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Conference USA Football and COVID-19: Postponements abound in 2020

January 13, 2021 By Matthew Bartlett

Conference USA football struggled in its battle against COVID-19 this fall. Here’s the final total of postponements and cancelations.

The impacts of COVID-19 were ever-present on the 2020 Conference USA football season. No program was immune. From Western Kentucky, which played 12 games and had just one game postponed, to Charlotte, which had NINE games impacted, schedules were adjusted on the fly.

A total of 37 games involving Conference USA football teams were postponed following the start of the season in late August. Compared to the 116 games scheduled, that’s a postponed/cancelation rate of 31.9 percent.

From a national perspective, Conference USA was near the bottom of the barrel when it came to scheduling success. The SEC, which shares somewhat of a similar geographic footprint, had only two scheduled regular season games unplayed at the end of the year.

In comparison, Conference USA had just three weekends in the regular season without any games canceled. The first came in Week 1, which was missing two originally scheduled games (Rice vs Houston and FIU vs Jacksonville State) but those had been postponed indefinitely during the summer. All scheduled games were played in Week 8 and then in Week 15, which included only the conference championship game.

Graph – Postponements and Cancelations by week

Graph – Postponements and Cancelations by team

List – Postponements and Cancelations by team

SchoolOpponentH/AAt FaultReasonWeek
FIUUCFAwaySelfSeason Delay2
LA TechBaylorAwaySelfCOVID2
MarshallECUAwayOppCOVID2
CharlotteNorth CarolinaAwaySelfCOVID3
FAUGeorgia SouthernAwaySelfCOVID3
CharlotteGeorgia StateAwayOppCOVID4
FAUUSFHomeOppCOVID4
North TexasHoustonAwaySelfCOVID4
UTSAMemphisHomeOppCOVID4
MarshallRiceHomeOppSeason Delay5
RiceMashallAwaySelfSeason Delay5
FAUSouthern MissAwaySelfCOVID6
RiceUABHomeSelfSeason Delay6
Southern MissFAUHomeOppCOVID6
UABRiceAwayOppSeason Delay6
CharlotteFIUHomeSelfCOVID7
FIUCharlotteAwayOppCOVID7
Southern MissUTEPAwaySelfCOVID7
UTEPSouthern MissHomeOppCOVID7
FIUMarshallHomeSelfCOVID9
MarshallFIUAwayOppCOVID9
North TexasUTEPAwaySelfCOVID9
UTEPNorth TexasHomeOppCOVID9
CharlotteMiddle TennesseeAwaySelfCOVID10
FIUUTEPAwaySelfCOVID10
LA TechNorth TexasAwayOppCOVID10
Middle TennesseeCharlotteHomeOppCOVID10
North TexasLA TechHomeSelfCOVID10
RiceUTSAHomeOppCOVID10
UTEPFIUHomeOppCOVID10
UTSARiceAwaySelfCOVID10
RiceLA TechAwayOppCOVID11
LA TechRiceHomeSelfCOVID11
North TexasUABAwayOppCOVID11
UABNorth TexasHomeSelfCOVID11
CharlotteGardner-WebbHomeOppCOVID11
LA TechUL MonroeAwayOppCOVID12
UABUTEPAwaySelfCOVID12
UTEPUABHomeOppCOVID12
MarshallCharlotteHomeOppCOVID12
CharlotteMarshallAwaySelfCOVID12
Southern MissUABAwaySelfCOVID13
UABSouthern MissAwaySelfCOVID13
LA TechFIUHomeOppCOVID13
FIULA TechAwaySelfCOVID13
Middle TennesseeFAUHomeSelfCOVID13
FAUMiddle TennesseeAwayOppCOVID13
RiceUTEPHomeOppCOVID13
UTEPRiceAwaySelfCOVID13
CharlotteWKUHomeSelfCOVID13
WKUCharlotteAwayOppCOVID13
Southern MissUTEPAwayOppCOVID14
UTEPSouthern MissHomeSelfCOVID14
UABMTSUAwayOppCOVID14
MTSUUABHomeSelfCOVID14
CharlotteFIUHomeOppCOVID14
FIUCharlotteAwaySelfCOVID14
MarshallFIUAwaySelfC-USA15
FIUMarshallHomeOppC-USA15
MarshallCharlotteHomeSelfCOVID15
CharlotteMarshallAwayOppCOVID15
UABSouth CarolinaAwayOppCOVIDBowl

List – Postponements and Cancelations by week

Week 2

FIU at UCF
LA Tech at Baylor
Marshall at ECU

Week 3

Charlotte at North Carolina
FAU at Georgia Southern

Week 4

Charlotte at Georgia State
FAU vs USF
North Texas at Houston
UTSA vs Memphis

Week 5

Rice at Marshall

Week 6

FAU at Southern Miss
UAB at Rice

Week 7

FIU at Charlotte
Southern Miss at UTEP

Week 9

Marshall at FIU
North Texas at UTEP

Week 10

Charlotte at Middle Tennessee
FIU at UTEP
LA Tech at North Texas
UTSA at Rice

Week 11

Rice at LA Tech
North Texas at UAB
Charlotte vs Gardner-Webb

Week 12

LA Tech at UL Monroe
UAB at UTEP
Charlotte at Marshall

Week 13

Southern Miss at UAB
LA Tech at FIU
FAU at Middle Tennessee
UTEP at Rice
WKU at Charlotte

Week 14

Southern Miss at UTEP
UAB at MTSU
FIU at Charlotte

Week 15

Marshall at FIU
Charlotte at Marshall

Bowls

UAB at South Carolina

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