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The 2020 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 2nd-year head coach Chris Ball and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They played as members of the Big Sky Conference.

Record3–2 (3–2 Big Sky)
Headcoach
OffensivecoordinatorAaron Pflugrad (3rd season)
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2020 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record3–2 (3–2 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAaron Pflugrad (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorJerry Partridge (2nd season)
Home stadiumWalkup Skydome
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2020 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 9 Weber State $^ 5–0  5–1 
No. 10 Eastern Washington ^ 5–1  5–2 
No. 14 UC Davis 3–2  3–2 
Northern Arizona 3–2  3–2 
Idaho State 2–4  2–4 
Idaho 2–4  2–4 
Southern Utah 1–5  1–5 
Cal Poly‡ 0–3  0–3 
Montana† –  2–0 
Portland State† –  0–1 
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Notes: Due to COVID-19, the Big Sky suspended the fall 2020 football season.
    Montana State, Northern Colorado, and Sacramento State opted out of the spring season.
    † – Montana and Portland State opted out of the conference season, but scheduled non-conference games.
    ‡ – Cal Poly opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 29, 2021.
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Preseason

Polls

On July 23, 2020, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Lumberjacks were predicted to finish seventh in the Big Sky by the coaches and ninth by the media.[1]

Schedule

Northern Arizona released their full schedule on January 13, 2020.[2] The Lumberjacks had a game scheduled against Arizona State, which was later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.[3]

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
February 27 1:00 pm Southern Utah Pluto TV W 34–33
March 6 2:00 pm at No. 22 Eastern Washington L 13–45
March 27 1:00 pm at No. 3 Weber State L 23–28
April 3 1:00 pm Cal Poly
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
Canceled[a]
April 10 4:00 pm at Southern Utah W 28–20
April 17 2:00 pm Idaho
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
W 19–9
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Despite being a Big Sky opponent, the game against Eastern Washington on September 19 will not count towards the Big Sky Conference standings.[5]
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  1. On March 29, 2021, Cal Poly announced that it would opt out of the remainder of the 2021 spring season, citing safety issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic and numerous injuries to players.[4]

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