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
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Division	West Division
2020 record	0–0 (0–0 MW)
Head coach	Kalen DeBoer (1st season as HC, 3rd overall season)
Offensive coordinator	Ryan Grubb (2nd season as OC, 4th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	William Inge (1st season)
Home stadium	Bulldog 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]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5		Idaho State*	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA
September 26		Air Force	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA
October 3		at Colorado State	Canvas Stadium Fort Collins, CO
October 17		New Mexico State*	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA
October 24		at Nevada	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV
October 31		Hawaii	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA (rivalry)
November 7		at UNLV	Allegiant Stadium Paradise, NV
November 14		at Utah State	Maverik Stadium Logan, UT
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

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.