The 2020 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team represented Abilene Christian University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Wildcats were led by fourth-year head coach Adam Dorrel and played their home games at Anthony Field at Wildcat Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 1–5 overall record.
Preseason
Preseason poll The Southland Conference released their original preseason poll in July 2020. The Wildcats were picked to finish seventh in the conference, prior to their schedule split from the rest of the league. In addition, four Wildcats were chosen to the Preseason All-Southland Team
1 Central Arkansas* 190 (12) 2 Sam Houston State 170 (4) 3 Nicholls 169 (6) 4 Southeastern Louisiana 157 5 McNeese State 113 6 Incarnate Word 104 7 Abilene Christian* 101 8 Stephen F. Austin* 60 9 Houston Baptist* 59 10 Northwestern State 49 11 Lamar 38 (*) These teams opted out of playing in the revised spring 2021 Southland schedule, and instead played as Independent in the fall of 2020.
Preseason All–Southland Teams
Offense
1st Team Branden Hohenstein – Tight End/Halfback, SR
2nd Team Bill McCrary – Running Back, SR Kade Parmelly – Offensive Lineman, SR
Defense
1st Team Kameron Hill – Defensive Lineman, SR
Schedule Abilene Christian had a game scheduled against Texas A&M, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Game summaries
At UTEP
Statistics Abilene ChristianUTEP First downs 15 17 Total yards 308 293 Rushing yards 99 98 Passing yards 209 195 Turnovers 5 1 Time of possession 30:02 29:58
Team Category Player StatisticsAbilene Christian Passing Peyton Mansell 14/21, 202 yards Rushing Tyrese White 11 carries, 41 yards Receiving Taelyn Williams 2 receptions, 77 yardsUTEP Passing Gavin Hardison 15/25, 195 yards Rushing Joshua Fields 17 carries, 75 yards, 1 TD Receiving Jacob Cowing 8 receptions, 110 yards
At Army
Statistics ACU ARMY First downs 19 24 3rd down efficiency 1–10 3–11 4th down efficiency 1–3 2–3 Plays–yards 62–388 67–493 Rushes–yards 23–86 60–441 Passing yards 302 52 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 25–39–0 4–7–0 Penalties–yards 6–48 4–27 Turnovers 0 0 Time of possession 28:15 31:45
West Texas A&M
Vs. Stephen F. Austin
At Mercer
Angelo State
Arizona Christian
At Virginia
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