2020 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

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2020 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football
Eastern Kentucky Colonels logo.svg
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record3–6 (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 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.

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

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]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 5 1:00 p.m. at Marshall*
ESPN L 0–59 N/A
September 1212:00 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. 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 Central Arkansas*
ESPN+ L 25–37 2,000
November 21 3:00 p.m. Western Carolina*
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
ESPN+ W 49–17 3,009

[5]

Game summaries

at Marshall

See also: 2020 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
Game One – Eastern Kentucky Colonels at Marshall Thundering Herd
1 2 34Total
Colonels 0 0 000
Thundering Herd 21 17 14759

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
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

at West Virginia

See also: 2020 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Colonels 0 7 3 0 10
Mountaineers 14 28 7 7 56

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. ^ "Eastern Kentucky football goes against OVC plan, schedules 8 non-conference games". nationofblue.com. August 21, 2020. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  5. ^ "2020 Eastern Kentucky Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
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