2020 Youngstown State Penguins football team

2020 Youngstown State Penguins football
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record	1–6 (1–6 MVFC)
Head coach	Doug Phillips (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Troy Rothenbuhler (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Joe Schaefer (1st season)
Home stadium	Stambaugh Stadium

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 Youngstown State Penguins football team represented Youngstown State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Doug Phillips and played their home games at Stambaugh Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
February 21	3:30 p.m.	at No. 1 North Dakota State	Fargodome Fargo, ND	NBC ND/ESPN+	L 7–25	6,578
February 27	12:00 p.m.	No. 5 Northern Iowa	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	L 0–21	2,128
March 6	12:00 p.m.	No. 11 Southern Illinois	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	L 22–30	1,901
March 13	3:00 p.m.	at No. 8 South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD	ESPN+	L 17–19	2,653
March 20	12:00 p.m.	South Dakota	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	W 28–10	2,159
April 3	8:00 p.m.	at Western Illinois	Hanson Field Macomb, IL	ESPN+	L 24–27	679
April 10	3:00 p.m.	at No. 15 Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium Springfield, MO	ESPN+	L 10–21	2,948
April 17		No. 6 North Dakota	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	Canceled
Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time