2020 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team
2020 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football | |
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Conference | Big South Conference |
2020 record | 2–2 (0–2 Big South) |
Head coach |
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Defensive coordinator | Josh Reardon (1st season) |
Home stadium | Ernest W. Spangler Stadium (Capacity: 9,000) |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2020 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team represented Gardner–Webb University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Tre Lamb and played their home games at Ernest W. Spangler Stadium. They were members of the Big South Conference.
Previous season[]
The Runnin' Bulldogs finished the 2019 season 3–9, 1–5 in Big South play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.
Preseason[]
Polls[]
In June 2020, the Runnin' Bulldogs were predicted to finish sixth in the Big South by a panel of media and head coaches.[1]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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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 |
- ^ North Alabama was not eligible for the preseason poll due to their transition to Division I.
Schedule[]
Gardner–Webb originally had games scheduled against Georgia Tech, Hampton and Monmouth, but they were canceled due to each school's decision to cancel fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3][4]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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February 27 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 24 Elon* | ESPN+ | W 42–20 | ||||
March 6 | 1:00 p.m. | Presbyterian* |
| ESPN+ | W 31–24 2OT | |||
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| | Canceled | |||
April 3 | 12:00 p.m. | Monmouth |
| L 19–48 | ||||
April 17 | 12:00 p.m. | at Charleston Southern | L 7–20 | |||||
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References[]
- ^ "Kennesaw State Voted 2020 Preseason Football Favorite". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
- ^ Hebert, Michael. "BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL: Hampton suspends sports for the fall". TimesDaily. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ Kelley, Kevin (27 July 2020). "Monmouth cancels 2020 football season due to COVID-19". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ^ "ACC Announces Plans for Football and Fall Olympic Sports". TheACC.com. July 29, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
- ^ "2020 Gardner-Webb Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
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