2020 Maine Black Bears football team

The 2020 Maine Black Bears football team represented the University of Maine in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They played their home games at Alfond Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They were led by second-year head coach Nick Charlton.

2020 Maine Black Bears football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
DivisionNorth
Record2–2 (2–2 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAndrew Dresner (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorMichael Ryan (2nd season)
Home stadiumAlfond Stadium
(Capacity: 10,000)
2020 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 4 Delaware x$^  4 –0   7 –1  
No. 18 Rhode Island †  2 –1   2 –1  
No. 16 Villanova  2 –2   2 –2  
Maine  2 –2   2 –2  
Stony Brook  1 –3   1 –3  
Albany †  1 –3   1 –3  
New Hampshire †  0 –1   0 –1  
South Division
No. 3 James Madison x^  3 –0   7 –1  
No. 15 Richmond  3 –1   3 –1  
William & Mary  1 –2   1 –2  
Elon  0 –4   1 –5  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Notes: Due to COVID-19, the CAA suspended the fall 2020 football season.
    Towson opted out of the spring football season.
    † – Albany, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 31, April 6, and April 7 respectively.
Rankings from STATS Poll

On July 17, 2020, the Colonial Athletic Association announced that it would not play fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the conference is allowing the option for teams to play as independents for the 2020 season if they still wish to play in the fall.[1]

Previous season

The Black Bears finished the 2019 season 6–6, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place.

Transfers

Outgoing

Over the off-season, Maine lost ________ players trough the transfer portal. Of this group, _____ players committed to new schools. [2]

NamePos.New school
Adam BertrandLBHusson
Cameron CarsonK/PUMass
Kenny DoakK/PSEMO
Chris FergusonQBLiberty
Migel GarciaOLSam Houston State
Anthony GriffinOLNew Haven
Grant HartleyQBWorcester State
Zoltan PanyiQBNew Haven
Maximilian RobertsDEBoston College

Incoming

Over the off-season, Maine added seventeen players trough the transfer portal. [2]

NamePos.ClassPrevious school
Elijah BarnwellRBR-SORutgers
Fofie BazzieSR-JRMaryland
Garrison BurnettWRR-JRUConn
Austin ChambersDTGRBYU
Charles EberleLS/LBR-FRIthaca
George French IIOTFRPenn State
Jalen JordanWRR-SORutgers
Mike-Lee JosephSJRPace
Sterling McDowell-HagansDBSOHusson
Jonny MessinaKGRStetson
Shawn Page, Jr.OGGRBloomsburg
Steve PetrickTEGRRobert Morris
Richie PekmezianKSOIndiana State
Kolubah Pewee, Jr.CBFRArmy
Zavier ScottWRR-JRUConn
Ryan SilviousIOLSOTemple
Vincent ThomasLBFRNavy

Schedule

The CAA released its spring conference schedule on October 27, 2020.[3]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
March 6, 2021 12:00 p.m. at No. 25 Delaware
FloFootball L 0–37
March 13, 2021 12:00 p.m. No. 13 Albany
FloFootball W 38–34
March 20, 2021 12:00 p.m. at Stony Brook
FloFootball W 35–19
April 3, 2021 12:00 p.m. No. 16 Villanova
  • Alfond Stadium
  • Orono, ME
 FloFootball L 17–44
April 10, 2021 12:00 p.m. at No. 22 Rhode Island
FloFootball Canceled
April 17, 2021 2:00 p.m. New Hampshire
FloFootball Canceled

[4]

References
  1. Singelais, Mark (16 July 2020). "Reports: CAA football won't play this fall". Times Union. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  2. "2021 Maine Football Roster". ON3.
  3. Kelley, Kevin (27 October 2020). "CAA releases Spring 2021 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  4. "2020 Maine Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 19, 2020.


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