2021 Kennesaw State Owls football team

2021 Kennesaw State Owls football
Big South champion
FCS Playoffs, L 31–32 vs. East Tennessee State
Conference	Big South Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 11
FCS Coaches	No. 10
Record	11–2 (7–0 Big South)
Head coach	Brian Bohannon (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Grant Chesnut (7th season)
Defensive coordinator	Danny Verpaele (2nd season)
Home stadium	Fifth Third Bank Stadium (capacity: 8,318)

2021 Big South Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 11 Kennesaw State $^		7	–	0					11	–	2
Monmouth		6	–	1					7	–	4
North Carolina A&T		3	–	4					5	–	6
North Alabama		3	–	4					3	–	8
Charleston Southern		3	–	4					4	–	6
Hampton		3	–	4					5	–	6
Robert Morris		3	–	5					4	–	6
Campbell		2	–	5					3	–	8
Gardner–Webb		2	–	5					4	–	7
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2021 Kennesaw State Owls football team represented the Kennesaw State University as a member of the Big South Conference during the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Brian Bohannon, the Owls played their home games at the Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Schedule

Kennesaw State announced its 2021 football schedule on April 21, 2021. The 2021 schedule consisted of 5 home and 6 away games in the regular season.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	8:00 p.m.	Reinhardt*	No. 19	Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, GA	ESPN+	W 35–25	6,348
September 11	12:00 p.m.	at Georgia Tech*	No. 22	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ACCRSN	L 17–45	35,195
September 18	6:00 p.m.	at Wofford*	No. 24	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	ESPN+	W 31–10	4,597
October 2	3:00 p.m.	No. 17 Jacksonville State*	No. 20	Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, GA	ESPN+	W 31–6	7,476
October 9	2:00 p.m.	Hampton	No. 17	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA	ESPN3	W 34–15	3,983
October 16	5:00 p.m.	North Carolina A&T	No. 15	Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, GA	ESPN+	W 14–0	9,556
October 23	4:00 p.m.	at Campbell	No. 12	Barker–Lane Stadium Buies Creek, NC	ESPN+	W 30–7	5,977
October 30	1:00 p.m.	Gardner–Webb	No. 12	Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, GA	ESPN+	W 34–30	4,041
November 6	12:00 p.m.	at Robert Morris	No. 12	Joe Walton Stadium Moon Township, PA	ESPN+	W 45–21	2,144
November 13	3:00 p.m.	at North Alabama	No. 10	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	ESPN+	W 28–24	7,023
November 20	1:00 p.m.	Monmouth	No. 9	Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, GA	ESPN+	W 49–17	4,630
November 27	2:00 p.m.	Davidson*	No. 10	Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, GA (FCS Playoffs – First Round)	ESPN+	W 48–21	2,764
December 4	2:00 p.m.	at No. 9 East Tennessee State*	No. 10	William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN (FCS Playoffs – Second Round)	ESPN+	L 31–32	8,453
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time