| Sport: | football |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Team: | Ohio Bobcats |
| Conference: | Mid-American Conference |
| Division: | East Division |
| Short Conf: | MAC |
| Record: | 2–1 |
| Conf Record: | 2–1 |
| Head Coach: | Frank Solich |
| Hc Year: | 16th |
| Off Coach: | Tim Albin |
| Oc Year: | 16th |
| Off Scheme: | Spread option |
| Codef Coach1: | Ron Collins |
| Codc1 Year: | 4th |
| Codef Coach2: | Pete Germano |
| Codc2 Year: | 2nd |
| Def Scheme: | 4-3 |
| Stadium: | Peden Stadium |
The 2020 Ohio Bobcats football team represented Ohio University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by 16th-year head coach Frank Solich and played their home games at Peden Stadium in Athens, Ohio, as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference.[1] [2] This was Solich's final year as the head coach at Ohio. Ohio didn't play in a bowl for the first time since 2014 as the MAC only allowed its division winners to play but they were bowl eligible for the 12th straight year.[3]
Ohio had a game scheduled against North Carolina Central canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic as most of the FCS season was played in the spring.[4] [5] The MAC was among the last FBS conferences to start football in the fall due to the pandemic with the intention of playing just 6 conference games thus the scheduled rivalry game with Marshall and two other scheduled FBS non-conference games were also not played.[6] Ohio then had conference games with Miami, Buffalo, and Kent State cancelled due to positive COVID-19 tests and ended the season having only played three games.