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The 2020 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by Walt Wells in his first season as the program's 15th head coach .[ 1] The Colonels played their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium and competed as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference .
While the Ohio Valley Conference moved conference games to the spring of 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , while allowing member schools to play four non-conference games in the fall of 2020, Eastern Kentucky scheduled eight non-conference games for the fall of 2020.[ 2]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 5 1:00 p.m. at Marshall * ESPN L 0–59 12,001
September 12 12:00 p.m. at West Virginia * FS1 L 10–56 976
September 26 1:00 p.m. at The Citadel * ESPN+ W 37–14 3,081
October 3 3:00 p.m. Houston Baptist * ESPN+ L 30–33 2,916
October 17 7:00 p.m. at Troy * ESPN3 L 29–31 10,500
October 24 3:00 p.m. No. 11 Central Arkansas * ESPN+ W 31–28 2,932
November 7 3:00 p.m. Stephen F. Austin * Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY ESPN+ L 6–24 2,569
November 14 4:00 p.m. at No. 11 Central Arkansas* ESPN+ L 25–37 2,000
November 21 3:00 p.m. Western Carolina * Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY (Opportunity Bowl)[ 3] ESPN+ W 49–17 3,009
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Game One – Eastern Kentucky Colonels at Marshall Thundering Herd
Quarter
1
2
3 4 Total
Colonels
0
0
0 0 0
Thundering Herd
21
17
14 7 59
at Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia
Date : Saturday, September 5, 2020Game time : 1:00 p.m. EDT Game weather : Clear • Temperature : 77 °F (25 °C) • Wind : ENE 3 mphTV announcers (ESPN ) : Jason Benetti (play-by-play), Andre Ware (analyst), Katie George (sideline)Pregame line : Marshall –25.5 • Odds to win : Marshall 95.8%
Game information
First quarter
(12:19) MRSH – Xavier Gaines 22 yard pass from Grant Wells , Shane Ciucci kick (Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards, 2:41; Marshall 7–0 )
(8:04) MRSH – Brendan Knox 8 yard rush, Shane Ciucci kick (Drive: 4 plays, 70 yards, 1:31; Marshall 14–0 )
(2:01) MRSH – Talik Keaton 21 yard pass from Grant Wells, Shane Ciucci kick (Drive: 5 plays, 65 yards, 2:05; Marshall 21–0 )
Second quarter
(10:02) MRSH – Garet Morrell 2 yard pass from Grant Wells, Shane Ciucci kick (Drive: 15 plays, 72 yards, 6:12; Marshall 28–0 )
(6:07) MRSH – Shane Ciucci 23 yard field goal (Drive: 7 plays, 49 yards, 1:37; Marshall 31–0 )
(3:07) MRSH – Jaron Woodyard 42 yard pass from Grant Wells, Shane Ciucci kick (Drive: 1 play, 42 yards, 0:06; Marshall 38–0 )
Third quarter
(7:04) MRSH – Sheldon Evans 6 yard rush, Shane Ciucci kick (Drive: 12 plays, 90 yards, 5:05; Marshall 45–0 )
(0:43) MRSH – Lawrence Papillon 13 yard rush, Shane Ciucci kick (Drive: 7 plays, 63 yards, 2:47; Marshall 52–0 )
Fourth quarter
(4:02) MRSH – Amir Richardson 3 yard pass from Luke Zban, Shane Ciucci kick (Drive: 15 plays, 75 yards, 8:22; Marshall 59–0 )
Statistics
EKU
MRSH
First downs
7
34
Plays–yards
47–166
83–627
Rushes–yards
31–86
54–282
Passing yards
80
345
Passing: comp –att –int
10–16–1
22–29–0
Time of possession
25:37
34:23
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
Eastern Kentucky
Passing
Parker McKinney
7/10, 71 yards, 1 INT
Rushing
Quentin Pringle
6 carries, 39 yards
Receiving
Keyion Dixon
3 receptions, 34 yards
Marshall
Passing
Grant Wells
16/23, 307 yards, 4 TD
Rushing
Knowledge McDaniel
14 carries, 93 yards
Receiving
Talik Keaton
2 receptions, 68 yards, 1 TD
1
2
3
4
Total
Colonels
0
7
3
0
10
Mountaineers
14
28
7
7
56
1
2
3
4
Total
Colonels
13
10
7
7
37
Bulldogs
7
7
0
0
14
Houston Baptist Huskies at Eastern Kentucky Colonels
Quarter
1
2
3 4 Total
Huskies
14
10
7 2 33
Colonels
7
0
10 13 30
at Roy Kidd Stadium , Richmond, Kentucky
Date : October 3Game time : 3:00 p.m. EDT Game weather : Cloudy 43% Humidity • Temperature : 62–69 °F (17–21 °C) • Wind : 1-3 SW MPH Game attendance : 2,916Referee : Steve HazleTV : ESPN3 Box score , Recap
Game information
First quarter
HBU – Vernon Harrell 8-yard pass from Bailey Zappe (Gino Garcia kick), 7:45. Huskies 7–0. Drive: 6 plays, 49 yards, 1:12.
HBU – Jerreth Sterns 42-yard pass from Bailey Zappe (Gino Garcia kick), 6:01. Huskies 14–0. Drive: 2 plays, 57 yards, 0:21.
EKU – Matt Wilcox Jr. 10-yard pass from Parker McKinney (Alexander Woznick kick), 1:32. Huskies 14–7. Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 4:29.
Second quarter
HBU – Gino Garcia 24-yard field goal, 14:01. Huskies 17–7. Drive: 9 plays, 68 yards, 2:31.
