2020 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

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2020 Southern Illinois Salukis football
Salukis textlogo.png
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 14
FCS CoachesNo. 14
2020 record6–4 (3–3 MVFC)
Head coach
Home stadiumSaluki Stadium
(Capacity: 15,000)
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
  • v
  • t
 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 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Nick Hill and played their home games at Saluki Stadium. They played as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

Previous season[]

Main article: 2019 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

The Salukis finished the 2019 season 7–5, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish tied for third place.

Schedule[]

Southern Illinois had a game scheduled against Wisconsin on September 12, which was later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.[1] An August 29 matchup with Kansas was announced on July 25.[2]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
October 30 6:00 p.m. vs. No. 24 Southeast Missouri State* No. 24
KFVS-TV W 20–17 0
February 20 12:00 p.m. at North Dakota No. 24
ESPN+ L 21–44 3,176
February 27 12:00 p.m. No. 1 North Dakota State
  • Saluki Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
ESPN+ W 38–14 2,400
March 6 11:00 a.m. at Youngstown State No. 11
ESPN+ W 30–22 1,901
March 13 12:00 p.m. No. 4 Northern Iowa No. 10
  • Saluki Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
ESPN+ W 17–16 2,400
March 20 12:00 p.m. No. 6 South Dakota State No. 5
  • Saluki Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
ESPN+ L 3–44 2,400
March 27 2:00 p.m. at Missouri State No. 10
ESPN+ L 27–30 3,581
April 3 12:00 p.m. at Illinois State No. 18
ESPN+ Canceled[a]
April 10 12:00 p.m. Western Illinois No. 16
  • Saluki Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
ESPN+ Canceled[b]
April 17 12:00 p.m. No. 17 Southeastern Louisiana* No. 18
  • Saluki Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
ESPN+ W 55–48 2,400
April 24 3:00 p.m. at No. 3 Weber State* No. 14
ESPN3 W 34–31
May 2 8:00 p.m. at No. 2 South Dakota State No. 14
ESPN2 L 26–31
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[4] [5]

  1. ^ On March 21, 2021, Illinois State announced that it would opt-out of the remainder of the 2021 spring season due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. ^ On April 5, 2021, Western Illinois announced that it was opting out of the remainder of the 2021 spring season due to a lack of available players.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Myerberg, Paul. "Big Ten football reduces season schedule to only conference games, maybe setting stage for others to follow". USA TODAY. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. ^ Kelley, Kevin (25 July 2020). "Kansas to open 2020 season in Week Zero against Southern Illinois". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  3. ^ Holland, Scott. "WIU football opts out remainder of spring season". McDonough County Voice. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "2020 Southern Illinois Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  5. ^ "Football to host No 19. Southeastern Louisiana on April 17". siusalukis.com. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
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