2020 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team
{{short description|American football team}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2020
| team = Jacksonville State Gamecocks
| sport = football
| image = Jacksonville State Gamecocks wordmark.svg
| image_size = 150
| conference = Ohio Valley Conference
| short_conf = OVC
| STATSRank = 7
| FCSCoachRank = 7
| record = 10–3
| conf_record = 6–1
| head_coach = John Grass
| hc_year = 7th
| off_coach= Jimmy Ogle
| oc_year = 21st
| off_scheme =
| codef_coach1 = William Green
| codc1_year = 2nd
| codef_coach2 = Owen Kilgore
| codc2_year = 2nd
| def_scheme =
| captain =
| stadium = Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium
| champion = OVC champion
| bowl = NCAA Division I Quarterfinal
| bowl_result = L 14–20 vs. Delaware
}}
{{2020 Ohio Valley Conference football standings}}
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
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| rankyear = 2020
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS
| poll = STATS
| timezone = Central
| October 3 | 3:00 p.m. | at | Florida State
| October 10 | 2:00 p.m. | | Mercer
| October 17 | 1:00 p.m. | at | North Alabama
| {{tooltip|October 23|Friday}} | 6:00 p.m. | at | FIU
| {{tooltip|February 28|Sunday}} | 3:00 p.m. | | No. 23 Tennessee Tech | 16 | Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium | Jacksonville, AL | ESPN+ | W 27–10 | 9,355
| {{tooltip|March 7|Sunday}} | 2:00 p.m. | at | Tennessee State | 10 | Hale Stadium | Nashville, TN | ESPN+ | W 38–16 | 2,160
| {{tooltip|March 14|Sunday}} | 1:00 p.m. | at | UT Martin | 11 | Graham Stadium | Martin, TN | ESPN+ | W 37–20 | 1,500
| {{tooltip|March 21|Sunday}} | 2:00 p.m. | | Southeast Missouri State | 8 | Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium | Jacksonville, AL | ESPN+ | W 21–3 | 8,355
| {{tooltip|March 28|Sunday}} | 2:00 p.m. | | Austin Peay | 7 | JSU Stadium | Jacksonville, AL | ESPN+ | L 10–13 | 7,702
| April 3 | 1:00 p.m. | at | Eastern Illinois | 12 | O'Brien Field | Charleston, IL | ESPN+ | W 44–23 | 1,312
| {{tooltip|April 11|Sunday}} | 2:00 p.m. | at | No. 17 Murray State | 10 | Roy Stewart Stadium | Murray, KY | ESPN+ | W 28–14 | 3,211
| {{tooltip|April 24|Saturday}} | 2:00 p.m. | | Davidson | 8 | Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium | Jacksonville, AL (NCAA Division I First Round) | ESPN3 | W 49–14 |
| {{tooltip|May 2|Sunday}} | 2:00 p.m. | | No. 5 Delaware | 8 | Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium | Jacksonville, AL (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal) | ESPN3 | L 14–20 |
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=Jacksonville State Gamecocks Schedule 2020 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/55/season/2020 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=December 5, 2022 }}{{cite web |title=2020 JSU Football Schedule |url=https://jsugamecocksports.com/sports/football/schedule/2020 |publisher=Jacksonville State University Athletics |access-date=December 5, 2022 }}{{cite web |title=2020 Jacksonville State Football Schedule |url=https://fbschedules.com/jacksonville-state-football-schedule/ |website=FBSchedules.com |accessdate=April 15, 2020 }}
References
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{{Ohio Valley Conference football champions}}
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