2020 Monmouth Hawks football team
2020 Monmouth Hawks football | |
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Big South champion | |
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 15–21 vs. Sam Houston State | |
Conference | Big South Conference |
Ranking | |
STATS | No. 10 |
FCS Coaches | No. 10 |
2020 record | 3–1 (3–0 Big South) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Jeff Gallo (2nd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Andy Bobik (27th season) |
Home stadium | Kessler Stadium (Capacity: 3,200) |
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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 Monmouth Hawks football team represented Monmouth University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Big South Conference. They will be led by 28th-year head coach Kevin Callahan and play their home games at Kessler Field in West Long Branch, New Jersey.
On July 27, it was announced that Monmouth would cancel its fall sports seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Playing fall sports, including football, in the fall has not been ruled out.[1]
Previous season[]
The Hawks finished the 2019 season 11–3, 6–0 in Big South play to win the Big South conference championship. The Hawks received the Big South's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs. They defeated Holy Cross in the first round before losing to James Madison in the second round.
Preseason[]
Polls[]
In June 2020, the Hawks were predicted to finish second in the Big South by a panel of media and head coaches.[2]
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[]
Monmouth had games scheduled against Rutgers (September 5), Albany (September 12), Maine (September 19), Fordham (September 26), and Hampton (November 7), which were all later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.[3][4][5][6]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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March 27 | 1:00 p.m. | Charleston Southern |
| W 35–17 | |||||
April 3 | 12:00 p.m. | at Gardner–Webb | W 48–19 | ||||||
April 10 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 7 Kennesaw State | No. 20 |
| ESPN+ | W 42–17 | |||
| | No. 12 |
| Canceled | |||||
April 24 | at No. 4 Sam Houston State | No. 10 | L 15–21 | ||||||
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References[]
- ^ Kelley, Kevin (27 July 2020). "Monmouth cancels 2020 football season due to COVID-19". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ^ "Kennesaw State Voted 2020 Preseason Football Favorite". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
- ^ Myerberg, Paul. "Big Ten football reduces season schedule to only conference games, maybe setting stage for others to follow". USA TODAY. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ "Patriot League cancels fall sports due to virus". ESPN.com. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Hebert, Michael. "BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL: Hampton suspends sports for the fall". TimesDaily. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ Singelais, Mark (16 July 2020). "Reports: CAA football won't play this fall". Times Union. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ "2020 Monmouth Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
- 2020 Big South Conference football season
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- 2020 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants
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