2020 Midwestern State Mustangs football team

The 2020 Midwestern State Mustangs football team represented Midwestern State University as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC) during the 2020 NCAA Division II football season. Led by 19th-year head coach Bill Maskill, the team compiled a record of 1–2. The Mustangs played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls, Texas.

2020 Midwestern State Mustangs football
Conference	Lone Star Conference
Record	1–2 (0–0 LSC)
Head coach	Bill Maskill (19th season)
Offensive coordinator	Skyler Mornhinweg (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Rich Renner (13th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

2020 Lone Star Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
UT Permian Basin			–						5	–	0
West Texas A&M			–						3	–	3
Angelo State			–						2	–	2
Midwestern State			–						1	–	2
Western New Mexico			–						0	–	1
Texas A&M–Kingsville			–						0	–	2
Notes: Due to COVID-19, the Lone South Conference suspended the fall 2020 football season. The conference also announced no in-conference competition for spring 2021 play. Schools scheduled own games if desired to play either in the fall or spring. Eastern New Mexico and Texas A&M–Commerce opted out of the season.

Fall season delayed

On August 7, 2020, the Lone Star Conference postponed fall competition for several sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1][2] A few months later in January 2021, the conference announced that there will be no spring conference competition in football.^[3] Teams that opt-in to compete would have to schedule on their own.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
March 6, 2021	1:00 p.m.	Texas A&M–Kingsville*	Memorial Stadium Wichita Falls, TX	W 45–34 [4]	3,000
March 20, 2021	6:00 p.m.	at Tarleton State*	Memorial Stadium Stephenville, TX	L 21–33	10,776
March 27, 2021	1:00 p.m.	at Texas–Permian Basin*	Grande Communications Stadium Midland, TX	L 21–22 OT	4,237
*Non-conference game