2020 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team
The 2020 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team will represent South Dakota State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They will be led by 24th-year head coach John Stiegelmeier and play their home games at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium in Brookings, South Dakota as members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Football Conference |
| 2020 record | 0–0 (0–0 MVFC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Jason Eck (5th overall season) |
| Co-defensive coordinator | Brian Bergstrom (4th overall season) |
| Co-defensive coordinator | Jimmy Rogers (8th overall season) |
| Home stadium | Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium (Capacity: 19,340) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Western Illinois | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youngstown State | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri State | – | 0 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Previous season
The Jackrabbits finished the 2019 season 8–5, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they lost in the second round to Northern Iowa.
Preseason
On May 27, 2020 HERO Sports ranked the Jackrabbits 2nd in their Top 25 poll for the 2020 season. This is SDSU's highest ranking in a preseason poll.
Schedule
South Dakota State had games scheduled against Butler, Nebraska, and Tarleton State, which were later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.[1][2][3]
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| February 19 (Friday) | 7:00 p.m. | at Northern Iowa | ||||||
| February 27 | 12:00 p.m. | at North Dakota | ||||||
| March 6 | 2:00 p.m. | Western Illinois |
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| March 13 | 2:00 p.m. | Youngstown State | ||||||
| March 20 | 12:00 p.m. | at Southern Illinois | ||||||
| March 27 | Illinois State |
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| April 3 | 2:30 p.m. | at North Dakota State | ||||||
| April 10 | 2:00 p.m. | South Dakota |
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References
- Myerberg, Paul. "Big Ten football reduces season schedule to only conference games, maybe setting stage for others to follow". USA TODAY. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- Kelley, Kevin (27 July 2020). "Pioneer Football League to play conference-only football schedule in 2020". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- "Tarleton State Postpones Football Season Until Spring". NBC DFW. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- "2020 South Dakota State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 28, 2020.