2020 Murray State Racers football team

American college football season

2020 Murray State Racers football

Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 19
FCS Coaches	No. 18
Record	5–2 (5–2 OVC)
Head coach	Dean Hood (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Ben Hodges (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Dillon Sanders (1st season)
Home stadium	Roy Stewart Stadium
Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

2020 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 8 Jacksonville State $^	6	–	1	10	–	3
No. 19 Murray State	5	–	2	5	–	2
No. 21 Austin Peay	4	–	2	4	–	5
Southeast Missouri State	4	–	3	4	–	4
UT Martin	3	–	4	3	–	4
Tennessee Tech	2	–	5	2	–	5
Tennessee State	2	–	5	2	–	5
Eastern Illinois	1	–	5	1	–	5

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Note: Eastern Kentucky played only in the fall and opted out of the spring season. Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Murray State Racers football team represented Murray State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by Dean Hood in his first season as the program's 19th head coach. The Racers played their home games at Roy Stewart Stadium. They competed as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference.

Schedule

Murray State had games scheduled against Louisville and Tarleton State, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]^[2]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
February 28	2:00 p.m.	UT Martin		Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	ESPN+	W 14–10	2,528
March 7	2:00 p.m.	at No. 16 Southeast Missouri State		Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO	ESPN+	W 24–21	2,638
March 14	1:00 p.m.	at Tennessee Tech		Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	ESPN+	W 36–31	1,511
March 21	2:00 p.m.	Tennessee State	No. 25	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	ESPN+	W 35–13	2,545
March 28	2:00 p.m.	Eastern Illinois	No. 19	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	ESPN+	W 41–27	2,628
April 3	2:00 p.m.	at Austin Peay	No. 14	Fortera Stadium Clarksville, TN	ESPN+	L 31–34	1,843
April 11	2:00 p.m.	No. 10 Jacksonville State	No. 17	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	ESPN+	L 14–28	3,211
Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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References

^ "ACC Announces Plans for Football and Fall Olympic Sports". TheACC.com. July 29, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
^ "Tarleton State Postpones Football Season Until Spring". NBC DFW. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
^ "2020 Murray State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 28, 2020.

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Venues	Roy Stewart Stadium (1973–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1949 Tangerine Bowl Western Kentucky: Battle for the Red Belt
Culture & lore	Racer One Dunker "Fight Song" "The Old Gray Mare" Racer Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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