Tarleton State Texans
UACStephenville, TXMemorial Stadium (Stephenville, TX)
2026: 7–0 (2–0 UAC). Last: beat Central Arkansas 49–35 at home. Next: at West Georgia, Saturday, Oct 24, 2 p.m. ET.
- W 49–30Prairie View A&M
- W 20–13at Bowling Green
- W 27–24at McNeese
- W 45–20Merrimack
- W 56–21Chicago State
- W 40–32at Austin Peay
- W 49–35Central Arkansas
- Oct 24at West Georgia
- Oct 31Eastern Kentucky
- Nov 7Abilene Christian
- Nov 14at West Florida
- Nov 21at North Alabama
Tarleton State has played football since 1904 and is officially 348–327–3; 88 of its 678 games are in our file. They have won six Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles (the last in 1990), plus five Lone Star Conference titles, one United Athletic Conference title, counting shared titles. This season, they’re 7–0.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 348–327–3 official; 58–30 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–0 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1533
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 5 · Composite No. 3 in FCS, Oct 17; down 1 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 12 last in 2025
- Seasons
- 19 since 1921, 88 games
2026 season 7–0
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs Prairie View A&M | W 49–30 | 71% |
| Sep 5 | at Bowling Green | W 20–13 | 48% |
| Sep 12 | at McNeese | W 27–24 | 72% |
| Sep 19 | vs Merrimack | W 45–20 | 86% |
| Oct 3 | vs Chicago State | W 56–21 | 90% |
| Oct 10 | at Austin Peay | W 40–32 | 53% |
| Oct 17 | vs Central Arkansas | W 49–35 | 88% |
| Oct 24 | at West Georgia | Preview | 81% |
| Oct 31 | vs Eastern Kentucky | Preview | 87% |
| Nov 7 | vs Abilene Christian | Preview | 79% |
| Nov 14 | at West Florida | Preview | 71% |
| Nov 21 | at North Alabama | Preview | 78% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Kaden Anderson1,971 passing yards, 20 TD (leads Tarleton State in passing yards)
- Tylan Hines672 rushing yards, 4 TD (leads Tarleton State in rushing yards)
- Marquis Willis38 catches, 640 yards, 6 TD (leads Tarleton State in receiving yards)
- Miequle Brock355 rushing yards, 1 TD
- Avian Rice45 tackles, 1 INT (leads Tarleton State in interceptions)
- Stephen Woods Jr.46 tackles (leads Tarleton State in tackles)
Program strength since 1921
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Utah Tech
4–2 in 6
Won the last two.
- Abilene Christian
2–4 in 6
Lost the last two.
Next: Nov 7
- McNeese
3–2 in 5
Won the last three.
| Opponent | Games | TAR record |
|---|---|---|
| Utah Tech | 6 | 4–2 |
| Abilene Christian | 6 | 2–4 |
| McNeese | 5 | 3–2 |
| Southern Utah | 5 | 3–2 |
| Central Arkansas | 5 | 5–0 |
| Stephen F. Austin | 5 | 3–2 |
Every opponent (42)
Every program Tarleton State has played, A to Z, with Tarleton State’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Abilene Christian 2–4
- Army 1–0
- Austin Peay 3–0
- Baylor 0–2
- Bowling Green 1–0
- Central Arkansas 5–0
- Chattanooga 1–0
- Chicago State 1–0
- Drake 1–0
- East Central 0–1
- Eastern Kentucky 1–3
- Eastern New Mexico 1–0
- Fort Lewis 1–0
- Houston Christian 2–0
- Lamar 1–0
- Lubbock Field 0–1
- McNeese 3–2
- Merrimack 1–0
- Midwestern State 2–0
- Mississippi College 1–0
- Mississippi Valley State 2–0
- Morehead State 1–0
- New Mexico Highlands 1–0
- New Mexico State 1–0
- North Alabama 4–0
- North Dakota 1–0
- Northeastern State 1–0
- Portland State 1–0
- Prairie View A&M 1–0
- Sam Houston 1–3
- SE Louisiana 2–0
- South Dakota 0–1
- Southern Utah 3–2
- Southwest Baptist 2–0
- Stephen F. Austin 3–2
- TCU 0–1
- Texas A&M 0–2
- Texas State 0–2
- Texas Tech 0–1
- Utah Tech 4–2
- Villanova 0–1
- West Georgia 2–0
Conference titles
12, counting shared titles- United Athletic Conference 1
- 2025 (shared)
- Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association 6
- 1977, 1978, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990
- LSC South 3
- 2001, 2006, 2009
- LSC North 2
- 2002, 2003
As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 1994
- Lone Star Conference 1995–2019
- Independent 2020
- Western Athletic Conference 2021–2022
- UAC since 2023
- 2020Went independent from the Lone Star Conference in football, announced November 12, 2019. Source
- 2021Joined the Western Athletic Conference from independence in football, announced January 14, 2021. Source
- 2023Joined the UAC from the Western Athletic Conference in football. Source
Tarleton State’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 3 since 1999
- First-round picks
- 0
The school
Tarleton State University- Enrollment
- 17,433 15,254 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Stephenville, Texas
- Public or private
- Public Research 2
- Founded
- 1896
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $53,040 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 1533 | ||||
| 2025 | 12–2 | 7–1 | 1522 | ||||
| 2024 | 10–4 | 6–2 | 1416 | ||||
| 2023 | 8–3 | 4–2 | 1382 | ||||
| 2022 | 6–5 | 1–4 | 1277 | ||||
| 2021 | 6–5 | 2–2 | 1284 | ||||
| 2020 | 5–3 | 1244 | |||||
| 2019 | 1–0 | 1191 | |||||
| 2016 | 0–1 | 1163 | |||||
| 2013 | 1–0 | 1183 | |||||
| 2011 | 0–1 | 1155 | |||||
| 2007 | 1–0 | 1179 | |||||
| 2006 | 0–1 | 1160 | |||||
| 2004 | 0–1 | 1172 | |||||
| 2003 | 1–0 | 1209 | |||||
| 1944 | 0–1 | 1151 | |||||
| 1931 | 0–1 | 1184 | |||||
| 1924 | 0–1 | 1187 | |||||
| 1921 | 0–1 | 1190 |
Officially 348–327–3 since 1904 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 58–30 (88 of its 678 games are on file). Our file starts in 1921; the program began in 1904. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1922–23, 1925–30, 1932–43, 1945–2002, 2005, 2008–10, 2012, 2014–15, 2017–18: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.