2020 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
2020 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football | |
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Conference | Big Sky Conference |
Record | 3–2 (3–2 Big Sky) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Aaron Pflugrad (3rd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Jerry Partridge (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Walkup Skydome |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2020 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 2nd-year head coach Chris Ball and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They played as members of the Big Sky Conference.
Preseason
Polls
On July 23, 2020, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Lumberjacks were predicted to finish seventh in the Big Sky by the coaches and ninth by the media.[1]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Weber State | 135 (7) |
2 | Montana | 128 (3) |
3 | Montana State | 121 (1) |
4 | Eastern Washington | 118 (1) |
5 | Sacramento State | 99 (1) |
6 | UC Davis | 83 |
7 | Northern Arizona | 68 |
8 | Portland State | 67 |
9 | Idaho | 66 |
10 | Cal Poly | 46 |
11 | Idaho State | 37 |
12 | Southern Utah | 33 |
13 | Northern Colorado | 13 |
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Weber State | 546 (28) |
2 | Montana | 496 (8) |
3 | Montana State | 493 (6) |
4 | Eastern Washington | 438 (1) |
5 | Sacramento State | 389 |
6 | UC Davis | 325 (1) |
7 | Portland State | 274 |
8 | Idaho | 273 |
9 | Northern Arizona | 238 |
10 | Cal Poly | 206 |
11 | Idaho State | 133 |
12 | Southern Utah | 105 |
13 | Northern Colorado | 88 |
Schedule
Northern Arizona released their full schedule on January 13, 2020.[2] The Lumberjacks had a game scheduled against Arizona State, which was later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.[3]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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February 27 | 1:00 pm | Southern Utah | Pluto TV | W 34–33 | ||||
March 6 | 2:00 pm | at No. 22 Eastern Washington | L 13–45 | |||||
March 27 | 1:00 pm | at No. 3 Weber State | L 23–28 | |||||
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April 10 | 4:00 pm | at Southern Utah | W 28–20 | |||||
April 17 | 2:00 pm | Idaho |
| W 19–9 | ||||
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Despite being a Big Sky opponent, the game against Eastern Washington on September 19 will not count towards the Big Sky Conference standings.[5]
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- ^ On March 29, 2021, Cal Poly announced that it would opt out of the remainder of the 2021 spring season, citing safety issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic and numerous injuries to players.[4]
References
- ^ "Eagles Selected to Finish Fourth in the Big Sky in 2020". July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
- ^ Wilmer, Brian (January 13, 2020). "Northern Arizona announces 2020 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- ^ Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo News. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ "Cal Poly Opts Out of Remainder of 2020–21 Spring Football Season". Cal Poly. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
- ^ "2020 Football Schedule". Northern Arizona University Athletics. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- ^ "2020 Northern Arizona Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 30, 2021.