2020 Miami RedHawks football team

The 2020 Miami RedHawks football team will represent Miami University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They will be led by seventh year head coach Chuck Martin and will play their home games at Yager Stadium in Oxford, Ohio, as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference.

2020 Miami RedHawks football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionEast Division
2020 record0–0 (0–0 MAC)
Head coachChuck Martin (7th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorEric Koehler (7th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorGeorge Barnett (7th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJohn Hauser (5th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorSpence Nowinsky (3rd season)
Home stadiumYager Stadium (Capacity: 24,286)
2020 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Akron   –      –  
Bowling Green   –      –  
Buffalo   –      –  
Kent State   –      –  
Miami   –      –  
Ohio   –      –  
West Division
Ball State   –      –  
Central Michigan   –      –  
Eastern Michigan   –      –  
Northern Illinois   –      –  
Toledo   –      –  
Western Michigan   –      –  
Championship: TBA
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Mid-American suspended the 2020 football season.
As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll.

Previous season

The RedHawks finished the 2019 season 8–6, 6–2 in MAC play to finish as champions of the East Division. They represented the East Division in the MAC Championship Game where they defeated West Division champion Central Michigan to become MAC champions for the first time since 2010. They were invited to the LendingTree Bowl where they lost to Louisiana.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Chuck Bednarik Award[1] Sterling Weatherford DB RS JR
Jim Thorpe Award[2] Emmanuel Rugamba DB RS SR
Sterling Weatherford DB RS JR
Outland Trophy[3] Tommy Doyle OL RS SR
Wuerffel Trophy[4] Jack Sorenson WR RS SR

MAC media poll


Schedule

Miami had a game scheduled against Arkansas–Pine Bluff, but it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 12 at Pittsburgh*
September 19 Cincinnati*
September 26 at Akron
October 3 Army*
  • Yager Stadium
  • Oxford, OH
October 10 at Bowling Green
October 17 Ohio
October 24 at Central Michigan
October 31 Ball State
  • Yager Stadium
  • Oxford, OH
November 10 at Buffalo
November 17 Kent State
  • Yager Stadium
  • Oxford, OH
November 27 Eastern Michigan
  • Yager Stadium
  • Oxford, OH
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References
  1. "2020 Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List". July 13, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  2. "The Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame and Jim Thorpe Association are proud to reveal The Paycom Jim Thorpe Award 2020 Preseason Watch List". July 20, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  3. "2020 Outland Trophy Watch List Unveiled". July 21, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  4. "The Wuerffel Trophy 2020 Watch List (Non AP)". July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  5. Visser, David (July 21, 2020). "SWAC Suspends Fall Football Season". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  6. "2020 Miami (Ohio) Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
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