2020 South Dakota Coyotes football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Record1–3 (1–3 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTed Schlafke (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorTravis Johansen (2nd season)
Home stadiumDakotaDome
2020 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 South Dakota State +^  5 –1   8 –2  
No. 12 Missouri State +^  5 –1   5 –5  
No. 7 North Dakota ^  4 –1   5 –2  
No. 6 North Dakota State ^  5 –2   7 –3  
No. 14 Southern Illinois ^  3 –3   6 –4  
Northern Iowa  3 –4   3 –4  
South Dakota  1 –3   1 –3  
Illinois State†  1 –3   1 –3  
Western Illinois†  1 –5   1 –5  
Youngstown State  1 –6   1 –6  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Note: Indiana State opted out of the spring season.
    † – Illinois State and Western Illinois opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 21 and April 5, 2021, respectively.
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 South Dakota Coyotes football team represented the University of South Dakota in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Bob Nielson and played their home games in the DakotaDome. They played as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

Previous season

The Coyotes finished the 2019 season 5–7, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in sixth place.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
February 27 12:00 p.m. at No. 7 Illinois State
ESPN+ W 27–20 1,853
March 4 5:00 p.m. at No. 4 North Dakota No. 20
ESPN+ L 10–21 3,491
March 13 1:00 p.m. Missouri State No. 21
ESPN+ L 24–27 2,051
March 20 11:00 a.m. at Youngstown State
ESPN+ L 10–28 2,159
March 27 1:00 p.m. No. 2 North Dakota State
  • DakotaDome
  • Vermillion, SD
 ESPN+ Canceled
April 2 6:00 p.m. No. 23 Northern Iowa
  • DakotaDome
  • Vermillion, SD
 ESPN+ Canceled
April 10 2:00 p.m. at South Dakota State
ESPN+ Canceled
April 17 6:00 p.m. Western Illinois
  • DakotaDome
  • Vermillion, SD
 MVFC TV Canceled[lower-alpha 1]

[2]

  1. ↑ On April 5, 2021, Western Illinois announced that it was opting out of the remainder of the 2021 spring season due to a lack of available players.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Holland, Scott. "WIU football opts out remainder of spring season". McDonough County Voice. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  2. ↑ "2020 South Dakota Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 28, 2020.


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