2020 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team

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2020 Abilene Christian Wildcats football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record1–5 (0–1 Southland)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJosh Lamberson (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorClint Brown (2nd season)
Home stadiumAnthony Field at Wildcat Stadium
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Southland Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
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  
Rankings from STATS Poll
2020 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
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  
  • Note: † – Dixie State, Presbyterian, and Tarleton State played only in the spring. All other teams listed played only in the fall. Presbyterian was in a scheduling agreement with the Pioneer Football League, which it fully joined in July 2021.

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)
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]

Schedule[edit]

Abilene Christian had a game scheduled against Texas A&M, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 198:00 p.m.at UTEP*
ESPN3L 13–176,056
October 312:30 p.m.at Army*
CBSSNL 23–555,306
October 176:00 p.m.West Texas A&M*dagger
ESPN+ Canceled
October 2412:30 p.m.vs. Stephen F. Austin
ESPN3L 32–35 OT5,211
October 312:00 p.m.at Mercer*
ESPN3W 20–172,372
November 73:00 p.m.Angelo State*
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Abilene, TX
ESPN+L 21–344,787
November 143:00 p.m.Arizona Christian*
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Abilene, TX
ESPN+ Canceled
November 213:00 p.m.at Virginia*
ESPN3L 15–55250
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Source: [4]

Game summaries[edit]

At UTEP[edit]

Abilene Christian at Texas–El Paso
1 234Total
Wildcats 7 033 13
• Miners 0 1007 17
  • Date: September 19, 2020
  • Location: Sun Bowl
    El Paso, TX
  • Game start: 7:05 p.m. MDT
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 1 minute
  • Game attendance: 6,056
  • Game weather: Temperature: 81 °F (27 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: NE 8 MPH
  • Referee: Anthony Perez
  • TV announcers (ESPN3): Erik Elken (play–by–play) and Trevor Vittatoe (analyst)
  
Scoring summary
109:03ACUJermiah Dobbins 2–yard run (Blair Zepeda kick)
(6 plays, 56 yards, 3:06)		ACU 7–0
208:31UTEPGavin Baechle 27–yard field goal
(10 plays, 58 yards, 4:21)		ACU 7–3
06:18UTEPJoshua Fields 5–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)
(2 plays, 56 yards, 0:48)		UTEP 10–7
306:58ACUBlair Zepeda 29–yard field goal
(10 plays, 66 yards, 5:45)		TIE 10–10
414:12UTEPRonald Awatt 4–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)
(13 plays, 75 yards, 7:46)		UTEP 17–10
05:19ACUBlair Zepeda 39–yard field goal
(6 plays, 45 yards, 3:33)		UTEP 17–13
See also: 2020 UTEP Miners football team
Pregame line Over/under
UTEP –8.5 47.5[5]
Statistics Abilene Christian UTEP
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
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]

See also: 2020 Army Black Knights football team
Abilene Christian Wildcats at Army Black Knights
Period 1 2 34Total
Wildcats 0 3 71323
Black Knights 7 16 151755

at Michie Stadium, West Point, NY

Game information
Statistics ACU ARMY
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[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Buffaloes 0
Wildcats 0
See also: West Texas A&M Buffaloes football

Vs. Stephen F. Austin[edit]

1 2 3 4OT Total
Wildcats 7 7 0 153 32
Lumberjacks 0 7 6 166 35
See also: 2020 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team

At Mercer[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 0 3 10 20
Bears 0 10 7 0 17
See also: 2020 Mercer Bears football team

Angelo State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 14 14 0 6 34
Wildcats 0 7 14 0 21
See also: Angelo State Rams football

Arizona Christian[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Firestorm 0
Wildcats 0
See also: Arizona Christian Firestorm football

At Virginia[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 7 0 8 15
Cavaliers 14 14 14 13 55
See also: 2020 Virginia Cavaliers football team

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nicholls Favored to Win Southland Football Spring Season". www.southland.org. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  2. ^ "Southland Announces 2020 Preseason All-Conference Football Teams". www.southland.org. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  3. ^ Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  4. ^ "2020 Abilene Christian Football Schedule". Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  5. ^ "Abilene Christian Wildcats vs UTEP Miners". Odds Shark. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  6. ^ "Abilene Christian at Army – Game Summary – October 3, 2020". ESPN. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Abilene Christian at Army – Game Notes" (PDF). USMA Athletic Department. October 1, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  9. ^ "Army Bounces Back with Big Win over ACU". USMA Athletic Department. October 3, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
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