2020 Missouri State Bears football team

The 2020 Missouri State Bears football team will represent Missouri State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They will be led by Bobby Petrino in his first season as the program's 21st head coach.[1] The Bears will play their home games at Robert W. Plaster Stadium. They will compete as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

2020 Missouri State Bears football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
2020 record0–3 (0–0 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorNick Petrino (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorRyan Beard (1st season)
Home stadiumRobert W. Plaster Stadium
(Capacity: 17,500)
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  
As of January 30, 2021; Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season
Main article: 2019 Missouri State Bears football team

The Bears finished the 2019 season 1–10, 1–7 in MVFC play to finish in a two-way tie for ninth place. On January 10, 2020, head coach Dave Steckel was bought out of his contract with Missouri State after compiling a 13–42 record over five seasons.[2] Five days later, on January 15, Bobby Petrino was announced as the team's new head coach.[3]

Schedule

Missouri State had a game scheduled against Tarleton State, which was later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 12 7:00 p.m. at No. 5 (FBS) Oklahoma*
FSOK PPV L 0–48 22,700
September 26 7:00 p.m. at Central Arkansas*
ESPN3 L 20–27 2,500
October 17 7:00 p.m. Central Arkansas*
ESPN3 L 24–33 5,489
February 20 1:00 p.m. Illinois State
  • Plaster Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
February 27 12:00 p.m. at Western Illinois
March 6 2:00 p.m. North Dakota State
  • Plaster Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
March 13 1:00 p.m. at South Dakota
March 20 4:00 p.m. at Northern Iowa
March 27 2:00 p.m. Southern Illinois
  • Plaster Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
April 3 11:00 a.m. at North Dakota
April 10 2:00 p.m. Youngstown State
  • Plaster Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[5][6]

References
  1. "Bobby Petrino officially announced as Missouri State's next head football coach". Springfield News-Leader. January 15, 2020. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  2. "Missouri State buys out Dave Steckel, looking for new coach". Jefferson City News Tribune via Associated Press. January 10, 2020. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  3. "Bobby Petrino back in business. AD who hired him worked for U of L and Kentucky". Lexington Herald-Leader. January 15, 2020. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  4. "Tarleton State Postpones Football Season Until Spring". NBC DFW. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  5. "Missouri Valley Football Conference Announces League Slate". valley-football.org. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  6. "2020 Missouri State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
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