2020 Tarleton State Texans football team

The 2020 Tarleton State Texans football team represented Tarleton State University as an independent the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team had planned to play in the fall 2020, until the postponement of the season on August 10, 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] A schedule for the spring of 2021 was later arranged. Led by 11th-year head coach Todd Whitten, the Texas compiled a record of 5–3. Tarleton State played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Stephenville, Texas.

2020 Tarleton State Texans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorJonathan Beasley (4th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorScott Carey (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorMarcus Patton (5th season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings
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 joined in July 2021.

Schedule

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The team's 2020 fall schedule was scheduled with 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]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
February 13, 20216:00 p.m.McNeese StateFSSW+/FS GoL 37–40 2OT1,324
February 21, 20214:00 p.m.at New Mexico StateFSAZ/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 StateW 37–151,427
March 20, 20216:00 p.m.Midwestern State 
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Stephenville, TX
W 33–2110,776
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 14–212,132

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References

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