2020 Murray State Racers football team

The 2020 Murray State Racers football team will represent Murray State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by Dean Hood in his first season as the program's 19th head coach. The Racers will play their home games at Roy Stewart Stadium. They will compete as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference.

2020 Murray State Racers football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
2020 record0–0 (0–0 OVC)
Head coachDean Hood (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorBen Hodges (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorDillon Sanders (1st season)
Home stadiumRoy Stewart Stadium
(Capacity: 16,800)
2020 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
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
Main article: 2019 Murray State Racers football team

The Racers finished the 2019 season 4–8, 2–6 in OVC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. After the season, head coach Mitch Stewart was reassigned to a new position within the athletic department after compiling a record of 19–37 over five seasons.[1] On December 13, 2019, Dean Hood was named as the team's new head coach.[2]

Schedule

Murray State had games scheduled against Louisville and Tarleton State, which were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 3[lower-alpha 1] 6:00 p.m. at Georgia State*
September 26 at Southeast Missouri State
October 3 Tennessee State
  • Roy Stewart Stadium
  • Murray, KY
October 10 at Tennessee Tech
October 17 UT Martin
  • Roy Stewart Stadium
  • Murray, KY
October 31 Eastern Illinois
  • Roy Stewart Stadium
  • Murray, KY
November 7 at Eastern Kentucky
November 14 Jacksonville State
  • Roy Stewart Stadium
  • Murray, KY
November 21 at Austin Peay
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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References
  1. Wells, Adam (November 23, 2019). "Stewart removed as head football coach at Murray State". WPSD Local 6. WPSD. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  2. Fischer, Bryan (December 13, 2019). "Kentucky assistant Dean Hood named head coach at FCS Murray State". College Football Talk. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  3. "ACC Announces Plans for Football and Fall Olympic Sports". TheACC.com. July 29, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  4. "Tarleton State Postpones Football Season Until Spring". NBC DFW. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  5. Kelley, Kevin (2 July 2020). "2020 Murray State-Georgia State game moved up to Thursday, Sept. 3". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  6. "2020 Murray State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 15, 2020.


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