2020 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

2020 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
2020 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	1–5 (1–5 Big Sky)
Head coach	Demario Warren (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Matt Wade (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinators	Robert Bala (1st season); Tommy Collet Jr. (1st season);
Home stadium	Eccles Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

The 2020 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Demario Warren and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum in Cedar City, Utah. They played as a member of the Big Sky Conference.

2020 Big Sky Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 9 Weber State $^	5	–	0	5	–	1
No. 10 Eastern Washington ^	5	–	1	5	–	2
No. 14 UC Davis	3	–	2	3	–	2
Northern Arizona	3	–	2	3	–	2
Idaho State	2	–	4	2	–	4
Idaho	2	–	4	2	–	4
Southern Utah	1	–	5	1	–	5
Cal Poly‡	0	–	3	0	–	3
Montana†		–		2	–	0
Portland State†		–		0	–	1

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Notes: Due to COVID-19, the Big Sky suspended the fall 2020 football season. Montana State, Northern Colorado, and Sacramento State opted out of the spring season. † – Montana and Portland State opted out of the conference season, but scheduled non-conference games. ‡ – Cal Poly opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 29, 2021. Rankings from STATS Poll

Preseason

Polls

On July 23, 2020, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Thunderbirds were predicted to finish twelfth in the Big Sky by both the coaches and media.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
February 27	1:00 p.m.	at Northern Arizona	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ (Grand Canyon Rivalry)	Pluto TV	L 33–34	0
March 6	12:00 p.m.	Idaho State	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	Pluto TV	L 24–26	1,608
March 13	2:00 p.m.	at Cal Poly	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA		W 34–24	0
March 27	1:00 p.m.	at Idaho	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID		L 32–33	1,947
April 3	2:00 p.m.	No. 3 Weber State	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT (Beehive Bowl)		L 16–19	2,803
April 10	4:00 p.m.	Northern Arizona	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT (Grand Canyon Rivalry)		L 20–28	1,800
Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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References

↑ "Eagles Selected to Finish Fourth in the Big Sky in 2020". July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
↑ "2020 Southern Utah Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

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[1] "Eagles Selected to Finish Fourth in the Big Sky in 2020". July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.

[2] "2020 Southern Utah Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

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