The 2020 BYU Cougars football team represented

Brigham Young University Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d ...

in the

2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season The 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the 151st season of college football games in the United States. Organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at its highest level of competition, the Football Bowl Subdivisio ...

. The Cougars were led by fifth-year head coach

Kalani Sitake Kelaokalani Fifita "Kalani" Sitake (born October 10, 1975) is a Tongan–American football coach and former player. He has been the head football coach at Brigham Young University (BYU) since December 2015, and is the first Tongan to become a ...

and played their home games at

LaVell Edwards Stadium LaVell Edwards Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in the western United States, on the campus of Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah. Primarily used for college football, it is the home field of the BYU Cougars, an independent ...

. This was the 10th year that BYU competed as an NCAA Division I FBS independent.

Before the season

Coaching changes

Running back coach A.J. Steward took a position on the University of Arizona coaching staff and was replaced by former BYU running back

Harvey Unga William Harvey Unga (born January 18, 1987) is a former American football fullback and the current running backs coach for the Brigham Young University football team. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears with a seventh round pick in the 2010 Supp ...

2020 recruits

2019 returned missionaries

2020 other additions

2020 departures

Schedule

BYU‘s games against

Michigan State Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States. It i ...

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

Arizona State Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the ...

, Stanford and

Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

were all canceled before the season started. These were moves by the Pac-12, Big Ten and SEC related to COVID-19 in order to reduce the spread of the virus through travel restrictions. Any other changes to the schedule will be made in accordance with these restrictions. On August 8, 2020, the

Mid-American Conference The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region (North America), Great L ...

suspended their season taking

Northern Illinois Northern Illinois is a region generally covering the northern third of the U.S. state of Illinois. The region is by far the most populous of Illinois with nearly 9.7 million residents as of 2010. Economics Northern Illinois is dominated by t ...

off of BYU's schedule. On August 10, 2020,

Mountain West Conference The Mountain West Conference (MW) is one of the collegiate athletic conferences affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) (formerly I-A). The MW officially began operations ...

suspended their 2020 season removing

Utah State Utah State University (USU or Utah State) is a public land-grant research university in Logan, Utah. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. With nearly 20,000 students living on or near campus, USU is Utah's ...

, Boise State and

San Diego State San Diego State University (SDSU) is a public research university in San Diego, California. Founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CSU) system ...

from the Cougars’ 2020 schedule. The game at

Army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

, scheduled for September 19 as part of the replacement slate of games, was postponed indefinitely on September 12 with both the academy and BYU pledging to attempt to reschedule the game for a later date. Subsequently, the Mountain West Conference announced that both Boise State and San Diego State would be permitted to play BYU late in the season.

Rankings

NuSkin BYU Sports Network

The NuSkin BYU Sports Network is owned and operated by

BYU Radio BYU Radio is a talk radio station run by Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Operating at Sirius XM channel 143 (and in northern Utah on 107.9 KUMT and 89.1-2 KBYU-HD2), it is known on-air as BYU Radio. The station features "news, current ...

and features the talents of

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(play-by-play)
Riley Nelson
(analyst)
Mitchell Juergens
(reporter/sideline analyst), an
Jason Shepherd
(host) for the second consecutive year. The network is in charge of producing and broadcasting all BYU Football pre and post game shows as well as coaches shows and live broadcasts. The network also does the radio portion of BYU Football Media Day, but the 2020 Media Day was canceled due to COVID-19. :Affiliates *

– Flagship Station Nationwide (Dish Network 980, Sirius XM 143, KBYU 89.1 FM HD 2
TuneIn
radio, and byuradio.org) * KSL 102.7 FM and 1160 AM – (Salt Lake City / Provo, Utah an
ksl.com
*

KSNA KSNA (100.7 FM, "100.7 My FM") is a radio station broadcasting an Adult CHR format. Licensed to Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States, the station is currently owned by Sand Hill Media Corp and features programming from Jones Radio Networks. Hist ...

– Blackfoot / Idaho Falls / Pocatello / Rexburg, Idaho (games) *

KSPZ KSPZ (980 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports talk format. Licensed to Ammon, Idaho, United States, the station serves the Idaho Falls/Ammon area. The station is currently owned by Sandhill Media Group, LLC and features programming f ...

– Blackfoot / Idaho Falls / Pocatello / Rexburg, Idaho (coaches' shows) *

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– Monroe / Manti, Utah *

KSVC KSVC (980 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a talk format. Licensed to Richfield, Utah Richfield is a city in and the county seat of Sevier County, Utah, United States, and is the largest city in southern-central Utah. Description As o ...

– Richfield / Manti, Utah *

KDXU KDXU (890 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a talk radio format. Licensed to St. George, Utah, United States, the station is currently owned by Townsquare Media. KDXU is also an affiliate of the BYU Cougars Sports Network. KDXU signed on in ...

– St. George, Utah

Personnel

Coaching staff

Roster

Depth chart

Game summaries

Navy

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Troy

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Louisiana Tech

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UTSA

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Houston

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Texas State

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Western Kentucky

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Boise State

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North Alabama

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Coastal Carolina

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San Diego State

Sources: ''Uniform combination: black helmets, black jersey w/ white numbers and royal blue stripes, black pants w/ royal blue accents'' ----

Boca Raton Bowl: UCF

Sources: ''Uniform combination: white helmets, white jersey w/ royal blue numbers and royal blue stripes, white pants w/ royal blue accents'' ----

Players drafted into the NFL

References

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