2020 UTSA Roadrunners football team
The 2020 UTSA Roadrunners football team will represent University of Texas at San Antonio during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Roadrunners will play their home games at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas and compete in the West Division of Conference USA (CUSA). They will be led by first-year head coach Jeff Traylor.
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Conference | Conference USA |
West Division | |
2020 record | 0–0 (0–0 C-USA) |
Head coach | Jeff Traylor (1st season) |
Offensive coordinator | Barry Lunney Jr. (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | Tyrone Nix (1st season) |
Home stadium | Alamodome (Capacity: 65,000) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charlotte | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIU | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Atlantic | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Kentucky | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Old Dominion* | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Miss | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UAB | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTEP | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTSA | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: December 5, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Previous season
The Roadrunners finished the 2019 regular season 4–8, 3–5 in CUSA play which they tied for fourth in the West Division with North Texas and Rice. They were not invited to play in any post season bowl game. Frank Wilson was fired in December 2019, a day after losing to Louisiana Tech.[1]
Preseason
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released
Award | Player | Position | Year |
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TBD |
CUSA media days
The CUSA Media Days will be held virtually for the first time in conference history.[2]
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Preseason All-CUSA teams
To be released
Schedule
UTSA announced its 2020 football schedule on January 8, 2020.[3] The 2020 schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.
The Roadrunners had games scheduled against Grambling State, LSU, and Old Dominion, which were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5][6]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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September 12 | at Texas State* | |||||||
September 26 | Memphis* |
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October 3 | at UAB | |||||||
October 24 | Louisiana Tech |
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October 31 | at Florida Atlantic | |||||||
November 7 | at Rice | |||||||
November 14 | UTEP |
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November 21 | at Southern Miss | |||||||
November 28 | North Texas |
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Coaching staff
Name | Position | Seasons at UTSA | Alma Mater |
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Jeff Traylor | Head coach | 1 | Stephen F. Austin (1990) |
Tyrone Nix | Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers | 1 | Southern Miss (1995) |
Barry Lunney Jr. | Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks | 1 | Arkansas (1996) |
Matt Mattox | Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator | 1 | Houston (2005) |
Julian Griffin | Running Backs | 1 | Louisiana–Monroe (2012) |
Jess Loepp | Safeties/Recruiting Coordinator | 1 | University of Central Oklahoma (2000) |
Kurt Traylor | Tight Ends | 1 | Texas A&M–Commerce (1995) |
Will Stein | Wide Receivers/Passing Game Coordinator | 1 | Louisville (2011) |
Rod Wright | Defensive Line/Run Game Coordinator | 2 | Texas (2011) |
Nick Graham | Cornerbacks | 1 | Tulsa (2013) |
Tommy Perry | Special Teams Coordinator | 1 | Texas A&M (2003) |
Game summaries
at Texas State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Roadrunners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bobcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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3–0 | Sept. 22, 2018 | UTSA, 25–21 |
Memphis
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Roadrunners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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First meeting |
at UAB
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Roadrunners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Blazers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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1–3 | Oct. 12, 2019 | UAB, 33–14 |
Louisiana Tech
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Roadrunners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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1–7 | Nov. 30, 2019 | LA Tech, 41–27 |
at Florida Atlantic
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Roadrunners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Owls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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0–2 | Nov. 23, 2019 | FAU, 40–26 |
at Rice
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Roadrunners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Owls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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5–3 | Oct. 19, 2019 | UTSA, 31–27 |
UTEP
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Miners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Roadrunners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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5–2 | Oct. 5, 2019 | UTSA, 26–16 |
at Southern Miss
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Roadrunners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Golden Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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2–4 | Nov. 16, 2019 | USM, 36–17 |
North Texas
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Mean Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Roadrunners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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3–4 | Sept. 21, 2019 | UNT, 45–3 |
References
- "Frank Wilson fired as UTSA football coach after four seasons". Expressnews.com. December 1, 2019. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
- "Conference USA to hold virtual football media days due to COVID-19". ktsm.com. May 5, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
- "Conference USA unveils 2020 league schedule". University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Athletics. January 8, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
- Visser, David (July 21, 2020). "SWAC Suspends Fall Football Season". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
- Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- "Old Dominion postponing football and fall sports". The Virginian Pilot. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- "2020 UTSA Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- https://goutsa.com/coaches.aspx?path=football