2020 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team
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Conference | Southland Conference |
Record | 1–5 (0–1 Southland) |
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Offensive coordinator | Josh Lamberson (4th season) |
Defensive coordinator | Clint Brown (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Anthony Field at Wildcat Stadium |
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No. 1 Sam Houston State $^ | 6 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Southeastern Louisiana | 4 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Nicholls | 3 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Incarnate Word | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamar | 2 | – | 4 | 2 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McNeese State* | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern State | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stephen F. Austin | – | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tarleton State† | – | 5 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Arkansas | – | 5 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Presbyterian† | – | 4 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Kentucky | – | 3 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dixie State† | – | 2 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston Baptist | – | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abilene Christian | – | 1 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Campbell | – | 0 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Alabama | – | 0 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2020 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team represented Abilene Christian University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Wildcats were led by fourth-year head coach Adam Dorrel and played their home games at Anthony Field at Wildcat Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 1–5 overall record.
Preseason
[edit]Preseason poll
[edit]The Southland Conference released their original preseason poll in July 2020. The Wildcats were picked to finish seventh in the conference, prior to their schedule split from the rest of the league.[1] In addition, four Wildcats were chosen to the Preseason All-Southland Team[2]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Central Arkansas* | 190 (12) |
2 | Sam Houston State | 170 (4) |
3 | Nicholls | 169 (6) |
4 | Southeastern Louisiana | 157 |
5 | McNeese State | 113 |
6 | Incarnate Word | 104 |
7 | Abilene Christian* | 101 |
8 | Stephen F. Austin* | 60 |
9 | Houston Baptist* | 59 |
10 | Northwestern State | 49 |
11 | Lamar | 38 |
(*) These teams opted out of playing in the revised spring 2021 Southland schedule, and instead played as Independent in the fall of 2020.
Preseason All–Southland Teams
[edit] Offense 1st Team
2nd Team
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Schedule
[edit]Abilene Christian had a game scheduled against Texas A&M, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 19 | 8:00 p.m. | at UTEP* | ESPN3 | L 13–17 | 6,056 | |
October 3 | 12:30 p.m. | at Army* | CBSSN | L 23–55 | 5,306 | |
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October 24 | 12:30 p.m. | vs. Stephen F. Austin | ESPN3 | L 32–35 OT | 5,211 | |
October 31 | 2:00 p.m. | at Mercer* | ESPN3 | W 20–17 | 2,372 | |
November 7 | 3:00 p.m. | Angelo State* |
| ESPN+ | L 21–34 | 4,787 |
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November 21 | 3:00 p.m. | at Virginia* | ESPN3 | L 15–55 | 250 | |
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Source: [4]
Game summaries
[edit]At UTEP
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Pregame line | Over/under |
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UTEP –8.5 | 47.5[5] |
Statistics | Abilene Christian | UTEP |
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First downs | 15 | 17 |
Total yards | 308 | 293 |
Rushing yards | 99 | 98 |
Passing yards | 209 | 195 |
Turnovers | 5 | 1 |
Time of possession | 30:02 | 29:58 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Abilene Christian | Passing | Peyton Mansell | 14/21, 202 yards |
Rushing | Tyrese White | 11 carries, 41 yards | |
Receiving | Taelyn Williams | 2 receptions, 77 yards | |
UTEP | Passing | Gavin Hardison | 15/25, 195 yards |
Rushing | Joshua Fields | 17 carries, 75 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Jacob Cowing | 8 receptions, 110 yards |
At Army
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Wildcats | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 |
Black Knights | 7 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 55 |
at Michie Stadium, West Point, NY
- Date: October 3, 2020
- Game time: 1:30 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: Temperature: 62 °F (17 °C) • Wind: W 7 mph • Weather: Sunny
- Game attendance: 5,306
- Referee: Jerry McGinn
- TV announcers (CBSSN): Ben Holden (play-by-play), Ross Tucker (analyst) & Tina Cervasio (sideline)
- ESPN – Jones accounts for 3 TDs, Army beats Abilene Christian 55–23[6] /// Box Score, Abilene Christian at Army[7] /// Pregame Notes[8] /// Postgame Notes[9]
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Statistics | ACU | ARMY |
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First downs | 19 | 24 |
3rd down efficiency | 1–10 | 3–11 |
4th down efficiency | 1–3 | 2–3 |
Plays–yards | 62–388 | 67–493 |
Rushes–yards | 23–86 | 60–441 |
Passing yards | 302 | 52 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 25–39–0 | 4–7–0 |
Penalties–yards | 6–48 | 4–27 |
Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
Time of possession | 28:15 | 31:45 |
West Texas A&M
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Vs. Stephen F. Austin
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total | |
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Wildcats | 7 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 32 |
Lumberjacks | 0 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 35 |
At Mercer
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Wildcats | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 20 |
Bears | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
Angelo State
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Rams | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 34 |
Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
Arizona Christian
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At Virginia
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
Cavaliers | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 55 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Nicholls Favored to Win Southland Football Spring Season". www.southland.org. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
- ^ "Southland Announces 2020 Preseason All-Conference Football Teams". www.southland.org. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
- ^ Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ^ "2020 Abilene Christian Football Schedule". Retrieved February 16, 2020.
- ^ "Abilene Christian Wildcats vs UTEP Miners". Odds Shark. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
- ^ "Abilene Christian at Army – Game Summary – October 3, 2020". ESPN. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
- ^ "Scoring Summary (Final) Abilene Christian at Army West Point (Oct 3, 2020 at West Point, N.Y.)". USMA Athletic Department. October 3, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
- ^ "Abilene Christian at Army – Game Notes" (PDF). USMA Athletic Department. October 1, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ^ "Army Bounces Back with Big Win over ACU". USMA Athletic Department. October 3, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.