2020 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team


The 2020 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team will represent Mississippi State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs will play their home games at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi, and compete in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference. They will be led by first-year head coach Mike Leach.

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the 2019 regular season 6–7, 3–5 in SEC play to finish in fifth in the Western Division. They were invited to play in the Music Bowl, where they lost against Louisville. Joe Moorhead was fired in January 2020, several days after the bowl.

Schedule

Mississippi State announced its 2020 football schedule on August 7, 2019. The 2020 schedule consisted of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season.
The Bulldogs had games scheduled against Alabama A&M, New Mexico, NC State, and Tulane, but were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.