2020 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team


The 2020 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team will represent Louisiana Tech University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs will play their home games at Joe Aillet Stadium in Ruston, Louisiana, and will compete in the West Division of Conference USA. They will be led by eighth-year head coach Skip Holtz.

Previous Season

The Bulldogs finished the 2019 campaign 10–3, 6–2 in C-USA play to finish in tied for first place in the West Division, but falling short of the conference championship invitation after losing to eventual division co-champion UAB earlier in the season. The Bulldogs were invited to play in the nearby Independence Bowl, their first time taking part in the annual Shreveport, Louisiana bowl game since their 2008 victory against NIU. They played Miami and won their eighth overall bowl game by the score of 14-0.

Preseason

Recruiting class

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Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

C-USA coaches poll

The C-USA coaches poll will be released in July 2020
Offense
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C-USA Preseason All-Conference teams

Offense
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Defense
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2nd team

Roster

Schedule

Louisiana Tech announced its 2020 football schedule on January 8, 2020. The 2020 schedule consists of 5 home and 7 away games in the regular season.
The Bulldogs had games scheduled against Prairie View A&M and Vanderbilt, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 22, Louisiana Tech announced it had added a game against Houston Baptist as a replacement for Prairie View A&M.

Game summaries

at UNLV

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at Southern Miss

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at Baylor

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UTEP

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Marshall

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at UTSA

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UAB

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at North Texas

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Rice

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at FIU