Rovers picked up their first league point of the 2013–14 season thanks to a goalless draw with Scunthorpe United.
One event of note during this game was captain Tom Parkes being stretchered off unconscious during the first half following a collision with Deon Burton. He eventually came round in the dressing room and was taken to hospital for precautionary checks.
Match details[]
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Bristol Rovers | 0–0 | Scunthorpe United | 
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| (0–0 HT) | ||||
| Venue: The Memorial Stadium – KO: 10 August 2013 @ 1500 | ||||
| Attendance: 6,259 – Referee: Brendan Malone | ||||
| Lineups | ||||
| 1 Steve Mildenhall | 1 Sam Slocombe | |||
| 2 Michael Smith | 18 Eddie Nolan | |||
 6 Tom Parkes |
5 David Mirfin | |||
| 29 Mark McChrystal | 6 Niall Canavan | |||
| 30 Tom Lockyer | 2 Christian Ribeiro | |||
| 14 Lee Brown | 4 Sean McAllister | |||
| 15 Oliver Norburn | 7 Matt Sparrow  |
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| 32 John-Joe O'Toole | 19 Michael Collins | |||
| 17 Ellis Harrison |
14 Terry Hawkridge |
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| 7 David Clarkson |
8 Deon Burton |
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| 10 Eliot Richards | 29 Sam Winnall |
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| Substitutes | ||||
| 20 Conor Gough (GK) | 13 James Severn (GK) | |||
 18 Mitch Harding |
9 Chris Iwelumo |
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| 31 Shaquille Hunter |
11 Andy Welsh |
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| 33 Alefe Santos |
15 Luke Waterfall | |||
| 34 Pat Keary | 17 Matt Godden |
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| 35 Josh Southway | 20 Callum Howe | |||
| 36 Jamie Lucas | 24 Jordan Clark | |||
Timeline[]
17 mins: Alefe Santos replaced Tom Parkes- 22 mins: Alefe Santos booked
- 57 mins: Matt Sparrow booked
- 62 mins: Ellis Harrison booked
- 69 mins: Chris Iwelumo and Matt Godden replaced Deon Burton and Sam Winnall
- 74 mins: Mitch Harding replaced David Clarkson
- 80 mins: Andy Welsh replaced Terry Hawkridge
- 85 mins: Shaquille Hunter replaced Ellis Harrison
| League Two | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | ACC | AFW | BUA | BRY | CNM | CFD | D&R | EXE | FWD | HAR | MAN | MOR | NWP | NOR | OXF | PLY | POR | RDL | SCU | SOU | TOR | WYC | YOR | |
| Home | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Away | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| FA Cup | Capital One Cup | Johnstone's Paint Trophy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rnd | 1 | Rnd | 1 | Rnd | 1sw | |||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Team | WAT | Team | BRC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| H/A | H/A | H | H/A | A | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Res | Res | 1–3 | Res | 1–2 | ||||||||||||||||||||