2020 Kennesaw State Owls football team

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2020 Kennesaw State Owls football
Kennesaw State Owls logo.svg
ConferenceBig South Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 17
FCS CoachesNo. 15
2020 record4–1 (2–1 Big South)
Head coach
Home stadiumFifth Third Bank Stadium
(Capacity: 8,318)
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 Kennesaw State Owls football team represented Kennesaw State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Brian Bohannon and played their home games at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia as sixth-year members of the Big South Conference.

Preseason[]

Polls[]

In June 2020, the Owls were predicted to finish first 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[]

Kennesaw State had games scheduled against Point, Hampton, Alabama State and Tarleton State, but they were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
February 27 1:00 p.m. Shorter* No. 8
ESPN+ W 35–3
March 13 1:00 p.m. Charleston Southern No. 9
  • Fifth Third Bank Stadium
  • Kennesaw, GA
ESPN+ W 24–19
March 20 1:00 p.m. Dixie State* No. 9
  • Fifth Third Bank Stadium
  • Kennesaw, GA
ESPN+ W 37–27
March 27 1:00 p.m. at Gardner–Webb No. 8
ESPN+ Postponed
April 3 1:00 p.m. Robert Morris No. 7
  • Fifth Third Bank Stadium
  • Kennesaw, GA
ESPN+ W 35–0
April 10 1:00 p.m. at No. 20 Monmouth No. 7
ESPN+ L 17–42
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Kennesaw State Voted 2020 Preseason Football Favorite". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  2. ^ Carpenter, Mark (17 June 2020). "NAIA issues update on 2020 fall sports". People's Defender. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  3. ^ Kelley, Kevin (18 June 2020). "Southern cancels 2020 football game against Florida A&M". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  4. ^ Hebert, Michael. "BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL: Hampton suspends sports for the fall". TimesDaily. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  5. ^ Visser, David (July 21, 2020). "SWAC Suspends Fall Football Season". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  6. ^ Kelley, Kevin (27 July 2020). "Monmouth cancels 2020 football season due to COVID-19". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Tarleton State Postpones Football Season Until Spring". NBC DFW (in American English). Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  8. ^ "2020 Kennesaw State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
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