2020 Fresno State Football Schedule Released

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Mountain West announced its 2020 football schedule on Thursday. Subject to approval from state, county and local officials, the 8-game schedule will begin on Saturday, Oct. 24.

The top two teams with the highest Conference winning percentage will face off in the MW Championship game on Saturday, Dec. 19. The schedule is comprised of 46 Conference matchups playing out over nine weeks with no divisional delineation.

Each MW team will have four home games, and four road games. The Bulldogs will open the season with back-to-back contests at Bulldog Stadium. The first against Hawai’i on Oct. 24, followed by Colorado State on Oct. 31.

The ‘Dogs other two home games will be San Jose State on Nov. 21, and San Diego State on Nov. 28.

The back-to-back theme continues with road games, starting with UNLV (Nov. 7) and Utah State (Nov. 14), and the regular season concludes with Nevada (Dec. 5) and New Mexico (Dec. 12).

“We are excited to get our student-athletes back on the football field this fall,” said Commissioner Craig Thompson. “The shift away from a two-division format was necessary to optimize the schedule and allow for maximum flexibility given the various constraints which had to be considered. Inasmuch as the season begins with an uneven number of Conference games, and the possibility exists additional games may be lost to COVID-19 challenges, the procedures for determining the participants in and location for the MW Football Championship Game were adapted to accommodate a range of outcomes in as equitable a fashion as possible.”

Thursday’s release represents the first phase in the 2020 football schedule process. Mountain West national television partners CBS Sports and FOX Sports will now initiate a selection procedure which will include the shifting of several games to Thursdays and Fridays. Additional announcements on television selections will be made in the near future. All games the first week will be played on Saturday, Oct. 24.