2020 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team

The 2020 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team represents Mississippi Valley State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Delta Devils are led by third-year head coach Vincent Dancy and play their home games at Rice–Totten Stadium as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).

2020 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
	East Division
2020 record	0–0 (0–0 SWAC)
Head coach	Vincent Dancy (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Jared Powers (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Derek Welch (3rd season)
Home stadium	Rice–Totten Stadium (Capacity: 10,000)

2020 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Alabama A&M			–							–
Alabama State			–							–
Alcorn State			–							–
Jackson State			–							–
Mississippi Valley State			–							–
West Division
Arkansas–Pine Bluff			–							–
Grambling State			–							–
Prairie View A&M *			–							–
Southern			–							–
Texas Southern			–							–
Note: SWAC playing a spring conference-only schedule (February–May 2021) due to COVID-19 pandemic. * – Ineligible for FCS postseason play due to NCAA sanctions As of January 19, 2021; Rankings from STATS Poll

On July 20, 2020, the Southwestern Athletic Conference announced that it would not play fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes the football program.[1] The conference is formalizing plans to conduct a competitive schedule for football during the 2021 spring semester.

Previous season

The Delta Devils finished the 2019 season 2–9, 1–6 in SWAC play to finish in last place in the East Division.

Preseason

Preseason polls

To be announced

Preseason all-SWAC teams

To be announced

Schedule

Due to the SWAC's postponement of the 2020 football season to spring 2021, games against Nicholls, Sam Houston State, and Virginia–Lynchburg were canceled.[2] The SWAC released updated spring schedules on August 17.[3]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
February 27	at Jackson State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS
March 6	Alabama A&M	Rice–Totten Stadium Itta Bena, MS
March 20	Alcorn State	Rice–Totten Stadium Itta Bena, MS
April 3	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	Rice–Totten Stadium Itta Bena, MS
April 10	at Alabama State	New ASU Stadium Montgomery, AL
April 17	at Texas Southern	BBVA Stadium Houston, TX
Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game

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References

1. Stephenson, Creg (20 July 2020). "SWAC becomes latest FCS conference to postpone 2020 football season to spring". AL.com. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
2. Visser, David (July 21, 2020). "SWAC Suspends Fall Football Season". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
3. "SWAC Releases 2021 Spring Football Schedule". swac.org. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
4. "2020 Delta Devil Football Schedule Release" (Press release). MVSU Athletics. February 18, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2020.