2020 Kennesaw State Owls football team

The 2020 Kennesaw State Owls football team represented Kennesaw State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Brian Bohannon and played their home games at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia as sixth-year members of the Big South Conference.

2020 Kennesaw State Owls football
Conference	Big South Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 17
FCS Coaches	No. 15
Record	4–1 (2–1 Big South)
Head coach	Brian Bohannon (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Grant Chesnut (6th season)
Offensive scheme	Flexbone option
Defensive coordinator	Danny Verpaele (1st season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

2020 Big South Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 10 Monmouth $^		3	–	0					3	–	1
No. 17 Kennesaw State		2	–	1					4	–	1
Charleston Southern		2	–	2					2	–	2
Gardner–Webb		0	–	2					2	–	2
Robert Morris		0	–	2					0	–	3
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Notes: Due to COVID-19, the Big South suspended the fall 2020 football season. Hampton opted out of the spring schedule. Campbell and North Alabama played only in the fall. Rankings from STATS Poll

Preseason

Polls

In June 2020, the Owls were predicted to finish first 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[i]	—

1. North Alabama was not eligible for the preseason poll due to their transition to Division I.

Schedule

Kennesaw State had games scheduled against Point, Hampton, Alabama State and Tarleton State, but they were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
February 27	1:00 p.m.	Shorter*	No. 8	Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, GA	ESPN+	W 35–3
March 13	1:00 p.m.	Charleston Southern	No. 9	Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, GA	ESPN+	W 24–19
March 20	1:00 p.m.	Dixie State*	No. 9	Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, GA	ESPN+	W 37–27
March 27	1:00 p.m.	at Gardner–Webb	No. 8	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	ESPN+	Postponed
April 3	1:00 p.m.	Robert Morris	No. 7	Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, GA	ESPN+	W 35–0
April 10	1:00 p.m.	at No. 20 Monmouth	No. 7	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	ESPN+	L 17–42
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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References

1. "Kennesaw State Voted 2020 Preseason Football Favorite". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
2. Carpenter, Mark (June 17, 2020). "NAIA issues update on 2020 fall sports". People's Defender. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
3. Kelley, Kevin (June 18, 2020). "Southern cancels 2020 football game against Florida A&M". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
4. Hebert, Michael. "BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL: Hampton suspends sports for the fall". TimesDaily. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
5. Visser, David (July 21, 2020). "SWAC Suspends Fall Football Season". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
6. Kelley, Kevin (July 27, 2020). "Monmouth cancels 2020 football season due to COVID-19". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
7. "Tarleton State Postpones Football Season Until Spring". NBC DFW. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
8. "2020 Kennesaw State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 19, 2020.