2020 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

The 2020 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team will represent Charleston Southern University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They will be led by second-year head coach Autry Denson and play their home games at Buccaneer Field. They will be members of the Big South Conference.

2020 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football
ConferenceBig South Conference
2020 record0–0 (0–0 Big South)
Head coach
Home stadiumBuccaneer Field
(Capacity: 4,000)
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 February 10, 2021; Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Buccaneers finished the 2019 season 6–6, 4–2 in Big South play to finish in third place.

Preseason

Polls

In June 2020, the Buccaneers were predicted to finish third 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

Charleston Southern had games scheduled against Monmouth, Hampton, and Arkansas, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3][4]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
March 13 1:00 p.m. at Kennesaw State
March 20 12:00 p.m. Robert Morris
March 27 at Monmouth
April 3 Gardner–Webb
  • Buccaneer Field
  • North Charleston, SC

[5]

References

  1. "Kennesaw State Voted 2020 Preseason Football Favorite". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  2. Hebert, Michael. "BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL: Hampton suspends sports for the fall". TimesDaily. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. Kelley, Kevin (27 July 2020). "Monmouth cancels 2020 football season due to COVID-19". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  4. Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  5. "2020 Charleston Southern Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
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