,436		14,639			78,972	23,111
South Florida	Raymond James Stadium	65,857	35,470	33,792	47,562	31,077				147,091	36,975
Temple	Lincoln Financial Field	68,532	27,328	20,047	21,709	25,533				94,617	23,654
UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium	45,323	35,115	47,605	37,924	44,665	41,244	45,952		252,505	42,084

₁ @ Reliant Stadium ₂ @ BBVA Compass Field

• UH vs Rice (34,481) a neutral site game does not count towards attendance

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