2020 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team
The 2020 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team will represent Eastern Kentucky University during the 2020 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They will be led by Walt Wells in his first season as the program's 15th head coach.[1] The Colonels will play their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium and will compete as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference.
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| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| 2020 record | 0–0 (0–0 OVC) |
| Head coach | Walt Wells (1st season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Andy Richman (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Jake Johnson (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Roy Kidd Stadium (Capacity: 20,000) |
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Peay | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jacksonville State | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeast Missouri State | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee State | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Martin | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As of August 14, 2020; 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
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| September 5 | Western Carolina* | ESPN+ | ||||||
| September 12 | at West Virginia* | |||||||
| September 19 | at Youngstown State* | |||||||
| September 26 | at Tennessee Tech | |||||||
| October 3 | UT Martin |
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| October 10 | at Austin Peay | |||||||
| October 17 | Eastern Illinois |
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| October 31 | at Jacksonville State | |||||||
| November 7 | Murray State |
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| November 14 | at Southeast Missouri State | |||||||
| November 21 | Tennessee State |
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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.
- "2020 Eastern Kentucky Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
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