2020 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
The 2020 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team will represent Northern Arizona University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They will be led by 2nd-year head coach Chris Ball and play their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They will be members of the Big Sky Conference.
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| Conference | Big Sky Conference |
| 2020 record | 0–0 (0–0 Big Sky) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Aaron Pflugrad (3rd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Jerry Partridge (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Walkup Skydome (Capacity: 10,000) |
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| Idaho State | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Southern Utah | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Previous season
The Lumberjacks finished the 2019 season 4–8, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a five-way tie for ninth place.
Preseason
Polls
On July 23, 2020, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Lumberjacks were predicted to finish seventh in the Big Sky by the coaches and ninth by the media.[1]
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 1 | Weber State | 135 (7) |
| 2 | Montana | 128 (3) |
| 3 | Montana State | 121 (1) |
| 4 | Eastern Washington | 118 (1) |
| 5 | Sacramento State | 99 (1) |
| 6 | UC Davis | 83 |
| 7 | Northern Arizona | 68 |
| 8 | Portland State | 67 |
| 9 | Idaho | 66 |
| 10 | Cal Poly | 46 |
| 11 | Idaho State | 37 |
| 12 | Southern Utah | 33 |
| 13 | Northern Colorado | 13 |
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 1 | Weber State | 546 (28) |
| 2 | Montana | 496 (8) |
| 3 | Montana State | 493 (6) |
| 4 | Eastern Washington | 438 (1) |
| 5 | Sacramento State | 389 |
| 6 | UC Davis | 325 (1) |
| 7 | Portland State | 274 |
| 8 | Idaho | 273 |
| 9 | Northern Arizona | 238 |
| 10 | Cal Poly | 206 |
| 11 | Idaho State | 133 |
| 12 | Southern Utah | 105 |
| 13 | Northern Colorado | 88 |
Schedule
Northern Arizona released their full schedule on January 13, 2020.[2] The Lumberjacks had a game scheduled against Arizona State, which was later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.[3]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| February 27 | Southern Utah | |||||||
| March 6 | at Eastern Washington | |||||||
| March 13 | Idaho |
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| March 27 | at Weber State | |||||||
| April 3 | Cal Poly |
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| April 10 | at Southern Utah | |||||||
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Despite being a Big Sky opponent, the game against Eastern Washington on September 19 will not count towards the Big Sky Conference standings.[4]
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References
- "Eagles Selected to Finish Fourth in the Big Sky in 2020". July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
- Wilmer, Brian (January 13, 2020). "Northern Arizona announces 2020 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo News. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- "2020 Football Schedule". Northern Arizona University Athletics. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- "2020 Northern Arizona Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 30, 2021.