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2020 Western Illinois

1–⁠5.

Schedule and results

Western Illinois in 2020, game by game: lost vs. Missouri State 24–30; lost at South Dakota State 10–45; lost vs. North Dakota 21–38; lost at Illinois State 18–26; lost vs. Northern Iowa 20–34; won vs. Youngstown State 27–24+7−35Lost 24–30 vs. Missouri State-6Missouri StateLost 10–45 at South Dakota State-35South Dakota St…Lost 21–38 vs. North Dakota-17North DakotaLost 18–26 at Illinois State-8Illinois StateLost 20–34 vs. Northern Iowa-14Northern IowaWon 27–24 vs. Youngstown State+3Youngstown State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Feb 27vsMissouri StateL 24–⁠3064%
Mar 6atSouth Dakota StateL 10–⁠4516%
Mar 13vsNorth DakotaL 21–⁠3827%
Mar 20atIllinois StateL 18–⁠2619%
Mar 27vsNorthern IowaL 20–⁠3425%
Apr 3vsYoungstown StateW 27–⁠2437%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Youngstown State 27–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 48th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 53 on file).

Record
1–⁠5
Conference
1–⁠5 9th in the Missouri Valley Football Conference (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
120–⁠197
Coach
—
Elo
1157 −52 this season
SP+ rating
—
Recruiting class
No. 188
Offensive coordinator
David Rocco
Defensive coordinator
Cam Clark

Top recruits in the 2020 class

Juan Delacruz OLB★★★No. 2820
Shawn Lee SDE★★No. 3397
Chastin Cross ATH★★No. 3756
Sam Cook DE

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2020 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Defensive line12.00.780
Linebackers13.00.800
Athletes and specialists12.00.760
Whole class32.30.780

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.