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.

2020 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
2020 record	0–0 (0–0 MVFC)
Head coach	John Stiegelmeier (24th season)
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)

2020 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Dakota State			–						1	–	0
Southern Illinois			–						1	–	0
Illinois State			–							–
North Dakota			–							–
Northern Iowa			–							–
South Dakota			–							–
South Dakota State			–							–
Western Illinois			–							–
Youngstown State			–							–
Missouri State			–						0	–	3
Note: – Indiana State not playing 2020-21 FCS schedule As of January 30, 2021; Rankings from STATS Poll

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]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
February 19 (Friday)	7:00 p.m.	at Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA
February 27	12:00 p.m.	at North Dakota	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND
March 6	2:00 p.m.	Western Illinois	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD
March 13	2:00 p.m.	Youngstown State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD
March 20	12:00 p.m.	at Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL
March 27		Illinois State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD
April 3	2:30 p.m.	at North Dakota State	Fargodome Fargo, ND (Dakota Marker)
April 10	2:00 p.m.	South Dakota	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD (rivalry)
Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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References

1. 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.
2. Kelley, Kevin (27 July 2020). "Pioneer Football League to play conference-only football schedule in 2020". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
3. "Tarleton State Postpones Football Season Until Spring". NBC DFW. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
4. "2020 South Dakota State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 28, 2020.