The 2020 Jackson State Tigers football team represented

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in the

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. The Tigers were led by

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r and first-year head coach Deion Sanders and played their home games at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in

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as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). On July 20, 2020, the Southwestern Athletic Conference announced that it would not play fall sports due to the

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, which includes the football program. The conference ultimately moved its football schedule to the 2021 spring semester.

Schedule

Due to the SWAC's postponement of the 2020 football season to spring 2021, games against

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, Langston,

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, and

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were canceled. The SWAC released updated spring schedules on August 17.

Staff

Game summaries

Edward Waters

At Grambling State

Mississippi Valley State

At Alabama State

Southern

Alabama A&M

References

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