2021 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team
2021 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football | |
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Conference | AQ7 |
Record | 1–2 (0–0 AQ7) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Andy Richman (2nd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Jake Johnson (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Roy Kidd Stadium (Capacity: 20,000) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 Sam Houston $^ | 6 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 Stephen F. Austin ^ | 4 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Kentucky | 4 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Arkansas | 3 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville State | 3 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abilene Christian | 1 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamar | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2021 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represent Eastern Kentucky University during the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by Walt Wells in his second season. The Colonels play their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium and compete as a member of the Western Athletic Conference.
The Western Athletic Conference and ASUN Conference announced the formation of the WAC-ASUN Challenge (AQ7) for the 2021 season on February 23, 2021. The Challenge includes the four fully qualified Division I (FCS) members of the WAC (Abilene Christian, Lamar, Sam Houston State, and Stephen F. Austin) and Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, and Jacksonville State of the ASUN Conference. The winner of the challenge will receive an auto-bid to the NCAA Division I FCS football playoffs.[1]
Previous season
The Colonels finished the 2020–21 season with 3–6 overall record.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 4 | 6:00 p.m. | at Western Carolina* | ESPN+ | W 31–28 | 9,647 | |
September 11 | 7:00 pm | at Louisville* | ACCNX | L 3–30 | 39,673 | |
September 18 | 7:00 p.m. | Indiana State* | ESPN+ | L 21–23 | 14,173 | |
September 25 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 19 Austin Peay* |
| ESPN+ | W 35-27 | |
October 2 | 3:00 p.m. | Tarleton State |
| ESPN+ | ||
October 9 | 6:00 p.m. | Abilene Christian |
| ESPN+ | ||
October 16 | 5:00 p.m. | at Central Arkansas | ESPN+ | |||
October 30 | 2:00 p.m. | Lamar |
| ESPN+ | ||
November 6 | 5:00 p.m. | at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN+ | |||
November 13 | 1:00 p.m. | at Sam Houston State | ESPN+ | |||
November 20 | 2:00 p.m. | Jacksonville State |
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References
- ^ "ASUN, WAC form 2021 alliance, seek FCS playoff bid". Verizon Media. February 23, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Eastern Kentucky Colonels Football Schedule". EKUSports.com.
- ^ "2021 Eastern Kentucky Colonels Football Schedule". FBSchedules.