2020 Hampton Pirates football team

The 2020 Hampton Pirates football team will represent Hampton University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They will be led by third-year head coach Robert Prunty and play their home games at Armstrong Stadium. They will be second-year members of the Big South Conference.

2020 Hampton Pirates football
ConferenceBig South Conference
2020 record0–0 (0–0 Big South)
Head coachRobert Prunty (3rd season)
Home stadiumArmstrong Stadium
(Capacity: 17,000)
2020 Big South Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Campbell   –      –  
Charleston Southern   –      –  
Gardner–Webb   –      –  
Hampton   –      –  
Kennesaw State   –      –  
Monmouth   –      –  
North Alabama*   –      –  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Big South suspended the 2020 football season.
    * – Ineligible for FCS postseason play due to transition to NCAA Division I
As of August 12, 2020; Rankings from STATS Poll

On July 14, 2020, Hampton announced that it would cancel fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the possibility of playing fall sports in the spring.[1] The schedule below is as it appeared at the time of the cancellation.

Previous season
Main article: 2019 Hampton Pirates football team

The Pirates finished the 2019 season 5–7, 1–5 in Big South play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.

Schedule

Hampton's schedule was announced on February 4, 2020. The schedule release included ten of the eleven games the Pirates will play in 2020, along with a note stating that Hampton will be "announcing an additional game at a later date."[2]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 5 6:00 p.m. Virginia Union*
September 12 at Old Dominion*
September 19 6:00 p.m. Howard*
October 3 2:00 p.m. Fort Valley State*
  • Armstrong Stadium
  • Hampton, VA
October 10 2:00 p.m. Gardner–Webb
  • Armstrong Stadium
  • Hampton, VA
October 17 2:00 p.m. Campbell
  • Armstrong Stadium
  • Hampton, VA
October 31 at Kennesaw State
November 7 1:00 p.m. Monmouth
  • Armstrong Stadium
  • Hampton, VA
November 14 at North Alabama
November 21 Charleston Southern
  • Armstrong Stadium
  • Hampton, VA
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References
  1. Hebert, Michael. "BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL: Hampton suspends sports for the fall". TimesDaily. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  2. "FOOTBALL ANNOUNCES 2020 SCHEDULE". Hampton University Athletics. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  3. "2020 Hampton Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
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