The 2020 South Dakota Coyotes football team represented the
University of South Dakota
The University of South Dakota (USD) is a public research university in Vermillion, South Dakota. Established by the Dakota Territory legislature in 1862, 27 years before the establishment of the state of South Dakota, USD is the flagship univ ...
in the
2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach
Bob Nielson
Bob Nielson (born September 28, 1959) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at the University of South Dakota, a position he had held since the 2016 season. Nielson was the head football coach at Ripon College (1989–1990) ...
and played their home games in the
DakotaDome
The DakotaDome is an indoor multi-purpose stadium in the north central United States, located on the campus of the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota. Opened in 1979 at a cost of $8.2 million, the 9,100-seat venue is th ...
. They played as a member of the
Missouri Valley Football Conference
The Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC), formerly the Gateway Football Conference, is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I Football Championship Subdivis ...
.
Previous season
The Coyotes finished the
2019 season 5–7, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in sixth place.
Schedule
References
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...
South Dakota Coyotes football seasons
South Dakota Coyotes football
: ''For information on all University of South Dakota sports, see South Dakota Coyotes''
The South Dakota Coyotes football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of South Dakota located in the U.S. state of South ...
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