2020 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

2020 Southern Illinois Salukis football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 14
FCS CoachesNo. 14
Record6–4 (3–3 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBlake Rolan (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorJason Petrino (2nd season)
Home stadiumSaluki Stadium
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
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 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University Carbondale as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Nick Hill, the Salukis compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, placing fifth in the MVFC. Southern Illinois received an at-large berth in the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where they beat Weber State in the first round before losing to the eventual national runner-up, South Dakota State in the quarterfinals. The team played home games at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.

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

[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 July 10, 2020.
  2. ^ Kelley, Kevin (July 25, 2020). "Kansas to open 2020 season in Week Zero against Southern Illinois". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 30, 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.