2021 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team
2021 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Conference | AQ7 |
2021 record | 7–4 (4–2 AQ7) |
Head coach |
|
Offensive coordinator | Andy Richman (2nd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Jake Johnson (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Roy Kidd Stadium (capacity: 20,000) |
2021 WAC–ASUN Challenge football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Sam Houston State $^ | 6 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Stephen F. Austin ^ | 4 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Kentucky | 4 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Arkansas | 3 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville State | 3 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abilene Christian | 1 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamar | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
The 2021 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University during the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by Walt Wells in his second season. The Colonels played their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium and competed as a member of the ASUN Conference.
The ASUN Conference and Western Athletic Conference announced the formation of the WAC-ASUN Challenge (AQ7) for the 2021 season on February 23, 2021. The Challenge included the four fully qualified Division I (FCS) members of the WAC (Abilene Christian, Lamar, Sam Houston State, and Stephen F. Austin) and Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, and Jacksonville State of the ASUN Conference. The winner of the challenge received an auto-bid to the NCAA Division I FCS football playoffs.[1]
Previous season[]
The Colonels finished the 2020–21 season with 3–6 overall record.
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 4 | 6:00 p.m. | at Western Carolina* | ESPN+ | W 31–28 | 9,647 | ||
September 11 | 7:00 pm | at Louisville* | ACCNX | L 3–30 | 39,673 | ||
September 18 | 7:00 p.m. | Indiana State* | ESPN+ | L 21–23 | 14,173 | ||
September 25 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 19 Austin Peay* |
| ESPN+ | W 35–27 | 13,081 | |
October 2 | 3:00 p.m. | Tarleton State![]() |
| ESPN+ | W 20–3 | 13,174 | |
October 9 | 6:00 p.m. | Abilene Christian |
| ESPN+ | W 30–15 | 8,659 | |
October 16 | 5:00 p.m. | at Central Arkansas | ESPN+ | W 38–35 | 5,438 | ||
October 30 | 2:00 p.m. | Lamar | No. 25 |
| ESPN+ | W 42–10 | 8,462 |
November 6 | 5:00 p.m. | at Stephen F. Austin | No. 25 |
| ESPN+ | L 17–31 | 7,637 |
November 13 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 1 Sam Houston State |
| ESPN+ | L 28–42 | 6,570 | |
November 20 | 2:00 p.m. | Jacksonville State |
| ESPN+ | W 39-31 (2OT) | 11,682 | |
|
References[]
- ^ "ASUN, WAC form 2021 alliance, seek FCS playoff bid". Verizon Media. February 23, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Eastern Kentucky Colonels Football Schedule". EKUSports.com.
- ^ "2021 Eastern Kentucky Colonels Football Schedule". FBSchedules.
- 2021 Western Athletic Conference football season
- Eastern Kentucky Colonels football seasons
- 2021 in sports in Kentucky
- College football 2020s season stubs