2020 Alabama State Hornets football team

The 2020 Alabama State Hornets football team will represent Alabama State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Hornets will be led by third-year head coach Donald Hill-Eley and will play their home games at the New ASU Stadium in Montgomery, Alabama as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

2020 Alabama State Hornets football
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
	East Division
2020 record	0–0 (0–0 SWAC)
Head coach	Donald Hill-Eley (3rd season)
Home stadium	New ASU Stadium (Capacity: 26,500)

2020 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Alabama A&M			–							–
Alabama State			–							–
Alcorn State			–							–
Jackson State			–							–
Mississippi Valley State			–							–
West Division
Arkansas–Pine Bluff			–							–
Grambling State			–							–
Prairie View A&M *			–							–
Southern			–							–
Texas Southern			–							–
Note: SWAC playing a spring conference-only schedule (February–May 2021) due to COVID-19 pandemic. * – Ineligible for FCS postseason play due to NCAA sanctions As of January 19, 2021; Rankings from STATS Poll

On July 20, 2020, the Southwestern Athletic Conference announced that it would not play fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes the football program.[1] The conference is formalizing plans to conduct a competitive schedule for football during the 2021 spring semester.

Schedule

Due to the SWAC's postponement of the 2020 football season to spring 2021, games against Kennesaw State, Tuskegee, and Texas Tech were canceled.[2][3] The SWAC released updated spring schedules on August 17.[4]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
February 27		Southern	New ASU Stadium Montgomery, AL
March 6		at Alcorn State	Jack Spinks Stadium Lorman, MS
March 20		Jackson State	New ASU Stadium Montgomery, AL
March 27		at Arkansas–Pine Bluff	Golden Lion Stadium Pine Bluff, AR
April 10		Mississippi Valley State	New ASU Stadium Montgomery, AL
April 17		vs. Alabama A&M	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Magic City Classic)
Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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References

1. Stephenson, Creg (20 July 2020). "SWAC becomes latest FCS conference to postpone 2020 football season to spring". AL.com. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
2. Visser, David (July 21, 2020). "SWAC Suspends Fall Football Season". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
3. Kelley, Kevin (14 July 2020). "2020 Tuskegee-Alabama State football game canceled". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
4. "SWAC Releases 2021 Spring Football Schedule". swac.org. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
5. "2020 Alabama State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 18, 2020.