2020 Montana State Bobcats football team

2020 Montana State Bobcats football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jeff Choate (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Justin Udy (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Kane Ioane (2nd season)
Home stadium	Bobcat Stadium (Capacity: 17,777)

2020 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 9 Weber State $^		5	–	0					5	–	1
No. 10 Eastern Washington ^		5	–	1					5	–	2
No. 14 UC Davis		3	–	2					3	–	2
Northern Arizona		3	–	2					3	–	2
Idaho State		2	–	4					2	–	4
Idaho		2	–	4					2	–	4
Southern Utah		1	–	5					1	–	5
Cal Poly‡		0	–	3					0	–	3
Montana†			–						2	–	0
Portland State†			–						0	–	1
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Notes: Due to COVID-19, the Big Sky suspended the fall 2020 football season. Montana State, Northern Colorado, and Sacramento State opted out of the spring season. † – Montana and Portland State opted out of the conference season, but scheduled non-conference games. ‡ – Cal Poly opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 29, 2021. Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Montana State Bobcats football team will represent Montana State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bobcats will be led by fifth-year head coach Jeff Choate and play their home games at Bobcat Stadium. They are a member of the Big Sky Conference.

Previous season

Main article: 2019 Montana State Bobcats football team

The Bobcats finished the 2019 season 11–4, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated Albany in the second round and Austin Peay in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to North Dakota State.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5		LIU*		Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT
September 12		at Utah*		Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT
September 19		Dixie State*		Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT
September 26		at Portland State		Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR
October 3		Northern Colorado		Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT
October 10		Cal Poly		Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT
October 17		at Weber State		Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT
October 24		Idaho State		Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT
November 7		at Eastern Washington		Roos Field Cheney, WA
November 14		Idaho		Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT
November 21		at Montana		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (Brawl of the Wild)
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time