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
2020 Southland Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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
ConfOverall
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

Preseason poll

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)
1Central Arkansas*190 (12)
2Sam Houston State170 (4)
3Nicholls169 (6)
4Southeastern Louisiana157
5McNeese State113
6Incarnate Word104
7Abilene Christian*101
8Stephen F. Austin*60
9Houston Baptist*59
10Northwestern State49
11Lamar38

(*) 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

Schedule

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

At UTEP

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 0 3 3 13
Miners 0 10 0 7 17

At Army

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 3 7 13 23
Black Knights 7 16 15 17 55

West Texas A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Buffaloes 0
Wildcats 0

Vs. Stephen F. Austin

1 2 3 4OT Total
Wildcats 7 7 0 153 32
Lumberjacks 0 7 6 166 35

At Mercer

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 0 3 10 20
Bears 0 10 7 0 17

Angelo State

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 14 14 0 6 34
Wildcats 0 7 14 0 21

Arizona Christian

1 2 3 4 Total
Firestorm 0
Wildcats 0

At Virginia

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 7 0 8 15
Cavaliers 14 14 14 13 55

References

  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.
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