2020 Southern Jaguars football team
The 2020 Southern Jaguars football team will represent Southern University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Jaguars will be led by eighth-year head coach Dawson Odums and play their home games at Ace W. Mumford Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
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. The conference is formalizing plans to conduct a competitive schedule for football during the 2021 spring semester.Previous season
The Jaguars finished the 2019 season 8–5, 6–1 in SWAC play to finish in first place in the West Division. They ultimately lost the SWAC Championship Game to Alcorn State 24–39.Preseason
Recruiting class
Reference:Preseason polls
The SWAC will release their polls in July 2020.Preseason all–SWAC teams
Offense
DefenseSchedule
The 2020 schedule originally consisted of 5 home, 3 away, and 3 neutral site games in the regular season. The Tigers will travel to SWAC foes Alabama A&M, Alabama State, and Prairie View A&M. The Tigers will play host to SWAC foes Jackson State, Alcorn State, and Arkansas–Pine Bluff. The Tigers will play two neutral site conference games—the Dallas State Fair Showdown against Texas Southern at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, TX and the Bayou Classic against Grambling State at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, LA.
Due to the SWAC's postponement of the 2020 football season to spring 2021, games against Florida A&M,, Morehouse, and Tennessee State were canceled.
Southern's revised schedule will feature eight games; 3 home, 3 away, and 2 at a neutral site.Game summaries
Jackson State
at Alabama State
vs. Texas Southern (Dallas State Fair Showdown)
Alcorn State
Florida Memorial
Arkansas–Pine Bluff
vs. Grambling State (Bayou Classic)
