2020 UTSA Roadrunners football team

2020 UTSA Roadrunners football
2020 UTSA Roadrunners football
Conference	Conference USA
	West Division
Record	0–0 (0–0 C-USA)
Head coach	Jeff Traylor (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Barry Lunney Jr. (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Tyrone Nix (1st season)
Home stadium	Alamodome; (Capacity: 65,000)
	Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

2020 Conference USA football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Marshall xy	4	–	1	7	–	3
Florida Atlantic	4	–	2	5	–	4
Western Kentucky	4	–	3	5	–	7
Charlotte	2	–	2	2	–	4
Middle Tennessee	2	–	4	3	–	6
FIU	0	–	3	0	–	5
West Division
UAB xy$	3	–	1	6	–	3
UTSA	5	–	2	7	–	5
Louisiana Tech	4	–	2	5	–	5
North Texas	3	–	4	4	–	6
Rice	2	–	3	2	–	3
Southern Miss	2	–	4	3	–	7
UTEP	0	–	4	3	–	5
Championship: UAB 22, Marshall 13
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Note: Due to COVID-19, Old Dominion opted out of the season.

The 2020 UTSA Roadrunners football team will represent University of Texas at San Antonio during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Roadrunners will play their home games at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas and compete in the West Division of Conference USA (CUSA). They will be led by first-year head coach Jeff Traylor.

Previous season

The Roadrunners finished the 2019 regular season 4–8, 3–5 in CUSA play which they tied for fourth in the West Division with North Texas and Rice. They were not invited to play in any post season bowl game. Frank Wilson was fired in December 2019, a day after losing to Louisiana Tech.^[1]

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award	Player	Position	Year
TBD

CUSA media days

The CUSA Media Days will be held virtually for the first time in conference history.^[2]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Media poll (West Division)
1	Louisiana Tech
2	North Texas
3	Rice
4	Southern Miss
5	UAB
6	UTEP
7	UTSA

Rank	Team	Votes
Media poll (CUSA Championship)
TBD

Preseason All-CUSA teams

To be released

Schedule

UTSA announced its 2020 football schedule on January 8, 2020.^[3] The 2020 schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.

The Roadrunners had games scheduled against Grambling State, LSU, and Old Dominion, which were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Date	Opponent	Site
September 12	at Texas State*	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX (I-35 Rivalry)
September 26	Memphis*	Alamodome San Antonio, TX
October 3	at UAB	Legion Field Birmingham, AL
October 24	Louisiana Tech	Alamodome San Antonio, TX
October 31	at Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL
November 7	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX
November 14	UTEP	Alamodome San Antonio, TX
November 21	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS
November 28	North Texas	Alamodome San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at UTSA	Alma Mater
Jeff Traylor	Head coach	1	Stephen F. Austin (1990)
Tyrone Nix	Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers	1	Southern Miss (1995)
Barry Lunney Jr.	Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	1	Arkansas (1996)
Matt Mattox	Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator	1	Houston (2005)
Julian Griffin	Running Backs	1	Louisiana–Monroe (2012)
Jess Loepp	Safeties/Recruiting Coordinator	1	University of Central Oklahoma (2000)
Kurt Traylor	Tight Ends	1	Texas A&M–Commerce (1995)
Will Stein	Wide Receivers/Passing Game Coordinator	1	Louisville (2011)
Rod Wright	Defensive Line/Run Game Coordinator	2	Texas (2011)
Nick Graham	Cornerbacks	1	Tulsa (2013)
Tommy Perry	Special Teams Coordinator	1	Texas A&M (2003)

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Game summaries

at Texas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Roadrunners	0	0	0	0	0
Bobcats	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	Sept. 22, 2018	UTSA, 25–21

Memphis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	0	0	0	0
Roadrunners	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at UAB

	1	2	3	4	Total
Roadrunners	0	0	0	0	0
Blazers	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–3	Oct. 12, 2019	UAB, 33–14

Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0
Roadrunners	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–7	Nov. 30, 2019	LA Tech, 41–27

at Florida Atlantic

	1	2	3	4	Total
Roadrunners	0	0	0	0	0
Owls	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	Nov. 23, 2019	FAU, 40–26

at Rice

	1	2	3	4	Total
Roadrunners	0	0	0	0	0
Owls	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–3	Oct. 19, 2019	UTSA, 31–27

UTEP

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	0	0	0	0
Roadrunners	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–2	Oct. 5, 2019	UTSA, 26–16

at Southern Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
Roadrunners	0	0	0	0	0
Golden Eagles	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–4	Nov. 16, 2019	USM, 36–17

North Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mean Green	0	0	0	0	0
Roadrunners	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–4	Sept. 21, 2019	UNT, 45–3

References

^ "Frank Wilson fired as UTSA football coach after four seasons". Expressnews.com. December 1, 2019. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
^ "Conference USA to hold virtual football media days due to COVID-19". ktsm.com. May 5, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
^ "Conference USA unveils 2020 league schedule". University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Athletics. January 8, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
^ Visser, David (July 21, 2020). "SWAC Suspends Fall Football Season". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
^ Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
^ "Old Dominion postponing football and fall sports". The Virginian Pilot. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
^ "2020 UTSA Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
^ https://goutsa.com/coaches.aspx?path=football

[1] "Frank Wilson fired as UTSA football coach after four seasons". Expressnews.com. December 1, 2019. Retrieved June 7, 2020.

[2] "Conference USA to hold virtual football media days due to COVID-19". ktsm.com. May 5, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2020.

[2020sched-3] "Conference USA unveils 2020 league schedule". University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Athletics. January 8, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2020.

[4] Visser, David (July 21, 2020). "SWAC Suspends Fall Football Season". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.

[5] Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

[6] "Old Dominion postponing football and fall sports". The Virginian Pilot. Retrieved 2020-08-10.

[7] "2020 UTSA Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 15, 2020.

[8] ttps://goutsa.com/coaches.aspx?path=football

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