2020 Youngstown State Penguins football team

2020 Youngstown State Penguins football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Record1–6 (1–6 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTroy Rothenbuhler (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJoe Schaefer (1st season)
Home stadiumStambaugh Stadium
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
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.