2017 Tarleton State Texans football team

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2017 Tarleton State Texans football
Tarleton State Athletics logo.png
Corsicana Bowl, L 31–38 vs. Central Oklahoma
ConferenceLone Star Conference
2017 record6–6 (4–4 LSC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorJonathan Beasley (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorBryson Oliver (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorMarcus Patton (2nd season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(capacity: 7,000)
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Lone Star Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 11 Midwestern State $^   8 – 0     10 – 1  
No. 1 Texas A&M–Commerce ^   7 – 1     14 – 1  
Eastern New Mexico   6 – 2     8 – 2  
Tarleton State   4 – 4     6 – 6  
Angelo State   4 – 4     6 – 5  
Western New Mexico   3 – 5     4 – 7  
Texas A&M–Kingsville   2 – 6     4 – 7  
West Texas A&M   1 – 7     3 – 8  
Texas–Permian Basin   1 – 7     2 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA poll

The 2017 Tarleton State Texans football team represented Tarleton State University in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Todd Whitten, who was in his consecutive second season at Tarleton State and eighth overall as head coach of the Texans. The Texans played their home games at Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference. The Texans finished the regular season with a 6–5 record, 4–4 in the LSC, and tie for fourth place in the Lone Star Conference. The Texans were invited to play in the inaugural Corsicana Bowl in Corsicana, Texas, where they lost to Central Oklahoma, 38–31.

Schedule[]

Tarleton State in action against Texas A&M–Commerce

Tarleton State announced its 2017 football schedule on April 25, 2017. The schedule consisted of five home and six away games in the regular season. The Texans hosted LSC foes Eastern New Mexico, Texas A&M-Commerce, and West Texas A&M and traveled to Angelo State, Midwestern State, Texas-Permian Basin, Texas A&M-Kingsville, and Western New Mexico.[1]

The Texans hosted two of the three non-conference games against Oklahoma Panhandle State from the Central States Football League and Western Oregon from the Great Northwest Athletic Conference and visited Delta State from the Gulf South Conference.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 22:00 p.mat Delta State*
L 16–345,155
September 97:00 p.m.Oklahoma Panhandle State*
W 48–206,128
September 166:00 p.m.at Angelo State
W 30–243,139
September 237:00 p.m.West Texas A&M
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Stephenville, TX
W 30–206,823
September 306:00 p.m.at Texas–Permian Basin
W 32–17638
October 71:00 p.m.at Western New Mexico
L 25–38578
October 142:00 p.m.Eastern New Mexico
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Stephenville, TX
L 15–243,142
October 217:00 p.m.at Texas A&M–Kingsville
ESPN3W 41–349,572
October 286:00 p.m.Western Oregon*dagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Stephenville, TX
W 28–66,213
November 42:00 p.m.at No. 4 Midwestern State
L 42–45 OT8,111
November 117:00 p.m.No. 8 Texas A&M–Commerce
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Stephenville, TX
L 21–334,231
December 212:00 p.m.vs. Central Oklahoma*
FloSportsL 31–38
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

References[]

  1. ^ "Texan Football announces 11-game schedule for 2017" (Press release). Tarleton State University Department of Athletics. April 25, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
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