2020 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team

The 2020 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team represented Presbyterian College in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a technical FCS independent but in a scheduling agreement with the Pioneer Football League (PFL), which it fully joined in July 2021. Under the agreement, Presbyterian was not eligible for the PFL title, but its players and coaches were eligible for individual PFL honors.[1][2] They were led by tenth-year head coach Tommy Spangler, in his second stint as Presbyterian's head coach, as he coached the Blue Hose from 2001 to 2006 and resumed in 2017.[3] The Blue Hose play their home games at Bailey Memorial Stadium.

2020 Presbyterian Blue Hose football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorRoland Matthews (1st season)
Home stadiumBailey Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 6,500)
2020 Pioneer Football League standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Davidson $^  4 –1   4 –2  
Valparaiso  4 –2   4 –2  
San Diego  4 –2   4 –2  
Morehead State  4 –2   4 –3  
Drake  2 –3   2 –3  
Stetson  0 –4   0 –4  
Butler  0 –6   0 –6  
Presbyterian  0 –0   4 –3  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Notes: Due to COVID-19, the Pioneer Football League suspended the fall 2020 football season.
    Dayton and Marist opted out of the spring season.
    Presbyterian played a full PFL schedule, but was ineligible for the conference title, and its games were not counted in PFL standings.
Rankings from STATS Poll

On March 4, it was announced that Roland Matthews would be promoted to defensive coordinator after spending four years as defensive line coach.[4]

Schedule

Presbyterian's games scheduled against Morehead State (September 5), Johnson C. Smith (September 12), Virginia–Wise (September 19), Stetson (October 3), Merrimack (November 14), and Virginia–Lynchburg (November 21), were all canceled before the start of the 2020 season.[5][6]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
March 6 1:00 p.m. at Gardner–Webb
ESPN+ L 24–31 2OT
March 13 12:00 p.m. Morehead State
ESPN+ W 31–16
March 20 1:00 p.m. at Davidson
L 24–41
March 27 11:00 a.m. San Diego
  • Bailey Memorial Stadium
  • Clinton, SC
 ESPN+ L 21–24
April 3 1:00 p.m. at Stetson
ESPN+ W 26–3
April 10 11:00 a.m. Davidson
  • Bailey Memorial Stadium
  • Clinton, SC
 ESPN+ W 29–24
April 17 3:00 p.m. at Drake
W 28–24

[7][8]

    References
    1. "PFL Announces Updated Spring Schedule" (Press release). Pioneer Football League. February 2, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
    2. "Valparaiso's Washington, San Diego's Glajchen Highlight 2020-21 PFL Major Award Recipients" (Press release). Pioneer Football League. April 26, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
    3. "Tommy Spangler Bio". gobluehose.com. Presbyterian College. Archived from the original on September 7, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
    4. "Spangler promotes Matthews to defensive coordinator". GoLaurens.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
    5. "CIAA suspends NCAA competition this fall because of coronavirus concerns". WCNC Charlotte. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
    6. Kelley, Kevin (July 27, 2020). "Six games on 2020 Presbyterian football schedule canceled". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
    7. "2020 Football Schedule". Presbyterian College. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
    8. "2020 Presbyterian Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 30, 2021.


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