2020 Northwestern State
1–5. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Incarnate Word 49–47Apr 10
By 2 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6 | vs Nicholls | L 24–31 | 32% |
| Mar 13 | at SE Louisiana | L 24–27 | 23% |
| Mar 20 | vs McNeese | L 7–21 | 49% |
| Mar 27 | at Lamar | L 23–31 | 44% |
| Apr 1 | vs Sam Houston | L 16–24 | 21% |
| Apr 10 | at Incarnate Word | W 49–47 | 20% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Incarnate Word 49–47; unranked in the final AP poll.
In program history: The 40th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 75 on file).
- Record
- 1–5
- Conference
- 1–5 7th in the Southland Conference (Wikipedia)
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 143–181
- Coach
- —
- Elo
- 1168 −52 this season
- SP+ rating
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- Recruiting class
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- Offensive coordinator
- Brad Smiley
- Defensive coordinator
- Mike Lucas
- Offense
- Spread
- Defense
- 3–4
Top recruits in the 2020 class
| Princeton Malbrue OLB | ★★★ | No. 2269 |
| Brayden Staggs OG | ★★ | No. 3100 |
| Donovan Green DL | ||
| Malik Williams OLB | ||
| Dante Thomas CB |
247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.
The 2020 class by position
| Signed | Stars | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive line | 1 | 2.0 | 0.791 |
| Linebackers | 1 | 3.0 | 0.818 |
| Whole class | 2 | 2.5 | 0.804 |
High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.
2020 Southland Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Stephen F. Austin | 1–0 | 6–4 | |
| Sam Houston | 0–0 | 10–0 | |
| SE Louisiana | 0–0 | 4–3 | |
| Nicholls | 0–0 | 4–3 | |
 Central Arkansas | 0–0 | 5–4 | |
| Incarnate Word | 0–0 | 3–3 | |
| McNeese | 0–0 | 3–4 | |
| Lamar | 0–0 | 2–4 | |
 Houston Christian | 0–0 | 1–3 | |
 Northwestern State | 0–0 | 1–5 | |
 Abilene Christian | 0–1 | 1–5 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.