2020 Kennesaw State Owls football team

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2020 Kennesaw State Owls football
Kennesaw State Owls logo.svg
Conference Big South Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 17
FCS CoachesNo. 15
Record4–1 (2–1 Big South)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGrant Chesnut (6th season)
Defensive coordinator Danny Verpaele (1st season)
Home stadium Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Seasons
  2019
2021  
2020 Big South Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
  • Notes: Due to COVID-19, the Big South suspended the fall 2020 football season.
    Hampton opted out of the spring schedule. Campbell and North Alabama played only in the fall.
Rankings from STATS Poll

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.

Contents

Preseason

Polls

In June 2020, the Owls were predicted to finish first in the Big South by a panel of media and head coaches. [1]

Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1Kennesaw State68 (8)
2Monmouth57 (3)
3Charleston Southern43 (1)
4Campbell42
5Hampton23
6Gardner–Webb19
North Alabama [lower-roman 1]
  1. North Alabama was not eligible for the preseason poll due to their transition to Division I.

Schedule

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]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
February 27 1:00 p.m. Shorter *No. 8 ESPN+ W 35–3
March 13 1:00 p.m. Charleston Southern No. 9
  • Fifth Third Bank Stadium
  • Kennesaw, GA
ESPN+ W 24–19
March 20 1:00 p.m. Dixie State *No. 9
  • Fifth Third Bank Stadium
  • Kennesaw, GA
ESPN+ W 37–27
March 271:00 p.m.at Gardner–Webb No. 8 ESPN+Postponed
April 3 1:00 p.m. Robert Morris No. 7
  • Fifth Third Bank Stadium
  • Kennesaw, GA
ESPN+ W 35–0
April 10 1:00 p.m. at No. 20 Monmouth No. 7 ESPN+ L 17–42

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