2020 Weber State Wildcats football team

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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
Seasons← 2019 2021 →

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

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.

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
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

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.

References

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

v t e Weber State Wildcats football
Venues	Stewart Stadium (1966–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Southern Utah: Beehive Bowl
Culture & lore	Waldo the Wildcat Highest scoring NCAA football game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e Big Sky Conference football champions
College Division / Division II	Idaho State (1963) Montana State (1964) Weber State & Idaho (1965) Montana State (1966) Montana State (1967) Idaho, Montana State, & Weber State (1968) Montana (1969) Montana (1970) Idaho (1971) Montana State (1972) Boise State (1973) Boise State (1974) Boise State (1975) Montana State (1976) Boise State (1977)
I-AA/FCS	Northern Arizona (1978) Montana State (1979) Boise State (1980) Idaho State (1981) Montana, Idaho, & Montana State (1982) Nevada (1983) Montana State (1984) Idaho (1985) Nevada (1986) Idaho (1987) Idaho (1988) Idaho (1989) Nevada (1990) Nevada (1991) Idaho & Eastern Washington (1992) Montana (1993) Boise State (1994) Montana (1995) Montana (1996) Eastern Washington (1997) Montana (1998) Montana (1999) Montana (2000) Montana (2001) Montana, Montana State, & Idaho State (2002) Montana State, Montana, & Northern Arizona (2003) Montana & Eastern Washington (2004) Eastern Washington, Montana State, & Montana (2005) Montana (2006) Montana (2007) Weber State & Montana (2008) Montana (2009) Montana State & Eastern Washington (2010) Montana State & Montana (2011) Eastern Washington, Montana State, & Cal Poly (2012) Eastern Washington (2013) Eastern Washington (2014) Southern Utah (2015) Eastern Washington & North Dakota (2016) Southern Utah & Weber State (2017) Eastern Washington, UC Davis, & Weber State (2018) Sacramento State & Weber State (2019) Weber State (2020) Sacramento State (2021) Montana State & Sacramento State (2022) Montana (2023) Montana State (2024)
National championships in bold

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