2020 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team

The 2020 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team will represent Presbyterian College in the 2020 NCAA Division I FCS football season as an independent. They will be led by tenth-year head coach Tommy Spangler, in his second stint as Presbyterian's head coach, as he coached the Blue Hose from 2001 to 2006 and resumed in 2017.[1] The Blue Hose will play their home games at Bailey Memorial Stadium.

2020 Presbyterian Blue Hose football
ConferenceIndependent
2020 record0–0
Head coachTommy Spangler (4th season of stint, 10th overall season)
Defensive coordinatorRoland Matthews (1st season)
Home stadiumBailey Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 6,500)
2020 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Dixie State † *   –      –  
Presbyterian † **   –      –  
Robert Morris † **   –      –  
Tarleton State †   –      –  
  • Note: † Due to COVID-19, all teams have suspended the 2020 football season.
    * – Ineligible for FCS playoffs due to transition from Division II
    ** – Playing as an FCS independent for the 2020 season before moving to a different conference
As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from STATS Poll

On March 4, it was announced that Roland Matthews would be promoted to defensive coordinator after spending four years as defensive line coach.[2]

Previous season
Main article: 2019 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team

The Blue Hose finished the 2019 season 2–10, 1–5 in Big South play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.

Schedule

Presbyterian's games scheduled against Morehead State (September 5), Johnson C. Smith (September 12), Virginia–Wise (September 19), Stetson (October 3), Merrimack (November 14), and Virginia–Lynchburg (November 21), were all canceled before the start of the 2020 season.[3][4]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26 6:00 p.m. at Gardner–Webb
October 10 at Incarnate Word
October 24 2:30 p.m. Erskine
October 31 1:00 p.m. at Campbell
November 7 at Furman

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    References
    1. "Tommy Spangler Bio". gobluehose.com. Presbyterian College. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
    2. "Spangler promotes Matthews to defensive coordinator". GoLaurens.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
    3. "CIAA suspends NCAA competition this fall because of coronavirus concerns". WCNC Charlotte. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
    4. Kelley, Kevin (27 July 2020). "Six games on 2020 Presbyterian football schedule canceled". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
    5. "2020 Football Schedule". Presbyterian College. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
    6. "2020 Presbyterian Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 27, 2020.


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