2020 Kennesaw State Owls football team
| 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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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.
Preseason
[edit]Polls
[edit]In 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
[edit]Kennesaw 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.