2020 Colorado State Rams football team

The 2020 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Originally, there was a cancellation of the 2020 season on August 10 for the Mountain West,[2] but this was reversed. The Rams were to play their opening home game at Sonny Lubick Field at Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins, Colorado against New Mexico, but the game was canceled. The Rams were members of the Mountain West Conference. They were led by first-year head coach Steve Addazio.

2020 Colorado State Rams football
ConferenceMountain West Conference
2020 record1–3 (1–3 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoey Lynch (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorChuck Heater (3rd season)
Home stadiumCanvas Stadium
(Capacity: 41,200)
Uniform
2020 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 24 San Jose State y$  7 –0     7 –1  
Boise State y  5 –0     5 –2  
Nevada  6 –2     7 –2  
San Diego State  4 –2     4 –4  
Hawaii  4 –4     5 –4  
Fresno State  3 –3     3 –3  
Air Force  2 –2     3 –2  
Wyoming  2 –4     2 –4  
New Mexico  2 –5     2 –5  
Colorado State  1 –3     1 –3  
Utah State  1 –5     1 –5  
UNLV  0 –6     0 –6  
Championship: San Jose State 34, Boise State 20
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Mountain West suspended the season, but later decided to begin play on October 24.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season
Main article: 2019 Colorado State Rams football team

The Rams finished the 2019 season 4–8, 3–5 in Mountain West play to finish in fifth place in the Mountain Division.

Schedule

Colorado State announced its 2020 football schedule on February 27, 2020.[3] The 2020 schedule consisted of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season. On August 10, 2020, the Mountain West Conference announced the suspension of the football season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][4]

On September 25, the Mountain West announced the 2020 season would return with a revised 8-game, conference only season beginning October 24.[5]

The following is the revised schedule. It included a game vs. New Mexico on October 24 that was canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions.[6] The November 21 game vs. UNLV was also canceled due to COVID-19 cases related to contact tracing within the UNLV program.[7] The November 26 game at Air Force was also canceled due to COVID-19 cases related to contact tracing within the Colorado State program.[8] The December 12 game vs. Utah State was canceled by Utah State University as a result of a Utah State player boycott in protest of comments made by their university president that they perceived as discriminatory.[9]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
October 298:00 p.m.at Fresno State
CBSSNL 17–380
November 57:00 p.m.Wyoming
CBSSNW 34–240
November 126:00 p.m.at Boise State
FS1L 21–521,100
December 58:30 p.m.at San Diego State
CBSSNL 17–290

Source[10]

    References
    1. "WE'RE BACK". twitter.com/MountainWest. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
    2. "Mountain West Conference postpones fall sports, ending football for CSU, Air Force". The Denver Channel. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
    3. "Complete 2020 Football Schedule Announced". Colorado State University. February 27, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
    4. "Mountain West postpones football, fall sports". ESPN.com. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
    5. Wittmann, Mike (September 25, 2020). "The Mountain West announces the return of football". Mountain West Connection. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
    6. Bonagura, Kyle (October 20, 2020). "Colorado State Rams-New Mexico Lobos football game canceled due to coronavirus". ESPN. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
    7. Orts, Jason (November 18, 2020). "UNLV-Colorado State football game off because of coronavirus". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
    8. "Colorado State Rams-Air Force Falcons football game canceled". ESPN. November 25, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
    9. Fredrickson, Kyle (December 11, 2020). "Utah State at Colorado State football game canceled due to USU player boycott". The Denver Post. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
    10. "2020 Colorado State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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