2020 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

American college football season

2020 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football

Conference| Ohio Valley Conference
Record| 2–5 (2–5 OVC)
Head coach|

* Dewayne Alexander (3rd season)

Offensive coordinator| Doug Malone (1st season)
Defensive coordinator| Donnie Suber (3rd season)
Home stadium| Tucker Stadium

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 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University as a member of Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by third-year head coach Dewayne Alexander, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 2–5 overall with an identical mark in conference play, tying for sixth place in the OVC. Tennessee Tech played home games at Tucker Stadium in Cookeville, Tennessee.

## Schedule

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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 |  |

* Tucker Stadium
* Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)

|  ESPN+ | W 27–21|  1,825
February 28 |  3:00 p.m. |  at No. 16 Jacksonville State | No. 23 |

* JSU Stadium
* Jacksonville, AL

|  ESPN+ | L 10–27|  9,355
March 14 |  1:00 p.m. |  Murray State |  |

* Tucker Stadium
* Cookeville, TN

|  ESPN+ | L 31–36|  1,511
March 21 |  1:00 p.m. |  at Eastern Illinois |  |

* O'Brien Field
* Charleston, IL

|  ESPN+ | L 20–28|  1,282
March 28 |  2:00 p.m. |  at Southeast Missouri State |  |

* Houck Stadium
* Cape Girardeau, MO

|  ESPN+ | L 21–24|  1,879
April 3 |  1:00 p.m. |  Tennessee State |  |

* Tucker Stadium
* Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)

|  ESPN+ | W 24–10|  1,747
April 11 |  3:00 p.m. |  at UT Martin |  |

* Graham Stadium
* Martin, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)

|  ESPN+ | L 7–40|  1,500

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

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## References

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1. ^ Myerberg, Paul. "Big Ten football reduces season schedule to only conference games, maybe setting stage for others to follow". USA TODAY. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
2. ^ "MEAC suspends all fall sports for indefinite period". ESPN.com. July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
3. ^ "2020 Tennessee Tech Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
4. ^ "2020-21 Golden Eagle Football Schedule". Tennessee Tech Athletics. Retrieved October 8, 2022.

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* Tucker Stadium (1966–present)

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* 1972 Grantland Rice Bowl
* Austin Peay, Tennessee State, UT Martin: Sgt. York Trophy

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