2020 Monmouth Hawks football team

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2020 Monmouth Hawks football
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Big South champion
Conference Big South Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 10
FCS CoachesNo. 10
Record3–1 (3–0 Big South)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Gallo (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Air raid
Defensive coordinatorAndy Bobik (27th season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Kessler 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 Monmouth Hawks football team represented Monmouth University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Big South Conference. They will be led by 28th-year head coach Kevin Callahan and play their home games at Kessler Field in West Long Branch, New Jersey.

Contents

On July 27, it was announced that Monmouth would cancel its fall sports seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Playing fall sports, including football, in the fall has not been ruled out. [1]

Preseason

Polls

In June 2020, the Hawks were predicted to finish second in the Big South by a panel of media and head coaches. [2]

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

Monmouth had games scheduled against Rutgers (September 5), Albany (September 12), Maine (September 19), Fordham (September 26), and Hampton (November 7), which were all later canceled before the start of the 2020 season. [3] [4] [5] [6]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
March 27 1:00 p.m. Charleston Southern W 35–17
April 3 12:00 p.m. at Gardner–Webb W 48–19
April 10 1:00 p.m. No. 7 Kennesaw State No. 20
  • Kessler Field
  • West Long Branch, NJ
ESPN+ W 42–17
April 17at Robert Morris No. 12 Canceled
April 24 at No. 4 Sam Houston State No. 10 ESPN3 L 15–21

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