The MIAA, in response to the NCAA’s requirements for both maximum and minimum allowable contests and dates for the 2020 football season, has announced 10-game schedules for all league institutions, with every game played among the MIAA’s rival schools. In addition to the 10 game schedules, the MIAA voted to eliminate Thursday night games for this coming season.
The Northwest Missouri State Bearcats will open the 2020 campaign at Nebraska-Kearney on September 12th, with the rival Missouri Western Griffons at Northeastern State that day. The home openers for the schools will be, for Northwest, September 19th against Fort Hays State, and for Western, September 19th against Central Oklahoma.
The Bearcats welcome to the Maryville campus Pittsburg State on October 3rd, Northeastern State for the October 10th homecoming game, Missouri Southern on Halloween, and Lincoln University on November 14th.
The annual grudge match between Northwest Missouri State and Missouri Western will be played in St. Joseph on November 7th, with other opponents heading to Spratt Stadium being Central Oklahoma on September 19th, Fort Hays State the following week, Missouri Southern on October 10th, and Washburn on October 24th.
In other local college football news, the Heart of America Conference, a league that includes Central Methodist (Fayette, MO), Missouri Valley (Marshall, MO), and Graceland (Lamoni, IA), has announce a nine-game football schedule for 2020. Divisional games in the league will not be affected by the change, moving from an original 11 game slate.
Here is the complete MIAA 2020 football schedule:
Saturday, 9/12/20:
Central Missouri at Central Oklahoma
Emporia State at Washburn
Lincoln at Fort Hays State
Missouri Southern at Pittsburg State
Missouri Western at Northeastern State
Northwest Missouri State at Nebraska-Kearney
Saturday, 9/19/20:
Northeastern State at Central Missouri
Pittsburg State at Emporia State
Nebraska-Kearney at Lincoln
Central Oklahoma at Missouri Western
Fort Hays State at Northwest Missouri State
Washburn at Missouri Southern
Saturday, 9/26/20:
Nebraska-Kearney at Central Missouri
Northeastern State at Emporia State
Lincoln at Pittsburg State
Central Oklahoma at Missouri Southern
Fort Hays State at Missouri Western
Northwest Missouri State at Washburn
Saturday, 10/3/20:
Central Missouri at Fort Hays State
Emporia State at Central Oklahoma
Washburn at Lincoln
Missouri Southern at Northeastern State
Missouri Western at Nebraska-Kearney
Pittsburg State at Northwest Missouri State
Saturday, 10/10/20:
Emporia State at Central Missouri
Central Oklahoma at Lincoln
Washburn at Fort Hays State
Missouri Southern at Missouri Western
Northeastern State at Northwest Missouri State
Pittsburg State at Nebraska-Kearney
Saturday, 10/17/20:
Missouri Western at Emporia State
Lincoln at Northeastern State
Fort Hays State at Pittsburg State
Northwest Missouri State at Central Oklahoma
Central Missouri at Missouri Southern
Nebraska-Kearney at Washburn
Saturday, 10/24/20:
Washburn at Missouri Western
Northeastern State at Fort Hays State
Pittsburg State at Central Missouri
Northwest Missouri State at Emporia State
Central Oklahoma at Nebraska-Kearney
Saturday, 10/31/20:
Missouri Western at Pittsburg State
Nebraska-Kearney at Northeastern State
Central Missouri at Washburn
Missouri Southern at Northwest Missouri State
Fort Hays State at Central Oklahoma
Emporia State at Lincoln
Saturday, 11/7/20:
Northwest Missouri State at Missouri Western
Pittsburg State at Northeastern State
Nebraska-Kearney at Missouri Southern
Central Oklahoma at Washburn
Emporia State at Fort Hays State
Central Missouri at Lincoln
Saturday, 11/14/20:
Missouri Southern at Emporia State
Fort Hays State at Nebraska-Kearney
Northeastern State at Central Oklahoma
Missouri Western at Central Missouri
Lincoln at Northwest Missouri State
Washburn at Pittsburg State
