2020 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

American football team

2020 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football

OVC champion

NCAA Division I Quarterfinal, L 14–20 vs. Delaware

Conference| Ohio Valley Conference
Ranking
STATS| No. 7
FCS Coaches| No. 7
Record| 10–3 (6–1 OVC)
Head coach|

* John Grass (7th season)

Offensive coordinator| Jimmy Ogle (21st season)
Co-defensive coordinator| William Green (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator| Owen Kilgore (2nd season)
Home stadium| Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium
(capacity: 24,000)

Seasons

<- 2019

2021 ->

2020 Ohio Valley Conference football standings

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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  |

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - FCS playoff participant
* Note: Eastern Kentucky played only in the fall and opted out of the spring season.

Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team represented Jacksonville State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by seventh-year head coach John Grass, the Gamecocks compiled an overall record of 10–3, with a mark of 6–1 conference play, winning the OVC title. Jacksonville State received the OVC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship. The Gamecocks defeated Davidson in the first round before losing to Delaware in the quarterfinals. The team played home games at Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium in Jacksonville, Alabama.

## Schedule[edit]

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

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October 3 |  3:00 p.m. |  at Florida State* |  |

* Doak Campbell Stadium
* Tallahassee, FL

|  ESPN3 | L 24–41| 13,589
October 10 |  2:00 p.m. |  Mercer* |  |

* Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium
* Jacksonville, AL

|  ESPN+ | W 34–28| 5,870
October 17 |  1:00 p.m. |  at North Alabama* |  |

* Braly Municipal Stadium
* Florence, AL

|  ESPN+ | W 24–17| 4,632
October 23 |  6:00 p.m. |  at FIU* |  |

* Riccardo Silva Stadium
* Miami, FL

|  ESPN+ | W 19–10| 1,041
February 28 |  3:00 p.m. |  No. 23 Tennessee Tech | No. 16 |

* Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium
* Jacksonville, AL

|  ESPN+ | W 27–10|  9,355
March 7 |  2:00 p.m. |  at Tennessee State | No. 10 |

* Hale Stadium
* Nashville, TN

|  ESPN+ | W 38–16|  2,160
March 14 |  1:00 p.m. |  at UT Martin | No. 11 |

* Graham Stadium
* Martin, TN

|  ESPN+ | W 37–20|  1,500
March 21 |  2:00 p.m. |  Southeast Missouri State | No. 8 |

* Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium
* Jacksonville, AL

|  ESPN+ | W 21–3|  8,355
March 28 |  2:00 p.m. |  Austin Peay | No. 7 |

* JSU Stadium
* Jacksonville, AL

|  ESPN+ | L 10–13|  7,702
April 3 |  1:00 p.m. |  at Eastern Illinois | No. 12 |

* O'Brien Field
* Charleston, IL

|  ESPN+ | W 44–23|  1,312
April 11 |  2:00 p.m. |  at No. 17 Murray State | No. 10 |

* Roy Stewart Stadium
* Murray, KY

|  ESPN+ | W 28–14|  3,211
April 24 |  2:00 p.m. |  Davidson | No. 8 |

* Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium
* Jacksonville, AL (NCAA Division I First Round)

|  ESPN3 | W 49–14|
May 2 |  2:00 p.m. |  No. 5 Delaware | No. 8 |

* Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium
* Jacksonville, AL (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)

|  ESPN3 | L 14–20|

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Central time

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## References[edit]

1. ^ "Jacksonville State Gamecocks Schedule 2020". ESPN. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
2. ^ "2020 JSU Football Schedule". Jacksonville State University Athletics. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
3. ^ "2020 Jacksonville State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 15, 2020.

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Jacksonville State Gamecocks football

Venues|

* College Field (1929–1946)
* Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium (1947–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Samford
* Troy: Battle for the Ol' School Bell

Culture & lore|

* Cocky
* 2001 Cumberland game
* The Marching Southerners

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

Seasons|

* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941–1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023

National championship seasons in bold

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Ohio Valley Conference football champions

Pre-divisional|

* Murray State (1948)
* Evansville (1949)
* Murray State (1950)
* Murray State (1951)
* Tennessee Tech & Western Kentucky (1952)
* Tennessee Tech (1953)
* Eastern Kentucky (1954)
* Tennessee Tech (1955)

NCAA College Division|

* Middle Tennessee (1956)
* Middle Tennessee (1957)
* Middle Tennessee & Tennessee Tech (1958)
* Middle Tennessee & Tennessee Tech (1959)
* Tennessee Tech (1960)
* Tennessee Tech (1961)
* East Tennessee State, Eastern Kentucky, Middle Tennessee, & Morehead State (1962)
* Western Kentucky (1963)
* Middle Tennessee (1964)
* Middle Tennessee (1965)
* Morehead State (1966)
* Eastern Kentucky (1967)
* Eastern Kentucky (1968)
* East Tennessee State (1969)
* Western Kentucky (1970)
* Western Kentucky (1971)
* Tennessee Tech (1972)

Division II|

* Western Kentucky (1973)
* Eastern Kentucky (1974)
* Tennessee Tech & Western Kentucky† (1975)
* Eastern Kentucky (1976)
* Austin Peay (1977)
* Western Kentucky (1978)

I-AA/FCS|

* Murray State (1979)
* Western Kentucky (1980)
* Eastern Kentucky (1981)
* Eastern Kentucky (1982)
* Eastern Kentucky (1983)
* Eastern Kentucky (1984)
* Middle Tennessee (1985)
* Murray State (1986)
* Eastern Kentucky & Youngstown State (1987)
* Eastern Kentucky (1988)
* Middle Tennessee (1989)
* Eastern Kentucky & Middle Tennessee (1990)
* Eastern Kentucky (1991)
* Middle Tennessee (1992)
* Eastern Kentucky (1993)
* Eastern Kentucky (1994)
* Murray State (1995)
* Murray State (1996)
* Eastern Kentucky (1997)
* Tennessee State (1998)
* Tennessee State (1999)
* Western Kentucky (2000)
* Eastern Illinois (2001)
* Eastern Illinois & Murray State (2002)
* Jacksonville State (2003)
* Jacksonville State (2004)
* Eastern Illinois (2005)
* Eastern Illinois & Tennessee–Martin (2006)
* Eastern Kentucky (2007)
* Eastern Kentucky (2008)
* Eastern Illinois (2009)
* Southeast Missouri State (2010)
* Eastern Kentucky, Jacksonville State, & Tennessee Tech (2011)
* Eastern Illinois (2012)
* Eastern Illinois (2013)
* Jacksonville State (2014)
* Jacksonville State (2015)
* Jacksonville State (2016)
* Jacksonville State (2017)
* Jacksonville State (2018)
* Austin Peay & Southeast Missouri State (2019)
* Jacksonville State (2020)
* UT Martin (2021)
* Southeast Missouri State & UT Martin (2022)

National championships in bold
† WKU claims a co-championship, while both the OVC and Tennessee Tech state it is not shared

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2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

* Davidson
* Delaware
* Eastern Washington
* Holy Cross
* Jacksonville State
* James Madison
* Missouri State
* Monmouth
* North Dakota
* North Dakota State
* Sacred Heart
* Sam Houston State
* South Dakota State
* Southern Illinois
* VMI
* Weber State

Champion – Sam Houston State

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