2020 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

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2020 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football
Charleston Southern Wordmark.png
ConferenceBig South Conference
2020 record2–2 (2–2 Big South)
Head coach
Home stadiumBuccaneer Field
(Capacity: 4,000)
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Big South Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 10 Monmouth $^   3 – 0     3 – 1  
No. 17 Kennesaw State   2 – 1     4 – 1  
Charleston Southern   2 – 2     2 – 2  
Gardner–Webb   0 – 2     2 – 2  
Robert Morris   0 – 2     0 – 3  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Notes: Due to COVID-19, the Big South suspended the fall 2020 football season.
    Hampton opted out of the spring schedule. Campbell and North Alabama played only in the fall.
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Autry Denson and played their home games at Buccaneer Field. They played as members of the Big South Conference.

Previous season[]

Main article: 2019 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

The Buccaneers finished the 2019 season 6–6, 4–2 in Big South play to finish in third place.

Preseason[]

Polls[]

In June 2020, the Buccaneers were predicted to finish third in the Big South by a panel of media and head coaches.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Kennesaw State 68 (8)
2 Monmouth 57 (3)
3 Charleston Southern 43 (1)
4 Campbell 42
5 Hampton 23
6 Gardner–Webb 19
— North Alabama[i] N/A
  1. ^ North Alabama was not eligible for the preseason poll due to their transition to Division I.

Schedule[]

Charleston Southern had games scheduled against Monmouth, Hampton, and Arkansas, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3][4]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
March 13 1:00 p.m. at No. 9 Kennesaw State
ESPN+ L 19–24
March 27 12:00 p.m. at Monmouth
L 17–35
April 10 12:00 p.m. Robert Morris
W 27–14
April 17 12:00 p.m. Gardner–Webb
  • Buccaneer Field
  • North Charleston, SC
ESPN+ W 20–7
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Kennesaw State Voted 2020 Preseason Football Favorite". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  2. ^ Hebert, Michael. "BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL: Hampton suspends sports for the fall". TimesDaily. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. ^ Kelley, Kevin (27 July 2020). "Monmouth cancels 2020 football season due to COVID-19". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  4. ^ Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  5. ^ "2020 Charleston Southern Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
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