2020 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team

American college football season

2020 South Carolina State Bulldogs football

Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record	3–1 (2–0 MEAC)
Head coach	Oliver Pough (19th season)
Home stadium	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

2020 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
Delaware State	2	–	2	2	–	3
Howard*	0	–	2	0	–	2
South Division
South Carolina State	2	–	0	3	–	1

Notes: Due to COVID-19, the Mid-Eastern Athletic suspended the fall 2020 football season. Florida A&M, Bethune–Cookman, North Carolina Central, North Carolina A&T, Morgan State, and Norfolk State opted out of the spring season. The MEAC suspended the spring season on February 11, due to only having three schools playing in the spring. * – Ineligible for FCS postseason play due to NCAA sanctions Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team represented South Carolina State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 19th-year head coach Oliver Pough. The Bulldogs played their home games at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium. They competed as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).

On July 16, 2020, the MEAC announced that it would cancel its fall sports seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league did not rule out the possibility of playing in the spring,^[1] and later released its spring schedule on December 14, 2020.^[2]

Schedule

South Carolina State's away and home games scheduled against Howard on March 6 and April 10, respectively, were canceled on March 2 due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result
March 6	1:30 p.m.	Alabama A&M*	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium Orangeburg, SC	ESPN3	L 7–31
March 13	2:00 p.m.	Delaware State	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium Orangeburg, SC	ESPN3	W 17–9
April 3	2:00 p.m.	at Alabama State*	New ASU Stadium Montgomery, AL	WBMM	W 14–7
April 17	6:00 p.m.	at Delaware State	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	ESPN3	W 31–28^OT
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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References

^ "MEAC suspends all fall sports for indefinite period". ESPN.com. July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
^ "MEAC Releases Updated Spring 2021 Football Schedule". meacsports.com. December 14, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
^ "2020 SC State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.

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Venues	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium (1955–present)
Bowls & rivalries	North Carolina A&T 2021 Celebration Bowl
Culture & lore	The Marching 101
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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National championship seasons in bold