The 2020 Alabama State Hornets football team represented
Alabama State University
Alabama State University (ASU) is a public historically black university in Montgomery, Alabama. Founded in 1867, ASU is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
History
Alabama State University was founded in 1867 as the Lin ...
as a member of the East Division of the
Southwestern Athletic Conference
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is a collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southern United States. It participates in t ...
(SWAC) during
2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by third-year head coach
Donald Hill-Eley
Donald Hill–Eley is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the running backs coach at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football, Georgia Tech, being promoted mid-season after serving as an offensive analyst for the first half o ...
, the Hornets compiled an overall record of 3–3 with a mark of 3–2 in conference play, tying for second place in the SWAC East Division. Alabama State played home games at
New ASU Stadium
The ASU Stadium on the campus of Alabama State University in Montgomery, Alabama is a 26,500-seat stadium that replaces the Cramton Bowl as the host venue for the Alabama State Hornets football team. The first game in the second ASU Stadium was t ...
in
Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for the Irish soldier Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. In the 202 ...
.
On July 20, 2020, the SWAC announced that it would not play fall sports due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. The conference then formalized plans to conduct a schedule for football during the 2021 spring semester.
Schedule
Due to the SWAC's postponement of the 2020 football season to spring 2021, games against
Kennesaw State, , and
Texas Tech
Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU) is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas. Established on , and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it is the main institution of the five-institution Texas Tech University Sys ...
were canceled. The SWAC released updated spring schedules on August 17.
Game summaries
Southern
Jackson State
South Carolina State
Mississippi Valley State
vs. Alabama State
References
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