American college football season
The 2020 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by Walt Wells in his first season as the program's 15th head coach .[1] The Colonels played their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium and competed as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference .
Schedule [ edit ] While the Ohio Valley Conference moved conference games to the spring of 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , 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.[2]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 5 1:00 p.m. at Marshall * ESPN L 0–59 12,001 September 12 12:00 p.m. at West Virginia * FS1 L 10–56 976 September 26 1:00 p.m. at The Citadel * ESPN+ W 37–14 3,081 October 3 3:00 p.m. Houston Baptist * ESPN+ L 30–33 2,916 October 17 7:00 p.m. at Troy * ESPN3 L 29–31 10,500 October 24 3:00 p.m. Central Arkansas * ESPN+ W 31–28 2,932 November 7 3:00 p.m. Stephen F. Austin * Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY ESPN+ L 6–24 2,569 November 14 4:00 p.m. at Central Arkansas* ESPN+ L 25–37 2,000 November 21 3:00 p.m. Western Carolina * Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY (Opportunity Bowl)[3] ESPN+ W 49–17 3,009
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Game summaries [ edit ] At Marshall [ edit ] Game One – Eastern Kentucky Colonels at Marshall Thundering Herd
Period 1 2 3 4 Total Colonels 0 0 0 0 0 Thundering Herd 21 17 14 7 59
at Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia
Date : Saturday, September 5, 2020Game time : 1:00 p.m. EDT Game weather : Clear • Temperature : 77 °F (25 °C) • Wind : ENE 3 mphTV announcers (ESPN ) : Jason Benetti (play-by-play), Andre Ware (analyst), Katie George (sideline)Pregame line : Marshall –25.5 • Odds to win : Marshall 95.8%
Game information First quarter (12:19) MRSH – Xavier Gaines 22 yard pass from Grant Wells , Shane Ciucci kick (Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards, 2:41; Marshall 7–0 ) (8:04) MRSH – Brendan Knox 8 yard rush, Shane Ciucci kick (Drive: 4 plays, 70 yards, 1:31; Marshall 14–0 ) (2:01) MRSH – Talik Keaton 21 yard pass from Grant Wells, Shane Ciucci kick (Drive: 5 plays, 65 yards, 2:05; Marshall 21–0 ) Second quarter (10:02) MRSH – Garet Morrell 2 yard pass from Grant Wells, Shane Ciucci kick (Drive: 15 plays, 72 yards, 6:12; Marshall 28–0 ) (6:07) MRSH – Shane Ciucci 23 yard field goal (Drive: 7 plays, 49 yards, 1:37; Marshall 31–0 ) (3:07) MRSH – Jaron Woodyard 42 yard pass from Grant Wells, Shane Ciucci kick (Drive: 1 play, 42 yards, 0:06; Marshall 38–0 ) Third quarter (7:04) MRSH – Sheldon Evans 6 yard rush, Shane Ciucci kick (Drive: 12 plays, 90 yards, 5:05; Marshall 45–0 ) (0:43) MRSH – Lawrence Papillon 13 yard rush, Shane Ciucci kick (Drive: 7 plays, 63 yards, 2:47; Marshall 52–0 ) Fourth quarter (4:02) MRSH – Amir Richardson 3 yard pass from Luke Zban, Shane Ciucci kick (Drive: 15 plays, 75 yards, 8:22; Marshall 59–0 )
Statistics EKU MRSH First downs 7 34 Plays–yards 47–166 83–627 Rushes–yards 31–86 54–282 Passing yards 80 345 Passing: comp–att–int 10–16–1 22–29–0 Time of possession 25:37 34:23
Team Category Player Statistics Eastern Kentucky Passing Parker McKinney 7/10, 71 yards, 1 INT Rushing Quentin Pringle 6 carries, 39 yards Receiving Keyion Dixon 3 receptions, 34 yards Marshall Passing Grant Wells 16/23, 307 yards, 4 TD Rushing Knowledge McDaniel 14 carries, 93 yards Receiving Talik Keaton 2 receptions, 68 yards, 1 TD
