2020 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

The 2020 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team will represent Sam Houston State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Bearkats will be led by seventh-year head coach K. C. Keeler and play their home games at Bowers Stadium. the Southland canceled their fall sports, with the hope that all sports will be playable in Spring 2021. This decision canceled all twelve games in the Bearkats season, putting on hold their play indefinitely.[1]

2020 Sam Houston State Bearkats football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
2020 record0–0 (0–0 Southland)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRyan Carty (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorClayton Carlin (4th season as DC, 5th overall season)
Home stadiumBowers Stadium
(Capacity: 12,593)
2020 Southland Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Incarnate Word   –      –  
Lamar   –      –  
McNeese State *   –      –  
Nicholls   –      –  
Northwestern State   –      –  
Sam Houston State   –      –  
Southeastern Louisiana   –      –  
  • * – Ineligible for FCS postseason play due to NCAA sanctions Abilene Christian, Central Arkansas, Houston Baptist, and Stephen F. Austin opting out of playing spring conference football
As of February 8, 2021; Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Sam Houston State had games scheduled against Mississippi Valley State and Tarleton State, but were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
February 20 at Incarnate Word
February 27 Southeastern Louisiana
March 13 Nicholls
  • Bowers Stadium
  • Huntsville, TX
March 20 at Lamar
April 1 at Northwestern State
April 10 McNeese State
  • Bowers Stadium
  • Huntsville, TX

[4][5]

References
  1. "Southland Conference postpones fall sports, no football for NSU". ArkLaTexHomepage. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. Visser, David (July 21, 2020). "SWAC Suspends Fall Football Season". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  3. "Tarleton State Postpones Football Season Until Spring". NBC DFW. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  4. "2020 Sam Houston State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  5. "Southland Conference Postponed Spring Football Schedule Announced". www.southland.org. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
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