2020 Kennesaw State Owls football team

The 2020 Kennesaw State Owls football team will represent Kennesaw State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They will be led by sixth-year head coach Brian Bohannon and play their home games at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia as sixth-year members of the Big South Conference.

2020 Kennesaw State Owls football
ConferenceBig South Conference
2020 record0–0 (0–0 Big South)
Head coach
Home stadiumFifth Third Bank Stadium
(Capacity: 8,318)
2020 Big South Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Charleston Southern         
Gardner–Webb         
Kennesaw State         
Monmouth         
Robert Morris         
  • $ Conference champion
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Big South suspended the 2020 football season.
    * – Hampton not playing 2020-21 FCS schedule
As of January 30, 2021; Rankings from STATS Poll

Preseason

Polls

In June 2020, the Owls were predicted to finish first in the Big South by a panel of media and head coaches.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Kennesaw State 68 (8)
2 Monmouth 57 (3)
3 Charleston Southern 43 (1)
4 Campbell 42
5 Hampton 23
6 Gardner–Webb 19
North Alabama[lower-roman 1] N/A
  1. North Alabama was not eligible for the preseason poll due to their transition to Division I.

Schedule

Kennesaw State had games scheduled against Point, Hampton, Alabama State and Tarleton State, but they were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
February 27 1:00 p.m. Shorter*
March 13 1:00 p.m. Charleston Southern
  • Fifth Third Bank Stadium
  • Kennesaw, GA
March 20 1:00 p.m. Dixie State*
  • Fifth Third Bank Stadium
  • Kennesaw, GA
March 27 1:00 p.m. at Gardner–Webb
April 3 1:00 p.m. Robert Morris
  • Fifth Third Bank Stadium
  • Kennesaw, GA
April 10 1:00 p.m. at Monmouth

[8]

    References

    1. "Kennesaw State Voted 2020 Preseason Football Favorite". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
    2. Carpenter, Mark (17 June 2020). "NAIA issues update on 2020 fall sports". People's Defender. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
    3. Kelley, Kevin (18 June 2020). "Southern cancels 2020 football game against Florida A&M". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
    4. Hebert, Michael. "BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL: Hampton suspends sports for the fall". TimesDaily. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
    5. Visser, David (July 21, 2020). "SWAC Suspends Fall Football Season". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
    6. Kelley, Kevin (27 July 2020). "Monmouth cancels 2020 football season due to COVID-19". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
    7. "Tarleton State Postpones Football Season Until Spring". NBC DFW. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
    8. "2020 Kennesaw State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
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