HBU – Dreshawn Minnieweather 1-yard run (Gino Garcia kick), 0:43. Huskies 24–7. Drive: 7 plays, 43 yards, 2:49.
Third quarter
EKU – Matt Wilcox Jr. 7-yard pass from Parker McKinney (Alexander Woznick kick), 10:53. Huskies 24–14. Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 4:07.
EKU – Alexander Woznick 26-yard field goal, 1:36. Huskies 24–17. Drive: 10 plays, 55 yards, 4:25.
HBU – Josh Sterns 65-yard pass from Bailey Zappe (Gino Garcia kick), 0:38. Huskies 31–17. Drive: 3 plays, 70 yards, 0:58.
Fourth quarter
EKU – Alonzo Booth 29-yard run (A. Woznick kick), 13:21. Huskies 31–24. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 2:17.
EKU – Keyion Dixon 27-yard pass from Parker McKinney (Alexander Woznick kick blocked), 4:04. Huskies 31–30. Drive: 12 plays, 80 yards, 6:22.
HBU – Tra Fluellen 98-yard PAT return, 4:04. Huskies 33–30
Statistics
HBU
EKU
First downs
24
26
Total yards
520
480
Rushing yards
140
184
Passing yards
380
296
Turnovers
0
3
Time of possession
27:41
32:19
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
Houston Baptist
Passing
Bailey Zappe
35/46, 380 yards, 3 TD
Rushing
Dreshawn Minnieweather
9 rushes, 38 yards, TD
Receiving
Vernon Harrell
10 receptions, 98 yards, TD
Eastern Kentucky
Passing
Parker McKinney
25/40, 296 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
Rushing
Alonzo Booth
17 rushes, 108 yards, TD
Receiving
Keyion Dixon
6 receptions, 112 yards, TD
Eastern Kentucky at Troy
1
2 3 4 Total
Colonels
7
10 0 12
29
• Trojans
14
7 7 3
31
Date: October 17, 2020Location: Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, AL Game start: 2:35 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 37 minutesGame attendance: 10,500Game weather: 71 °F (22 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: W 5 MPH Referee: Marshall LewisTV announcers (ESPN3 ): Will Kollmeyer (play–by–play) and Ben Stanfield (analyst)
Scoring summary 1 12:53 TROY AJ Lewis 16-yard pass from Gunnar Watson (Evan Legassey kick)(6 plays, 91 yards, 2:07) TROY 7–0
06:38 EKU Keyion Dixon 90-yard pass from Parker McKinney (Alexander Woznick kick)(2 plays, 96 yards, 0:45) TIE 7–7
03:16 TROY Khalil McClain 9-yard pass from Gunnar Watson (Evan Legassey kick)(8 plays, 60 yards, 3:22) TROY 14–7
2 13:37 EKU Alexander Woznick 19-yard field goal(4 plays, 1 yard, 1:34) TROY 14–10
04:49 EKU Alonzo Both 12-yard rush (Alexander Woznick kick)(14 plays, 85 yards, 6:45) EKU 17–14
02:26 TROY Kimani Vidal 1-yard rush (Evan Legassey kick)(7 plays, 77 yards, 2:23) TROY 21–17
3 09:35 TROY Reggie Todd 22-yard pass from Gunnar Watson (Evan Legassey kick)8 plays, 80 yards, 2:33) TROY 28–17
4 14:41 EKU Alexander Woznick 22-yard field goal(9 plays, 42 yards, 3:25) TROY 28–20
05:50 EKU Alexander Woznick 25-yard field goal(4 plays, 22 yards, 1:43) TROY 28–23
00:21 EKU Keyion Dixon 4-yard pass from Parker McKinney (two-point pass conversion attempt failed)(10 plays, 80 yards, 2:28) EKU 29–28
00:00 TROY Evan Legassey 47-yard field goal(3 plays, 30 yards, 0:21) TROY 31–29
Pregame line
Over/under
TROY −30
60[ 5]
Statistics
Eastern Kentucky
Troy
First downs
21
27
Total yards
425
507
Rushing yards
55
174
Passing yards
370
333
Turnovers
1
3
Time of possession
34:12
25:48
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
Eastern Kentucky
Passing
Parker McKinney
30/47, 370 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
Rushing
Alonzo Booth
15 carries, 39 yards, 1 TD
Receiving
Keyion Dixon
8 receptions, 196 yards, 2 TDs
Troy
Passing
Gunnar Watson
26/38, 333 yards, 3 TDs, 2 INTs
Rushing
Kimani Vidal
13 carries, 143 yards, 1 TD
Receiving
Kaylon Geiger
7 receptions, 100 yards
No. 11 Central Arkansas [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 11 Bears
0
7
7
14
28
Colonels
0
17
0
14
31
1
2
3
4
Total
Lumberjacks
14
0
7
3
24
Colonels
0
3
3
0
6
At No. 11 Central Arkansas [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Colonels
0
9
16
0
25
No. 11 Bears
17
7
0
13
37
1
2
3
4
Total
Catamounts
0
10
0
7
17
Colonels
7
14
0
28
49
^ Moore, Josh (December 9, 2019). "Kentucky quality control assistant Walt Wells named head coach at EKU" . Lexington Herald-Leader . Retrieved April 16, 2020 .
^ "Eastern Kentucky football goes against OVC plan, schedules 8 non-conference games" . nationofblue.com . August 21, 2020. Retrieved September 5, 2020 .
^ "EKU To Host Inaugural Opportunity Bowl" . Eastern Kentucky University. October 26, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2023 .
^ "2020 Eastern Kentucky Football Schedule" . FBSchedules.com . Retrieved September 5, 2020 .
^ "Eastern Kentucky Colonels vs Troy Trojans" . Odds Shark . Retrieved October 18, 2020 .
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