2020 Weber State Wildcats football team

2020 Weber State Wildcats football
Big Sky champion
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 31–34 vs. Southern Illinois
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 3
FCS Coaches	No. 3
Record	5–1 (5–0 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jay Hill (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Matt Hammer (1st season)
Home stadium	Stewart Stadium

2020 Big Sky Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
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

The 2020 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by seventh-year head coach Jay Hill and played their games at Stewart Stadium as members of the Big Sky Conference.

Preseason

Polls

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

Coaches poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
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

Media poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
February 27	4:00 p.m.	at Idaho State	No. 4	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	Pluto TV	W 49–21	2,211
March 13	1:00 p.m.	No. 23 UC Davis	No. 2	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	KJZZ	W 18–13	4,322
March 27	1:00 p.m.	Northern Arizona	No. 3	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	KJZZ	W 28–23	4,218
April 3	2:00 p.m.	at Southern Utah	No. 3	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT (Beehive Bowl)	Pluto TV	W 19–16	2,803
April 10	1:00 p.m.	Idaho State	No. 3	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	KJZZ	W 20–15	4,786
April 17	1:00 p.m.	at Cal Poly		Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	Pluto TV	Canceled[a]
April 24	4:00 p.m.	No. 14 Southern Illinois	No. 3	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	L 31–34	4,033
Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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1. 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.^[2]

References

1. "Eagles Selected to Finish Fourth in the Big Sky in 2020". July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
2. "Cal Poly Opts Out of Remainder of 2020-21 Spring Football Season". Cal Poly. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
3. "2020 Weber State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 30, 2021.