2020 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team
The 2020 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represent Eastern Kentucky University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by Walt Wells in his first season as the program's 15th head coach.[1] The Colonels play their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium and compete as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference.
2020 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football | |
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Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
2020 record | 3–6 (0–0 OVC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Andy Richman (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | Jake Johnson (1st season) |
Home stadium | Roy Kidd Stadium (Capacity: 20,000) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville State | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Illinois | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray State | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee State | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UT Martin | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southeast Missouri State | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Peay | – | 0 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of February 7, 2021; Rankings from STATS Poll |
Previous season
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
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.[4]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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September 5 | 1:00 p.m. | at Marshall* | ESPN | L 0–59 | N/A | |||
September 12 | Noon | 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 | ||||
October 17 | 7:00 p.m. | at Troy* | ESPN3 | L 29–31 | ||||
October 24 | 3:00 p.m. | Central Arkansas* | ESPN+ | W 31–28 | ||||
November 7 | 3:00 p.m. | Stephen F. Austin* |
| ESPN+ | L 6–24 | |||
November 14 | 4:00 p.m. | at Central Arkansas* | ESPN+ | L 25–37 | ||||
November 21 | 3:00 p.m. | Western Carolina* |
| ESPN+ | W 49–17 | |||
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Game summaries
at Marshall
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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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, 2020
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: Clear • Temperature: 77 °F (25 °C) • Wind: ENE 3 mph
- TV 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 |
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Statistics | EKU | MRSH |
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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 |
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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 |
at West Virginia
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Colonels | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Mountaineers | 14 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 56 |
References
- Moore, Josh (December 9, 2019). "Kentucky quality control assistant Walt Wells named head coach at EKU". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- "Mark Elder out as Eastern Kentucky football coach". Lexington Herald-Leader. November 25, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- Organ, Mike (December 9, 2019). "Former Tennessee assistant Walt Wells hired as Eastern Kentucky head coach". The Tennessean. 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.
- "2020 Eastern Kentucky Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved September 5, 2020.