2020 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football
Opportunity Bowl champion
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record3–6 (0–0 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAndy Richman (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJake Johnson (1st season)
Home stadiumRoy Kidd Stadium
2020 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 8 Jacksonville State $^  6 –1   10 –3  
No. 19 Murray State  5 –2   5 –2  
No. 21 Austin Peay  4 –2   4 –5  
Southeast Missouri State  4 –3   4 –4  
UT Martin  3 –4   3 –4  
Tennessee Tech  2 –5   2 –5  
Tennessee State  2 –5   2 –5  
Eastern Illinois  1 –5   1 –5  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Note: Eastern Kentucky played only in the fall and opted out of the spring season.
Rankings from STATS Poll

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

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.[2]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 5 1:00 p.m. at Marshall*
ESPN L 0–59 12,001
September 1212:00 p.m. 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 2,916
October 17 7:00 p.m. at Troy*
ESPN3 L 29–31 10,500
October 24 3:00 p.m. Central Arkansas*
ESPN+ W 31–28 2,932
November 7 3:00 p.m. Stephen F. Austin*
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
 ESPN+ L 6–24 2,569
November 14 4:00 p.m. at Central Arkansas*
ESPN+ L 25–37 2,000
November 21 3:00 p.m. Western Carolina*
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
    (Opportunity Bowl)[3]
 ESPN+ W 49–17 3,009

[4]

Game summaries

At Marshall

Game One – Eastern Kentucky Colonels at Marshall Thundering Herd
Period 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)
Statistics EKU MRSH
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 Kentucky PassingParker McKinney7/10, 71 yards, 1 INT
RushingQuentin Pringle6 carries, 39 yards
ReceivingKeyion Dixon3 receptions, 34 yards
Marshall PassingGrant Wells16/23, 307 yards, 4 TD
RushingKnowledge McDaniel14 carries, 93 yards
ReceivingTalik Keaton2 receptions, 68 yards, 1 TD

At West Virginia

1 2 3 4 Total
Colonels 0 7 3 0 10
Mountaineers 14 28 7 7 56

At The Citadel

1 2 3 4 Total
Colonels 13 10 7 7 37
Bulldogs 7 7 0 0 14

Houston Baptist

At Troy

Eastern Kentucky at Troy
1 234Total
Colonels 7 10012 29
• Trojans 14 773 31
  • Date: October 17, 2020
  • Location: Veterans Memorial Stadium
    Troy, AL
  • Game start: 2:35 p.m. CDT
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 37 minutes
  • Game attendance: 10,500
  • Game weather: 71 °F (22 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: W 5 MPH
  • Referee: Marshall Lewis
  • TV announcers (ESPN3): Will Kollmeyer (play–by–play) and Ben Stanfield (analyst)
       
Scoring summary
112:53TROYAJ Lewis 16-yard pass from Gunnar Watson (Evan Legassey kick)
(6 plays, 91 yards, 2:07)		TROY 7–0
06:38EKUKeyion Dixon 90-yard pass from Parker McKinney (Alexander Woznick kick)
(2 plays, 96 yards, 0:45)		TIE 7–7
03:16TROYKhalil McClain 9-yard pass from Gunnar Watson (Evan Legassey kick)
(8 plays, 60 yards, 3:22)		TROY 14–7
213:37EKUAlexander Woznick 19-yard field goal
(4 plays, 1 yard, 1:34)		TROY 14–10
04:49EKUAlonzo Both 12-yard rush (Alexander Woznick kick)
(14 plays, 85 yards, 6:45)		EKU 17–14
02:26TROYKimani Vidal 1-yard rush (Evan Legassey kick)
(7 plays, 77 yards, 2:23)		TROY 21–17
309:35TROYReggie Todd 22-yard pass from Gunnar Watson (Evan Legassey kick)
8 plays, 80 yards, 2:33)		TROY 28–17
414:41EKUAlexander Woznick 22-yard field goal
(9 plays, 42 yards, 3:25)		TROY 28–20
05:50EKUAlexander Woznick 25-yard field goal
(4 plays, 22 yards, 1:43)		TROY 28–23
00:21EKUKeyion Dixon 4-yard pass from Parker McKinney (two-point pass conversion attempt failed)
(10 plays, 80 yards, 2:28)		EKU 29–28
00:00TROYEvan Legassey 47-yard field goal
(3 plays, 30 yards, 0:21)		TROY 31–29
Pregame lineOver/under
TROY −3060[5]
StatisticsEastern KentuckyTroy
First downs2127
Total yards425507
Rushing yards55174
Passing yards370333
Turnovers13
Time of possession34:1225:48
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Eastern KentuckyPassingParker McKinney30/47, 370 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
RushingAlonzo Booth15 carries, 39 yards, 1 TD
ReceivingKeyion Dixon8 receptions, 196 yards, 2 TDs
TroyPassingGunnar Watson26/38, 333 yards, 3 TDs, 2 INTs
RushingKimani Vidal13 carries, 143 yards, 1 TD
ReceivingKaylon Geiger7 receptions, 100 yards

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. ↑ "Eastern Kentucky football goes against OVC plan, schedules 8 non-conference games". nationofblue.com. August 21, 2020. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  3. ↑ "EKU To Host Inaugural Opportunity Bowl". Eastern Kentucky University. October 26, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  4. ↑ "2020 Eastern Kentucky Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Eastern Kentucky Colonels vs Troy Trojans". Odds Shark. Retrieved October 18, 2020.


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