2020 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

American college football season

2020 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football

Conference| Big South Conference
Record| 2–2 (2–2 Big South)
Head coach|

* Autry Denson (2nd season)

Offensive coordinator| Klay Koester (1st season)
Defensive coordinator| Zane Vance (4th season)
Home stadium| Buccaneer Field

Seasons

<- 2019

2021 ->

2020 Big South Conference football standings

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
No. 10 Monmouth $^  |  | 3  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 1  |
No. 17 Kennesaw State |  | 2  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 1  |
Charleston Southern |  | 2  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 2  |
Gardner–Webb |  | 0  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 2  |
Robert Morris |  | 0  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 3  |

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - FCS playoff participant
* Notes: Due to COVID-19, the Big South suspended the fall 2020 football season.
Hampton opted out of the spring schedule. Campbell and North Alabama played only in the fall.

Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University as a member of the Big South Conference during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by second-year head coach Autry Denson, the Buccaneers compiled an overall record of 2–2 with an identical mark in conference play, placing third in the Big South. Charleston Southern played home games at Buccaneer Field in Charleston, South Carolina.

## Preseason

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### Polls

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In June 2020, the Buccaneers were predicted to finish third in the Big South by a panel of media and head coaches.[1]

Predicted finish  | Team  | Votes (1st place)

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1  | Kennesaw State  | 68 (8)
2  | Monmouth  | 57 (3)
3  | Charleston Southern | 43 (1)
4  | Campbell  | 42
5  | Hampton  | 23
6  | Gardner–Webb  | 19
—  | North Alabama[i] | —

1. ^ North Alabama was not eligible for the preseason poll due to their transition to Division I.

## Schedule

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Charleston Southern had games scheduled against Monmouth, Hampton, and Arkansas, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3][4]

Date| Time| Opponent| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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March 13 |  1:00 p.m. |  at No. 9 Kennesaw State |

* Fifth Third Bank Stadium
* Kennesaw, GA

|  ESPN+ | L 19–24|
March 27 |  12:00 p.m. |  at Monmouth |

* Kessler Field
* West Long Branch, NJ

|  | L 17–35|
April 10 |  12:00 p.m. |  Robert Morris |

* Buccaneer Field
* North Charleston, SC

|  | W 27–14|
April 17 |  12:00 p.m. |  Gardner–Webb |

* Buccaneer Field
* North Charleston, SC

|  ESPN+ | W 20–7|

* Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Eastern time

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## References

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1. ^ "Kennesaw State Voted 2020 Preseason Football Favorite". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
2. ^ Hebert, Michael. "BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL: Hampton suspends sports for the fall". TimesDaily. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
3. ^ Kelley, Kevin (July 27, 2020). "Monmouth cancels 2020 football season due to COVID-19". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
4. ^ Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
5. ^ "Charleston Southern Buccaneers Schedule 2020". ESPN. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
6. ^ "2020-21 Football Schedule". Charleston Southern University Athletics. Retrieved December 18, 2022.

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Charleston Southern Buccaneers football

Venues|

* Buccaneer Field (1991–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Coastal Carolina

Culture & lore|

* Bucky the Buccaneer

People|

* Head coaches

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