2020 North Dakota State Bison football team
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NCAA Division I Quarterfinal, L 20–24 vs. Sam Houston State | |
Conference | Missouri Valley Football Conference |
Ranking | |
STATS | No. 6 |
FCS Coaches | No. 7 |
2020 record | 7–3 (5–2 MVFC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Tyler Roehl (2nd season) |
Defensive coordinator | David Braun (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Fargodome (capacity: 19,000) |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2020 North Dakota State Bison football team represented North Dakota State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Matt Entz. The team played in the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota, for the 28th season as members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). They entered the season as defending national champions, having won eight of the prior nine FCS titles.
Previous season[]
In 2019, the Bison finished the regular season 12–0, the second consecutive undefeated Bison season, and won their ninth consecutive MVFC title. They received an automatic qualifying bid to the FCS Playoff Tournament and were seeded as the No. 1 team. The Bison then went 4–0 in the FCS playoffs to finish 16–0 as FCS champions, becoming the first team at any level of college football to finish a season 16–0 since Yale in 1894. They also extended their FCS-record winning streak to 37 games.
Preseason[]
MVFC poll[]
Preseason All–MVFC team[]
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Schedule[]
NDSU had games scheduled against Oregon (September 5, rescheduled to 2028), Drake (September 12, rescheduled to 2022), and North Carolina A&T (September 19, rescheduled to 2022) that were postponed before the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2][3][4]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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October 3 | 2:30 p.m. | Central Arkansas* | No. 1 | ESPN+ | W 39–28 | 471 | |
February 21 | 2:30 p.m. | Youngstown State | No. 1 |
| ESPN+ | W 25–7 | 6,578 |
February 27 | 2:30 p.m. | at Southern Illinois | No. 1 | ESPN+ | L 14–38 | 2,400 | |
March 6 | 2:00 p.m. | at Missouri State | No. 6 | ESPN+ | W 25–0 | 3,147 | |
March 13 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 22 Illinois State | No. 5 |
| ESPN+ | W 21–13 | 6,145 |
March 20 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 2 North Dakota | No. 4 |
| ESPN+ | W 34–13 | 9,121 |
No. 2 | Canceled | ||||||
April 10 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 24 Northern Iowa | No. 2 | ESPN+ | W 23–20 | 2,037 | |
April 17 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 4 South Dakota State | No. 2 |
| ESPN+ | L 17–27 | 8,762 |
April 24 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 9 Eastern Washington | No. 6 |
| ESPN3 | W 42–20 | 3,587 |
May 2 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 4 Sam Houston State | No. 6 |
| ESPN | L 20–24 | 4,984 |
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Personnel[]
Roster[]
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Quarterback
Tailback
Fullback
Wide Receiver
Tight End
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Offensive Lineman
Defensive Lineman
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Linebacker
Cornerbacks
Safeties
Placekicker
Punter
Long Snappers
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Recruiting Class[]
Game summaries[]
Central Arkansas[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bears | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 28 |
Bison | 0 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 39 |
Ranking movements[]
- AP Poll
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final | ||||
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- FCS polls
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final | ||||||
STATS FCS | |||||||||||||||||||||
Coaches |
Players drafted into the NFL[]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL Club |
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1 | 3 | Trey Lance | QB | San Francisco 49ers |
2 | 53 | Dillon Radunz | OT | Tennessee Titans |
References[]
- ^ Peterson, Eric. "Bison football game at Oregon canceled after Pac-12 Conference moves to conference-only play for multiple fall sports". INFORUM. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
- ^ Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo News. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ "MEAC suspends all fall sports for indefinite period". ESPN.com. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ Kelley, Kevin (27 July 2020). "Pioneer Football League to play conference-only football schedule in 2020". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ^ "2020 North Dakota State Football Schedule". gobison.com. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
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