2020 Tarleton State Texans football team
The 2020 Tarleton State Texans football team is scheduled to represent Tarleton State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Texans will play their home games at Memorial Stadium in Stephenville, Texas, and will be coached by Todd Whitten. The team had planned to play in the fall of 2020, until the postponement of the season on August 10, 2020.[1] A schedule for the spring of 2021 was later arranged.
2020 Tarleton State Texans football | |
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Conference | Independent |
Head coach |
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Co-offensive coordinator | Jonathan Beasley (4th season as CO-OC, 9th overall season) |
Co-offensive coordinator | Scott Carey (3rd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Marcus Patton (5th season) |
Home stadium | Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 7,000) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stephen F. Austin | – | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Arkansas | – | 5 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Kentucky | – | 3 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston Baptist | – | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abilene Christian | – | 1 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Campbell | – | 0 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Alabama | – | 0 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dixie State | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tarleton State | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of January 19, 2021
Dixie State and Tarleton State playing spring football schedule; Rankings from STATS Poll |
Previous season
The Texans finished the 2019 season 11–1 overall and won the Lone Star Conference title with an the 8–0 mark in conference play. They qualified for the NCAA Division II playoffs, but lost in the first round to Texas A&M–Commerce.
Schedule
Original fall schedule
The team's 2020 fall schedule consisted of six home and six away games. On August 10, 2020, Tarleton State University announced the postponement of the football season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, until the spring of 2021.[1][2]
Revised spring schedule
As of January 2021, the Texans have eight games scheduled:[3]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result |
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February 13 | 6:00 p.m. | McNeese State | ||
February 20 | TBA | at New Mexico State | ||
February 27 | 2:00 p.m. | Dixie State |
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March 6 | 2:00 p.m. | Mississippi College |
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March 13 | 8:00 p.m. | at Dixie State | ||
March 20 | 6:00 p.m. | Midwestern State |
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March 27 | 6:00 p.m. | Northeastern State |
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April 1 | 6:00 p.m. | East Central |
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References
- "Tarleton State Postpones Football Season Until Spring". NBC DFW. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- "Tarleton State postpones football in first Division I FCS season". 247sports.com. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- "2021 Spring Football Schedule". tarletonsports.com. Retrieved January 5, 2021.