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2020 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record0–0 (0–0 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAndy Richman (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJake Johnson (1st season)
Home stadiumRoy Kidd Stadium
(Capacity: 20,000)
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 8 Jacksonville State $^   6 – 1     10 – 3  
No. 19 Murray State   5 – 2     5 – 2  
No. 21 Austin Peay   4 – 2     4 – 5  
Southeast Missouri State   4 – 3     4 – 4  
UT Martin   3 – 4     3 – 4  
Tennessee Tech   2 – 5     2 – 5  
Tennessee State   2 – 5     2 – 5  
Eastern Illinois   1 – 5     1 – 5  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Note: Eastern Kentucky played only in the fall and opted out of the spring season.
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team will represent Eastern Kentucky University during the 2020 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They will be led by Walt Wells in his first season as the program's 15th head coach.[1] The Colonels will play their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium and will compete as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference.

Previous season

Main article: 2019 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

The Colonels finished the 2019 season 7–5, 5–3 in OVC play to finish in fourth place. After the season, head coach Mark Elder was fired after compiling a record of 21–24 over four seasons.[2] On December 9, 2019, Walt Wells was named the team's new head coach.[3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 5 Western Carolina*
September 12 at West Virginia*
September 19 at Youngstown State*
September 26 at Tennessee Tech
October 3 UT Martin
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
October 10 at Austin Peay
October 17 Eastern Illinois
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
October 31 at Jacksonville State
November 7 Murray State
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
November 14 at Southeast Missouri State
November 21 Tennessee State
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY

[4]

References

  1. ^ Moore, Josh (December 9, 2019). "Kentucky quality control assistant Walt Wells named head coach at EKU". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "Mark Elder out as Eastern Kentucky football coach". Lexington Herald-Leader. November 25, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  3. ^ Organ, Mike (December 9, 2019). "Former Tennessee assistant Walt Wells hired as Eastern Kentucky head coach". The Tennessean. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  4. ^ "2020 Eastern Kentucky Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 16, 2020.


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