2020 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2020
| team = Charleston Southern Buccaneers
| sport = football
| image = Charleston Southern Wordmark.png
| image_size = 150
| conference = Big South Conference
| short_conf = Big South
| record = 2–2
| conf_record = 2–2
| head_coach = Autry Denson
| hc_year = 2nd
| off_coach = Klay Koester
| oc_year = 1st
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = Zane Vance
| dc_year = 4th
| def_scheme =
| captain =
| stadium = Buccaneer Field
}}
{{2020 Big South Conference football standings}}
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
=Polls=
In June 2020, the Buccaneers were predicted to finish third in the Big South by a panel of media and head coaches.{{cite web |title=Kennesaw State Voted 2020 Preseason Football Favorite |url=https://bigsouthsports.com/news/2020/7/27/kennesaw-state-voted-2020-preseason-football-favorite.aspx |website=bigsouthsports.com |access-date=January 8, 2021 |language=en}}
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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Charleston Southern Buccaneers|Predicted finish|Team|Votes (1st place)}} |
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| 1 | Kennesaw State | 68 (8) |
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| 2 | Monmouth | 57 (3) |
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| 3 | Charleston Southern | 43 (1) |
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| 4 | Campbell | 42 |
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| 5 | Hampton | 23 |
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| 6 | Gardner–Webb | 19 |
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| — | North Alabama{{efn-lr|North Alabama was not eligible for the preseason poll due to their transition to Division I.}} | {{n/a}} |
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Schedule
Charleston Southern had games scheduled against Monmouth, Hampton, and Arkansas, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |last1=Hebert |first1=Michael |title=BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL: Hampton suspends sports for the fall |url=https://www.timesdaily.com/sports/top_sports_rotator/big-south-football-hampton-suspends-sports-for-the-fall/article_a7ed8138-38e1-5d9d-9197-cc5ef3016a41.html |website=TimesDaily |accessdate=16 July 2020 |language=en}}{{cite web |last1=Kelley |first1=Kevin |title=Monmouth cancels 2020 football season due to COVID-19 |url=https://fbschedules.com/monmouth-cancels-2020-football-season-due-to-covid-19/ |website=FBSchedules.com |date=July 27, 2020 |access-date=July 30, 2020 }}{{cite web |last1=Talty |first1=John |title=SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season|url=https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2020/07/sec-moving-to-conference-only-2020-schedule.html|website=AL.com|access-date=July 30, 2020}}
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 2020
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS
| poll = STATS
| timezone = Eastern
| time = y
| tv = y
| attend = y
| opprank = y
| 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 |
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=Charleston Southern Buccaneers Schedule 2020 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/2127/season/2020 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=December 18, 2022 }}{{cite web |title=2020-21 Football Schedule |url=https://www.csusports.com/sports/football/schedule/2020-21 |publisher=Charleston Southern University Athletics |access-date=December 18, 2022 }}
References
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