2020 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team

The 2020 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team represented Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by third-year head coach Connell Maynor and played their home games at Louis Crews Stadium in Huntsville, Alabama as members of the East 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.

2020 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football
Black college national champion
SWAC champion
SWAC East Division champion
SWAC Championship Game, W 40–33 vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
DivisionEast Division
Ranking
STATSNo. 24
FCS CoachesNo. 19
Record5–0 (3–0 SWAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDuane Taylor (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorGranville Eastman (2nd season)
Home stadiumLouis Crews Stadium
2020 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
No. 24 Alabama A&M x$  3 0   5 0  
Alabama State  3 2   3 3  
Jackson State  3 2   4 3  
Mississippi Valley State  1 3   1 3  
West Division
Arkansas–Pine Bluff x  4 0   4 1  
Southern  4 1   5 1  
Prairie View A&M*  2 1   2 1  
Texas Southern  1 2   1 2  
Grambling State  0 4   0 4  
Championship: Alabama A&M 40, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 33
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • Note: The SWAC played a spring conference-only schedule (February–May 2021) due to COVID-19 pandemic. Alcorn State opted out of the spring season; all of their scheduled games were counted as forfeit wins for their opponents.
    * – Ineligible for FCS postseason play due to NCAA sanctions.
Rankings from STATS Poll

On May 3, 2021, A&M was voted HBCU National Champions by the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls, after finishing the season undefeated. Their selections marks the first time in history the Bulldogs finished the season ranked as the #1 team in black college football. A&M ended ranked #19 in the 2020–21 Division I FCS Coaches Poll, head coach Maynor was a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award for the top coach in FCS, and QB Aqeel Glass was a finalist for Walter Payton Award for best FCS player.

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