2020 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team
The 2020 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team will represent Presbyterian College in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season as an independent. They will be led by tenth-year head coach Tommy Spangler, in his second stint as Presbyterian's head coach, as he coached the Blue Hose from 2001 to 2006 and resumed in 2017.[1] The Blue Hose will play their home games at Bailey Memorial Stadium.
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| Conference | Independent |
| 2020 record | 0–0 |
| Head coach |
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| Defensive coordinator | Roland Matthews (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Bailey Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 6,500) |
| 2020 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | – | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Arkansas | – | 5 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | – | 3 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston Baptist | – | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abilene Christian | – | 1 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Campbell | – | 0 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Alabama | – | 0 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dixie State | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tarleton State | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As of February 7, 2021
Dixie State and Tarleton State playing spring football schedule; Rankings from STATS Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
On March 4, it was announced that Roland Matthews would be promoted to defensive coordinator after spending four years as defensive line coach.[2]
Previous season
The Blue Hose finished the 2019 season 2–10, 1–5 in Big South play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.
Schedule
Presbyterian's games scheduled against Morehead State (September 5), Johnson C. Smith (September 12), Virginia–Wise (September 19), Stetson (October 3), Merrimack (November 14), and Virginia–Lynchburg (November 21), were all canceled before the start of the 2020 season.[3][4]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| March 6 | 1:00 p.m. | at Gardner–Webb* | ||||||
| March 13 | 12:00 p.m. | San Diego | ||||||
| March 20 | 12:00 p.m. | Dayton |
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| March 27 | 1:00 p.m. | at Stetson | ||||||
| April 3 | at Drake | |||||||
| April 10 | 1:00 p.m. | Davidson |
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| April 17 | 12:00 p.m. | at Morehead State | ||||||
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References
- "Tommy Spangler Bio". gobluehose.com. Presbyterian College. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
- "Spangler promotes Matthews to defensive coordinator". GoLaurens.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- "CIAA suspends NCAA competition this fall because of coronavirus concerns". WCNC Charlotte. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- Kelley, Kevin (27 July 2020). "Six games on 2020 Presbyterian football schedule canceled". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- "2020 Football Schedule". Presbyterian College. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
- "2020 Presbyterian Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 30, 2021.