2020 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team
The 2020 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Dewayne Alexander and played their home games at Tucker Stadium. They competed as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference.
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| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| 2020 record | 2–5 (2–5 OVC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Doug Malone (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Donnie Suber (3rd season) |
| Home stadium | Tucker Stadium (Capacity: 16,500) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Jacksonville State $^ | 6 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Murray State | 5 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 Austin Peay | 4 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeast Missouri State | 4 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Martin | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 2 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee State | 2 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Previous season
The Golden Eagles finished the 2019 season 6–6, 3–5 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fifth place.
Schedule
Tennessee Tech had games scheduled against Minnesota (September 12) and North Carolina Central (September 19), which were canceled before the start of the 2020 season.[1][2]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| February 21 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 13 Austin Peay | ESPN+ | W 27–21 | 1,825 | ||||
| February 28 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 16 Jacksonville State | No. 23 | ESPN+ | L 10–27 | 9,355 | |||
| March 14 | 1:00 p.m. | Murray State |
| ESPN+ | L 31–36 | 1,511 | |||
| March 21 | 1:00 p.m. | at Eastern Illinois | ESPN+ | L 20–28 | 1,282 | ||||
| March 28 | 2:00 p.m. | at Southeast Missouri State | ESPN+ | L 21–24 | 1,879 | ||||
| April 3 | 1:00 p.m. | Tennessee State |
| ESPN+ | W 24–10 | 1,747 | |||
| April 11 | 3:00 p.m. | at UT Martin |
| ESPN+ | L 7–40 | 1,500 | |||
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References
- Myerberg, Paul. "Big Ten football reduces season schedule to only conference games, maybe setting stage for others to follow". USA TODAY. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- "MEAC suspends all fall sports for indefinite period". ESPN.com. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- "2020 Tennessee Tech Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
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