2020 South Dakota Coyotes football team

2020 South Dakota Coyotes football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Record1–3 (1–3 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTed Schlafke (3rd season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorTravis Johansen (2nd season)
Base defenseMultiple
Home stadiumDakotaDome
2020 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 South Dakota State +^  5 1   8 2  
No. 12 Missouri State +^  5 1   5 5  
No. 7 North Dakota ^  4 1   5 2  
No. 6 North Dakota State ^  5 2   7 3  
No. 14 Southern Illinois ^  3 3   6 4  
Northern Iowa  3 4   3 4  
South Dakota  1 3   1 3  
Illinois State 1 3   1 3  
Western Illinois 1 5   1 5  
Youngstown State  1 6   1 6  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
  • Note: Indiana State opted out of the spring season.
    † – Illinois State and Western Illinois opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 21 and April 5, 2021, respectively.
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 South Dakota Coyotes football team represented the University of South Dakota in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Bob Nielson and played their home games in the DakotaDome. They played as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.