The 2020 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented
Eastern Kentucky University
Eastern Kentucky University (Eastern or EKU) is a public university in Richmond, Kentucky. As a regional comprehensive institution, EKU also maintains branch campuses in Corbin, Hazard, Lancaster, and Manchester and offers over 40 online un ...
during the
2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season
The 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level.
The regular ...
. They were led by
Walt Wells
Walt Wells (born October 26, 1967) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at Eastern Kentucky University, a position he has held since 2019.
Career
Wells has over 20 years of coaching experience as an offensive line coach a ...
in his first season as the program's
15th head coach. The Colonels played their home games at
Roy Kidd Stadium
CG Bank Field at Roy Kidd Stadium is Eastern Kentucky University's football stadium in Richmond, Kentucky. The stadium is home to the EKU Colonels football team, located on campus. Currently, CG Bank Field at Roy Kidd Stadium consists of upper ...
and competed as a member of the
Ohio Valley Conference
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.
Schedule
While the
Ohio Valley Conference
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moved conference games to the spring of 2021, due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, while allowing member schools to play four non-conference games in the fall of 2020, Eastern Kentucky scheduled eight non-conference games for the fall of 2020.
Game summaries
At Marshall
At West Virginia
At The Citadel
Houston Baptist
At Troy
References
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Eastern Kentucky Colonels football seasons
Eastern Kentucky Colonels football
The Eastern Kentucky Colonels football program represents Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) in college football, through the 2020-21 season as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC), and competes at the NCAA Division I Football Championship ...
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