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
ConferenceIndependent
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorJonathan Beasley (4th season as CO-OC, 9th overall season)
Co-offensive coordinatorScott Carey (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorMarcus Patton (5th season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 7,000)
2020 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings
Conf  Overall
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]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResult
February 136:00 p.m.McNeese State
February 20TBAat New Mexico State
February 272:00 p.m.Dixie State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Stephenville, TX
March 62:00 p.m.Mississippi College
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Stephenville, TX
March 138:00 p.m.at Dixie State
March 206:00 p.m.Midwestern State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Stephenville, TX
March 276:00 p.m.Northeastern State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Stephenville, TX
April 16:00 p.m.East Central
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Stephenville, TX

References

  1. "Tarleton State Postpones Football Season Until Spring". NBC DFW. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  2. "Tarleton State postpones football in first Division I FCS season". 247sports.com. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  3. "2021 Spring Football Schedule". tarletonsports.com. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
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