2020 Murray State Racers football team
The 2020 Murray State Racers football team will represent Murray State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by Dean Hood in his first season as the program's 19th head coach. The Racers will play their home games at Roy Stewart Stadium. They will compete as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference.
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| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| 2020 record | 0–0 (0–0 OVC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Ben Hodges (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Dillon Sanders (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Roy Stewart Stadium (Capacity: 16,800) |
| 2020 Ohio Valley Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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
The Racers finished the 2019 season 4–8, 2–6 in OVC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. After the season, head coach Mitch Stewart was reassigned to a new position within the athletic department after compiling a record of 19–37 over five seasons.[1] On December 13, 2019, Dean Hood was named as the team's new head coach.[2]
Schedule
Murray State had games scheduled against Louisville and Tarleton State, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4]
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| February 21 | 2:00 p.m. | at Southeast Missouri State | ESPN+ | |||||
| February 28 | 2:00 p.m. | UT Martin | ESPN+ | |||||
| March 14 | 1:00 p.m. | at Tennessee Tech | ESPN+ | |||||
| March 21 | 2:00 p.m. | Tennessee State |
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| March 28 | 2:00 p.m. | Eastern Illinois |
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| April 3 | 2:00 p.m. | at Austin Peay | ESPN+ | |||||
| April 11 | 2:00 p.m. | Jacksonville State |
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References
- Wells, Adam (November 23, 2019). "Stewart removed as head football coach at Murray State". WPSD Local 6. WPSD. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
- Fischer, Bryan (December 13, 2019). "Kentucky assistant Dean Hood named head coach at FCS Murray State". College Football Talk. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
- "ACC Announces Plans for Football and Fall Olympic Sports". TheACC.com. July 29, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
- "Tarleton State Postpones Football Season Until Spring". NBC DFW. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- "2020 Murray State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 28, 2020.