# 2020 Tipperary county football team season

The following is a summary of Tipperary county football team's 2020 season. David Power was in his first year as manager. The season was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season resumed in mid-October of the same year.
On 22 November 2020, Tipperary won the Munster Senior Football Championship after a 0–17 to 0–14 win against Cork in the final. It was Tipperary's first Munster SFC title in 85 years.
To mark the centenary of Bloody Sunday, Tipperary wore special commemorative jerseys in white and green in the final, a replica of the colours worn by the Tipperary team which played Dublin at Croke Park in 1920.
Tipperary went on to play Mayo in the All-Ireland Semi-final on 6 December. In foggy conditions they lost the game by 5–20 to 3-13 after being behind by 4–12 to 1–5 at half-time.

## Competitions
### National Football League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Cork (P) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 90 | +42 | 14 | NFL Division 3 champions and promotion to 2021 NFL Division 2 |
| 2 | Down (P) | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 87 | 87 | 0 | 9 | Promotion to 2021 NFL Division 2 |
| 3 | Derry | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 110 | 95 | +15 | 9 | |
| 4 | Longford | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 96 | 90 | +6 | 7 | |
| 5 | Tipperary | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 99 | 104 | −5 | 7 | |
| 6 | Offaly | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 102 | 111 | −9 | 5 | |
| 7 | Leitrim (R) | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 90 | 109 | −19 | 3 | Relegation to 2021 NFL Division 4 |
| 8 | Louth (R) | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 105 | 135 | −30 | 2 | Relegation to 2021 NFL Division 4 |
* 1 2 Head-to-head result: Down 0-14 – 0-12 Derry.
* 1 2 Head-to-head result: Longford 3-12 – 3-7 Tipperary.

### Munster Senior Football Championship

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Waterford | Waterford | 0-9 | | | | | | |
| Limerick | Limerick | 2-14 | Limerick | Limerick | 2-11 | | | |
| Tipperary | Tipperary | 2-11 | Tipperary | Tipperary | 1-15 | | | |
| Clare | Clare | 1-11 | | | | Tipperary | Tipperary | 0-17 |
| | | | | | | Cork | Cork | 0-14 |
| | | | Cork | Cork | 1-12 | | | |
| | | | Kerry | Kerry | 0-13 | | | |
* RTÉ
* 22 November 2020 (2020-11-22) 13:30 GMT (UTC+0) Final
* Report
| Tipperary | 0-17 (17) – (14) 0-14 | Cork |
| (HT: 0-11 - 0-07) |||
| Pts: C Sweeney 7 (2fs, 2m); M Quinlivan 5 (1f); L Casey 2 (f); K Fahey 1, E Comerford 1 (free), P Austin 1. | | Pts: L Connolly 4 (2fs, 1 45), M Collins 4 (4fs); J O’Rourke 2; C O’Callaghan 1, B Hurley 1, S White 1, C O’Mahony 1 (f). |
* Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

### All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

* RTÉ Sky Sports
* 6 December 2020 (2020-12-06) 15:30 GMT (UTC+0) Semi-Final
* Report
| Mayo | 5-20 (35) – (22) 3-13 | Tipperary |
| (HT: 4-12 – 1-05) |||
| Gls: C O'Connor 4, D O'Connor 1. Pts: C O’Connor 9 (6fs); T Conroy 4 (1m); D Coen 2; M Ruane 1, P Durcan 1, K McLoughlin 1, A O’Shea 1, C Loftus 1. | | Gls: C Sweeney 1, B Fox 1, P Feehan 1. Pts: C Sweeney 9 (8fs); C O’Riordan 2; S O’Brien 1, K Fahey 1. |
* Croke Park, Dublin Referee: David Gough ((Meath) Attendance: 0

## Awards

In January 2021, Kevin Fahey, Bill Maher, Colin O’Riordan and Conor Sweeney were nominated for an All-Star award.
On 19 February 2021, Conor Sweeney was named at full-forward on the All-Star team for 2020, becoming the third ever Tipperary player to win an All-Star award.