2020 Mississippi College Choctaws football team

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2020 Mississippi College Choctaws football
Conference Gulf South Conference
Record0–1 ( GSC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Tommy Laurendine (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorTony Gilbert (2nd season)
Home stadium Robinson-Hale Stadium
Seasons
  2019
2021  
2020 Gulf South Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
West Alabama    2 0  
Shorter    2 2  
Mississippi College    0 1  

The 2020 Mississippi College Choctaws football team represented Mississippi College as a member of the Gulf South Conference (GSC) during the 2020 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach John Bland. The Choctaws were to have played their home games at Robinson-Hale Stadium in Clinton, Mississippi.

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Fall season delayed

On August 12, 2020, Gulf South Conference postponed fall competition for several sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] A few months later in November, the conference announced that there will be no spring conference competition in football. [2] Teams that opt-in to compete would have to schedule on their own.

Before the November announcement, the Choctaws had already scheduled their first opponent of the spring competition, Tarleton State a month before in October. [3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
March 6, 20212:00 p.m. Tarleton State *L 14–393,614 [4]

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References

  1. "No football for Delta State, MC after Gulf South Conference postponned season". The Vicksburg Post. August 12, 2020. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  2. "GSC Announces 2020-21 Basketball Schedule; Updates Status of Football, Soccer, and Volleyball". Gulf South Conference. November 17, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  3. "Tarleton Football announces revised 2021 Spring FCS schedule". The Flash Today. October 23, 2020. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  4. Russell Huffman (March 6, 2021). "PHOTO GALLERY: Tarleton blasts Mississippi College 39-14". WTOK-TV. Retrieved October 29, 2021.