2020 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

The 2020 Fresno State Bulldogs football team was to represent California State University, Fresno in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs were to be led by first–year head coach Kalen DeBoer and play their games at Bulldog Stadium as a member of the Mountain West Conference in the West Division.

2020 Fresno State Bulldogs football
ConferenceMountain West Conference
DivisionWest Division
2020 record0–0 (0–0 MW)
Head coachKalen DeBoer (1st season as HC, 3rd overall season)
Offensive coordinatorRyan Grubb (2nd season as OC, 4th overall season)
Defensive coordinatorWilliam Inge (1st season)
Home stadiumBulldog Stadium
(Capacity: 41,031)
2020 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Mountain Division
Air Force   –      –  
Boise State   –      –  
Colorado State   –      –  
New Mexico   –      –  
Utah State   –      –  
Wyoming   –      –  
West Division
Fresno State   –      –  
Hawaii   –      –  
Nevada   –      –  
San Diego State   –      –  
San Jose State   –      –  
UNLV   –      –  
Championship: TBA
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Mountain West suspended the 2020 football season.
As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

On August 10, 2020, the Mountain West Conference cancelled all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Previous season

They finished the 2019 season 4–8 and 2–6 in Mountain West play to finish in a three–way tie in fourth place in the West Division and did not qualify for a bowl game. Head coach Jeff Tedford resigned and was replaced by Kalen DeBoer.

Schedule

Fresno State had games scheduled against Colorado and Texas A&M, which were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 5 Idaho State*
September 26 Air Force
  • Bulldog Stadium
  • Fresno, CA
October 3 at Colorado State
October 17 New Mexico State*
  • Bulldog Stadium
  • Fresno, CA
October 24 at Nevada
October 31 Hawaii
  • Bulldog Stadium
  • Fresno, CA (rivalry)
November 7 at UNLV
November 14 at Utah State
November 21 San Diego State
  • Bulldog Stadium
  • Fresno, CA (rivalry)
November 28 San Jose State
  • Bulldog Stadium
  • Fresno, CA (rivalry)
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

[4]

Game summaries

Idaho State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0
Bulldogs 0
See also: 2020 Idaho State Bengals football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–1 1977 FRES, 28–7

Air Force
1 2 3 4 Total
Falcons 0
Bulldogs 0
See also: 2020 Air Force Falcons football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–7 2019 AF, 43–24

at Colorado State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0
Rams 0
See also: 2020 Colorado State Rams football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–10 2019 CSU, 41–31

New Mexico State
1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0
Bulldogs 0
See also: 2020 New Mexico State Aggies football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–1 2019 FRES, 30–17

at Nevada
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0
Wolf Pack 0
See also: 2020 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
29–21–1 2019 NEV, 35–28

Hawaii
1 2 3 4 Total
Rainbow Warriors 0
Bulldogs 0
See also: 2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team and Fresno State–Hawaii football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
29–22–1 2019 FRES, 41–38

at UNLV
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0
Rebels 0
See also: 2020 UNLV Rebels football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–6 2019 FRES, 56–27

at Utah State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0
Aggies 0
See also: 2020 Utah State Aggies football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
17–13–1 2019 USU, 37–35

San Diego State
1 2 3 4 Total
Aztecs 0
Bulldogs 0
See also: 2020 San Diego State Aztecs football team and Fresno State–San Diego State football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
25–30–4 2019 SDSU, 17–7

San Jose State
1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 0
Bulldogs 0
See also: 2020 San Jose State Spartans football team and Fresno State–San Jose State football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
42–38–3 2019 SJSU, 17–16
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References
  1. "Mountain West Postpones 2020 Fall Sports". TheMW.com. August 10, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  2. Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo News. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  3. Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  4. "2020 Fresno State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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