2020 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

The 2020 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was scheduled to represent the University of New Hampshire in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was scheduled to be led by 21st-year head coach Sean McDonnell following his leave of absence due to medical reasons during the 2019 season.[1] The team has played its home football games at Wildcat Stadium since 1936, and have competed in college football as an associate member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) since 2007.

2020 New Hampshire Wildcats football
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
	North
2020 record	0–0 (0–0 CAA)
Head coach	Sean McDonnell (21st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Michael Ferzoco (2nd season as OC, 13th overall season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Alex Miller (2nd season as OC, 10th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	John Lyons (10th season)
Home stadium	Wildcat Stadium (Capacity: 11,015)

2020 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
Albany			–							–
Delaware			–							–
Maine			–							–
New Hampshire			–							–
Rhode Island			–							–
Stony Brook			–							–
Villanova			–							–
South Division
Elon			–							–
James Madison			–							–
Richmond			–							–
William & Mary			–							–
Note: Due to COVID-19, the Colonial Athletic suspended the 2020 football season. Towson opted out of the spring football season. As of January 30, 2021; Rankings from STATS Poll

On July 17, 2020, the CAA announced that it would not play fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference gave teams the option to play as independents for the 2020 season if they still wished to play in the fall.[2] The same day, the university announced a postponement of their fall sports season, stating that they were "pursuing the feasibility of moving the fall sport programs to a spring season."[3]

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 2019 season 6–5, 5–3 in CAA play to finish tied for third place.

Schedule

The CAA released its spring conference schedule on October 27, 2020.[4]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
March 5, 2021 (FRI)	7:00 p.m.	Albany	Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH
March 20, 2021	Noon	Delaware	Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH
March 27, 2021		at Villanova	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA
April 3, 2021		at Rhode Island	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI
April 10, 2021	Noon	Stony Brook	Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH
April 17, 2021	2:00 p.m.	at Maine	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME (Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket)
Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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References

1. Connolly, John (August 27, 2019). "New Hampshire football coach Sean McDonnell on leave for health reasons". Boston Herald. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
2. Singelais, Mark (16 July 2020). "Reports: CAA football won't play this fall". Times Union. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
3. Downey, KC (July 17, 2020). "UNH announces postponement of fall sports season because of coronavirus crisis". WMUR-TV. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
4. Kelley, Kevin (27 October 2020). "CAA releases Spring 2021 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
5. "2020 New Hampshire Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 19, 2020.