2020 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 2020

| team = Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles

| sport = football

| image = Tennessee Tech Athletics pre-2005 logo.svg

| image_size = 150

| conference = Ohio Valley Conference

| short_conf = OVC

| record = 2–5

| conf_record = 2–5

| head_coach = Dewayne Alexander

| hc_year = 3rd

| off_coach = Doug Malone

| oc_year = 1st

| off_scheme =

| def_coach = Donnie Suber

| dc_year = 3rd

| def_scheme =

| captain =

| stadium = Tucker Stadium

}}

{{2020 Ohio Valley Conference football standings}}

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

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.{{cite web |last1=Myerberg |first1=Paul |title=Big Ten football reduces season schedule to only conference games, maybe setting stage for others to follow |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2020/07/09/big-ten-football-reduces-season-schedule-only-conference-games/5408329002/ |website=USA TODAY |accessdate=10 July 2020}}{{cite web |title=MEAC suspends all fall sports for indefinite period |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/29474752/meac-suspends-all-fall-sports-indefinite-period |website=ESPN.com |accessdate=16 July 2020 |language=en |date=16 July 2020}}

{{CFB schedule

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| rank = y

| opprank = y

| rankyear = 2020

| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS

| poll = STATS

| timezone = Central

| {{tooltip|February 21|Sunday}} | 1:30 p.m. | | No. 13 Austin Peay | | Tucker Stadium | Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy) | ESPN+ | W 27–21 | 1,825

| {{tooltip|February 28|Sunday}} | 3:00 p.m. | at | No. 16 Jacksonville State | 23 | JSU Stadium | Jacksonville, AL | ESPN+ | L 10–27 | 9,355

| {{tooltip|March 14|Sunday}} | 1:00 p.m. | | Murray State | | Tucker Stadium | Cookeville, TN | ESPN+ | L 31–36 | 1,511

| {{tooltip|March 21|Sunday}} | 1:00 p.m. | at | Eastern Illinois | | O'Brien Field | Charleston, IL | ESPN+ | L 20–28 | 1,282

| {{tooltip|March 28|Sunday}} | 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

| {{tooltip|April 11|Sunday}} | 3:00 p.m. | at | UT Martin | | Graham Stadium | Martin, TN (Sgt. York Trophy) | ESPN+ | L 7-40 | 1,500

}}

{{cite web |title=2020 Tennessee Tech Football Schedule |url=https://fbschedules.com/tennessee-tech-football-schedule/ |website=FBSchedules.com |accessdate=November 28, 2020}}{{cite web |author= |title=2020-21 Golden Eagle Football Schedule |url=http://www.ttusports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/schedule |publisher=Tennessee Tech Athletics |access-date=October 8, 2022 }}

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