At West Virginia [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Colonels 0 7 3 0 10 Mountaineers 14 28 7 7 56
At The Citadel [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Colonels 13 10 7 7 37 Bulldogs 7 7 0 0 14
Houston Baptist [ edit ] At Troy [ edit ] Eastern Kentucky at Troy 1 2 3 4 Total Colonels 7 10 0 12 29 • Trojans 14 7 7 3 31
Date: October 17, 2020Location: Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, AL Game start: 2:35 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 37 minutesGame attendance: 10,500Game weather: 71 °F (22 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: W 5 MPH Referee: Marshall LewisTV announcers (ESPN3 ): Will Kollmeyer (play–by–play) and Ben Stanfield (analyst) Scoring summary 1 12:53 TROY AJ Lewis 16-yard pass from Gunnar Watson (Evan Legassey kick)(6 plays, 91 yards, 2:07) TROY 7–0 06:38 EKU Keyion Dixon 90-yard pass from Parker McKinney (Alexander Woznick kick)(2 plays, 96 yards, 0:45) TIE 7–7 03:16 TROY Khalil McClain 9-yard pass from Gunnar Watson (Evan Legassey kick)(8 plays, 60 yards, 3:22) TROY 14–7 2 13:37 EKU Alexander Woznick 19-yard field goal(4 plays, 1 yard, 1:34) TROY 14–10 04:49 EKU Alonzo Both 12-yard rush (Alexander Woznick kick)(14 plays, 85 yards, 6:45) EKU 17–14 02:26 TROY Kimani Vidal 1-yard rush (Evan Legassey kick)(7 plays, 77 yards, 2:23) TROY 21–17 3 09:35 TROY Reggie Todd 22-yard pass from Gunnar Watson (Evan Legassey kick)8 plays, 80 yards, 2:33) TROY 28–17 4 14:41 EKU Alexander Woznick 22-yard field goal(9 plays, 42 yards, 3:25) TROY 28–20 05:50 EKU Alexander Woznick 25-yard field goal(4 plays, 22 yards, 1:43) TROY 28–23 00:21 EKU Keyion Dixon 4-yard pass from Parker McKinney (two-point pass conversion attempt failed)(10 plays, 80 yards, 2:28) EKU 29–28 00:00 TROY Evan Legassey 47-yard field goal(3 plays, 30 yards, 0:21) TROY 31–29
Pregame line Over/under TROY −30 60[5]
Statistics Eastern Kentucky Troy First downs 21 27 Total yards 425 507 Rushing yards 55 174 Passing yards 370 333 Turnovers 1 3 Time of possession 34:12 25:48
Team Category Player Statistics Eastern Kentucky Passing Parker McKinney 30/47, 370 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT Rushing Alonzo Booth 15 carries, 39 yards, 1 TD Receiving Keyion Dixon 8 receptions, 196 yards, 2 TDs Troy Passing Gunnar Watson 26/38, 333 yards, 3 TDs, 2 INTs Rushing Kimani Vidal 13 carries, 143 yards, 1 TD Receiving Kaylon Geiger 7 receptions, 100 yards
References [ edit ] ^ Moore, Josh (December 9, 2019). "Kentucky quality control assistant Walt Wells named head coach at EKU" . Lexington Herald-Leader . Retrieved April 16, 2020 . ^ "Eastern Kentucky football goes against OVC plan, schedules 8 non-conference games" . nationofblue.com . August 21, 2020. Retrieved September 5, 2020 . ^ "EKU To Host Inaugural Opportunity Bowl" . Eastern Kentucky University. October 26, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2023 . ^ "2020 Eastern Kentucky Football Schedule" . FBSchedules.com . Retrieved September 5, 2020 . ^ "Eastern Kentucky Colonels vs Troy Trojans" . Odds Shark . Retrieved October 18, 2020 .
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