2020 Tarleton State Texans football team

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2020 Tarleton State Texans football
Tarleton State athletics logo.svg
ConferenceIndependent
2020 record5–3
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)
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Stephen F. Austin   –         6 – 4  
Tarleton State†   –         5 – 3  
Central Arkansas   –         5 – 4  
Presbyterian†   –         4 – 3  
Eastern Kentucky   –         3 – 6  
Dixie State†   –         2 – 3  
Houston Baptist   –         1 – 3  
Abilene Christian   –         1 – 5  
Campbell   –         0 – 4  
North Alabama   –         0 – 4  
  • Note: † – Dixie State, Presbyterian, and Tarleton State played only in the spring. All other teams listed played only in the fall. Presbyterian was in a scheduling agreement with the Pioneer Football League, which it fully joins in July 2021.
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Tarleton State Texans football team represents Tarleton State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Texans play their home games at Memorial Stadium in Stephenville, Texas, and are 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.

Previous season[]

The Texans finished the 2019 season 11–1 overall and won the Lone Star Conference title with an 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 consists 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]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
February 13, 20216:00 p.m.McNeese State
FSSW+/FS GoL 37–40 2OT1,324
February 21, 20214:00 p.m.at New Mexico State
FSAZ/FloSports/ComcastW 43–170
February 27, 20212:00 p.m.Dixie StateNo. 22
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Stephenville, TX
ESPN+L 14–261,121
March 6, 20212:00 p.m.Mississippi College
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Stephenville, TX
W 39–143,614
March 13, 20218:00 p.m.at Dixie State
W 37–151,427
March 20, 20216:00 p.m.Midwestern Statedagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Stephenville, TX
W 33–211,0776
March 27, 20216:00 p.m.Northeastern State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Stephenville, TX
W 38–04,912
April 1, 20216:00 p.m.East Central
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Stephenville, TX
L 14–21
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "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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