2020 Weber State Wildcats football team

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.

2020 Weber State Wildcats football
Big Sky champion
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 3
FCS CoachesNo. 3
2020 record5–1 (5–0 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Hammer (1st season)
Home stadiumStewart Stadium
(Capacity: 17,312)
2020 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

Previous season
Main article: 2019 Weber State Wildcats football team

They finished the 2019 season 11–4, 7–1 in Big Sky play to finish in a two-way tie for the Big Sky championship with Sacramento State. They received the Big Sky's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated Kennesaw State in the second round and Montana in the quarterfinals before losing to James Madison in the semifinals.

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
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
February 27 4:00 p.m. at Idaho State No. 4
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
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
Pluto TV Canceled[lower-alpha 1]
April 24 4:00 p.m. No. 14 Southern Illinois No. 3
ESPN3 L 31–34 4,033

[3]

  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.
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