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.
| 2020 Kennesaw State Owls football | |
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| Conference | Big South Conference |
| Ranking | |
| STATS | No. 17 |
| FCS Coaches | No. 15 |
| Record | 4–1 (2–1 Big South) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Grant Chesnut (6th season) |
| Offensive scheme | Flexbone option |
| Defensive coordinator | Danny Verpaele (1st season) |
| Base defense | 4–2–5 |
| Home stadium | Fifth Third Bank Stadium |
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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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Preseason
editPolls
editIn 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) |
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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] | — |
- ^ North Alabama was not eligible for the preseason poll due to their transition to Division I.
Schedule
editKennesaw 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]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| February 27 | 1:00 p.m. | Shorter* | No. 8 | ESPN+ | W 35–3 | ||||
| March 13 | 1:00 p.m. | Charleston Southern | No. 9 |
| ESPN+ | W 24–19 | |||
| March 20 | 1:00 p.m. | Dixie State* | No. 9 |
| ESPN+ | W 37–27 | |||
| | | | No. 8 | | Postponed | ||||
| April 3 | 1:00 p.m. | Robert Morris | No. 7 |
| ESPN+ | W 35–0 | |||
| April 10 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 20 Monmouth | No. 7 | ESPN+ | L 17–42 | ||||
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References
edit- ^ "Kennesaw State Voted 2020 Preseason Football Favorite". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
- ^ Carpenter, Mark (June 17, 2020). "NAIA issues update on 2020 fall sports". People's Defender. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ Kelley, Kevin (June 18, 2020). "Southern cancels 2020 football game against Florida A&M". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ Hebert, Michael. "BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL: Hampton suspends sports for the fall". TimesDaily. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
- ^ Visser, David (July 21, 2020). "SWAC Suspends Fall Football Season". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
- ^ Kelley, Kevin (July 27, 2020). "Monmouth cancels 2020 football season due to COVID-19". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ^ "Tarleton State Postpones Football Season Until Spring". NBC DFW. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ "2020 Kennesaw State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 19, 2020.