Missouri Valley Football Conference Moves Schedule to Spring 2021

The Missouri Valley Football Conference has decided against a fall football season as the conference will move its conference slate to the spring of 2021.

The MVFC will attempt an 8 game conference schedule in the spring and hope that the FCS Championship will be moved to the spring as well. The non-conference games are not part of the move to spring with each institution ultimately deciding on if those games will be played this fall.

Eight teams – Illinois State, Indiana State, North Dakota, North Dakota State, Northern Iowa, South Dakota State, Southern Illinois, and Youngstown State – have already decided they will not play any games this fall. Southern Illinois had a game against Tennessee Martin scheduled for Thursday, September 3 but the two schools agreed to move the game to 2025.

Missouri State has committed to playing three non-conference games against Oklahoma on September 12 and then a home-and-home series against Central Arkansas. Central Arkansas will be the host on September 26 while Missouri State will be the host three weeks later on October 17.

Earlier on Friday both the Big Sky Conference and the Pioneer Football League announced they were scrapping its non-conference slate for fall 2020. The Big Sky officially moved its season to the spring while the PFL left open that possibility.

Below are the 66 additional games involving MVFC teams with the 22 non-conference games marked with an asterisk. 44 conference games originally scheduled for the fall are now postponed to the spring of 2021. Note, these do not include previously canceled or postponed contests.

Date	Away	Home
8/29*	Southern Illinois	Kansas
8/29*	Missouri State	Oklahoma
9/3*	Indiana State	Eastern Illinois
9/3*	Southern Illinois	Tennessee Martin
9/3*	North Alabama	Western Illinois
9/5*	South Dakota	Iowa State
9/12*	Montana	Missouri State
9/12*	South Dakota	Northern Arizona
9/12*	Eastern Illinois	Illinois State
9/12*	Indiana State	Middle Tennessee
9/12*	North Dakota	Kansas State
9/12*	Northern Iowa	Idaho State
9/12*	Western Illinois	Eastern Washington
9/19*	Eastern Kentucky	Youngstown State
9/19*	Southeast Missouri State	Southern Illinois
9/19	Missouri State	South Dakota
9/19*	Weber State	Northern Iowa
9/19*	Western Illinois	Oklahoma State
9/26	North Dakota	Youngstown State
9/26	North Dakota State	Northern Iowa
9/26	Indiana State	South Dakota State
9/26	South Dakota	Illinois State
10/3	South Dakota State	North Dakota
10/3	Youngstown State	Missouri State
10/3	Northern Iowa	Southern Illinois
10/3	Illinois State	North Dakota State
10/3	Western Illinois	South Dakota
10/10	Missouri State	North Dakota
10/10	Northern Iowa	Western Illinois
10/10	North Dakota State	Indiana State
10/10	South Dakota	South Dakota State
10/10	Southern Illinois	Illinois State
10/17	Indiana State	Youngstown State
10/17	Southern Illinois	Missouri State
10/17*	Dixie State	South Dakota
10/17	Illinois State	Northern Iowa
10/17	North Dakota	Western Illinois
10/17	South Dakota State	North Dakota State
10/24	Missouri State	Indiana State
10/24*	North Dakota	Portland State
10/24	Northern Iowa	South Dakota
10/24	South Dakota State	Southern Illinois
10/24	Western Illinois	Illinois State
10/24	Youngstown State	North Dakota State
10/31	South Dakota	North Dakota
10/31	Southern Illinois	Youngstown State
10/31	North Dakota State	Missouri State
10/31	Illinois State	Indiana State
10/31	Western Illinois	South Dakota State
11/7	Indiana State	Southern Illinois
11/7*	Missouri State	Tarleton State
11/7	North Dakota	Illinois State
11/7	South Dakota State	Northern Iowa
11/7	Youngstown State	Western Illinois
11/14	Northern Iowa	Youngstown State
11/14	Illinois State	Missouri State
11/14*	Tarleton State	South Dakota State
11/14	Western Illinois	Southern Illinois
11/14	North Dakota	North Dakota State
11/14	South Dakota	Indiana State
11/21	Southern Illinois	North Dakota
11/21*	Dixie State	Illinois State
11/21	Indiana State	Western Illinois
11/21	Missouri State	Northern Iowa
11/21	North Dakota State	South Dakota
11/21	Youngstown State	South Dakota State

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