2020 South Dakota Coyotes football team

American college football season

2020 South Dakota Coyotes football

Conference| Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record| 1–3 (1–3 MVFC)
Head coach|

* Bob Nielson (5th season)

Offensive coordinator| Ted Schlafke (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator| Travis Johansen (2nd season)
Home stadium| DakotaDome

Seasons

<- 2019

2021 ->

2020 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

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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

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Main article: 2019 South Dakota Coyotes football team

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

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Rank| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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February 27 |  12:00 p.m. |  at No. 7 Illinois State |  |

* Hancock Stadium
* Normal, IL

|  ESPN+ | W 27–20|  1,853
March 4 |  5:00 p.m. |  at No. 4 North Dakota | No. 20 |

* Alerus Center
* Grand Forks, ND (Sitting Bull Trophy)

|  ESPN+ | L 10–21|  3,491
March 13 |  1:00 p.m. |  Missouri State | No. 21 |

* DakotaDome
* Vermillion, SD

|  ESPN+ | L 24–27|  2,051
March 20 |  11:00 a.m. |  at Youngstown State |  |

* Stambaugh Stadium
* Youngstown, OH

|  ESPN+ | L 10–28|  2,159
~~March 27~~ |  ~~1:00 p.m.~~ |  ~~No. 2North Dakota State~~ |  |

* ~~DakotaDome~~
*  ~~Vermillion, SD~~

|  ~~ESPN+~~ | Canceled|
~~April 2~~ |  ~~6:00 p.m.~~ |  ~~No. 23Northern Iowa~~ |  |

* ~~DakotaDome~~
*  ~~Vermillion, SD~~

|  ~~ESPN+~~ | Canceled|
~~April 10~~ |  ~~2:00 p.m.~~ |  ~~atSouth Dakota State~~ |  |

* ~~Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium~~
*  ~~Brookings, SD (rivalry)~~

|  ~~ESPN+~~ | Canceled|
~~April 17~~ |  ~~6:00 p.m.~~ |  ~~Western Illinois~~ |  |

* ~~DakotaDome~~
*  ~~Vermillion, SD~~

|  ~~MVFC TV~~ | Canceled[a]|

* Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Central time

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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

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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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South Dakota Coyotes football

Venues|

* Darwin Inman Memorial Stadium (1926–1978)
* DakotaDome (1979–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Sitting Bull Trophy (North Dakota)
* South Dakota State

Culture & lore|

* "Hail, South Dakota!"
* Charlie Coyote
* Dakota Days

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees

Seasons|

* 1889
* 1890–1893
* 1894
* 1895–1897
* 1898
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