2020 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

The 2020 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represent Eastern Kentucky University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by Walt Wells in his first season as the program's 15th head coach.[1] The Colonels play their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium and compete as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference.

2020 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
2020 record3–6 (0–0 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAndy Richman (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJake Johnson (1st season)
Home stadiumRoy Kidd Stadium
(Capacity: 20,000)
2020 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Jacksonville State   –     3 –1  
Eastern Illinois   –      –  
Murray State   –      –  
Tennessee State   –      –  
Tennessee Tech   –      –  
UT Martin   –      –  
Southeast Missouri State   –     0 –1  
Austin Peay   –     0 –3  
As of February 7, 2021; Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season
Main article: 2019 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

The Colonels finished the 2019 season 7–5, 5–3 in OVC play to finish in fourth place. After the season, head coach Mark Elder was fired after compiling a record of 21–24 over four seasons.[2] On December 9, 2019, Walt Wells was named the team's new head coach.[3]

Schedule

While the Ohio Valley Conference moved conference games to the spring of 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while allowing member schools to play four non-conference games in the fall of 2020, Eastern Kentucky scheduled eight non-conference games for the fall of 2020.[4]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 5 1:00 p.m. at Marshall*
ESPN L 0–59 N/A
September 12Noon at West Virginia*
FS1 L 10–56 976
September 26 1:00 p.m. at The Citadel*
ESPN+ W 37–14 3,081
October 3 3:00 p.m. Houston Baptist*
ESPN+ L 30–33
October 17 7:00 p.m. at Troy*
ESPN3 L 29–31
October 24 3:00 p.m. Central Arkansas*
ESPN+ W 31–28
November 7 3:00 p.m. Stephen F. Austin*
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
ESPN+ L 6–24
November 14 4:00 p.m. at Central Arkansas*
ESPN+ L 25–37
November 21 3:00 p.m. Western Carolina*
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
ESPN+ W 49–17

[5]

Game summaries

at Marshall
See also: 2020 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
Game One – Eastern Kentucky Colonels at Marshall Thundering Herd
1 2 34Total
Colonels 0 0 000
Thundering Herd 21 17 14759

at Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia

  • Date: Saturday, September 5, 2020
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
  • Game weather: Clear • Temperature: 77 °F (25 °C) • Wind: ENE 3 mph
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Jason Benetti (play-by-play), Andre Ware (analyst), Katie George (sideline)
  • Pregame line: Marshall –25.5 • Odds to win: Marshall 95.8%
Game information
First quarter
  • (12:19) MRSH – Xavier Gaines 22 yard pass from Grant Wells, Shane Ciucci kick (Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards, 2:41; Marshall 7–0)
  • (8:04) MRSH – Brendan Knox 8 yard rush, Shane Ciucci kick (Drive: 4 plays, 70 yards, 1:31; Marshall 14–0)
  • (2:01) MRSH – Talik Keaton 21 yard pass from Grant Wells, Shane Ciucci kick (Drive: 5 plays, 65 yards, 2:05; Marshall 21–0)
Second quarter
  • (10:02) MRSH – Garet Morrell 2 yard pass from Grant Wells, Shane Ciucci kick (Drive: 15 plays, 72 yards, 6:12; Marshall 28–0)
  • (6:07) MRSH – Shane Ciucci 23 yard field goal (Drive: 7 plays, 49 yards, 1:37; Marshall 31–0)
  • (3:07) MRSH – Jaron Woodyard 42 yard pass from Grant Wells, Shane Ciucci kick (Drive: 1 play, 42 yards, 0:06; Marshall 38–0)
Third quarter
  • (7:04) MRSH – Sheldon Evans 6 yard rush, Shane Ciucci kick (Drive: 12 plays, 90 yards, 5:05; Marshall 45–0)
  • (0:43) MRSH – Lawrence Papillon 13 yard rush, Shane Ciucci kick (Drive: 7 plays, 63 yards, 2:47; Marshall 52–0)
Fourth quarter
  • (4:02) MRSH – Amir Richardson 3 yard pass from Luke Zban, Shane Ciucci kick (Drive: 15 plays, 75 yards, 8:22; Marshall 59–0)
StatisticsEKUMRSH
First downs734
Plays–yards47–16683–627
Rushes–yards31–8654–282
Passing yards80345
Passing: Comp–Att–Int10–16–122–29–0
Time of possession25:3734:23
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Eastern KentuckyPassingParker McKinney7/10, 71 yards, 1 INT
RushingQuentin Pringle6 carries, 39 yards
ReceivingKeyion Dixon3 receptions, 34 yards
MarshallPassingGrant Wells16/23, 307 yards, 4 TD
RushingKnowledge McDaniel14 carries, 93 yards
ReceivingTalik Keaton2 receptions, 68 yards, 1 TD

at West Virginia
See also: 2020 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Colonels 0 7 3 0 10
Mountaineers 14 28 7 7 56

References
  1. Moore, Josh (December 9, 2019). "Kentucky quality control assistant Walt Wells named head coach at EKU". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  2. "Mark Elder out as Eastern Kentucky football coach". Lexington Herald-Leader. November 25, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  3. Organ, Mike (December 9, 2019). "Former Tennessee assistant Walt Wells hired as Eastern Kentucky head coach". The Tennessean. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  4. "Eastern Kentucky football goes against OVC plan, schedules 8 non-conference games". nationofblue.com. August 21, 2020. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  5. "2020 Eastern Kentucky Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved September 5, 2020.


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