THE GAME
No. 5 Tarleton will make its 2019 home debut in the newly renovated Lonn Reisman Athletic Center at Memorial Stadium against Doane University on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 6 p.m. It marks the first time in program history the Texans will take the field as a top-5 team in the nation. It's also the 1,000^th career game for Tarleton Football. After the game, there will be a postgame firework show to celebrate the opening of a new stadium.
 
GAME COVERAGE
A complete broadcast of the game can be heard on the Tarleton Sports Network presented by the North Texas Ford Dealers. The Tarleton Sports Network team of Byron Anderson, Kyle Masters, Jarrett Bopp, and Keltin Wiens have the call on the flagship station of Tarleton Athletics – KTRL 90.5 FM in Stephenville – and worldwide at TarletonSports.com/ListenLive. A link to live Stats can be found on the football schedule of TarletonSports.com. A video broadcast of the game can be seen on the Tarleton Sports Network at TarletonSports.com/Watch.
 
TICKET INFORMATION
The Tarleton Office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1-4 p.m. on weekdays and can be reached by telephone at 254-968-1832. Cash, check, and cards are all accepted. The football box office will open two hours before kickoff. Ticket prices range from $25 for chairback seating down to $15 for general admission. Youth tickets are $8 and senior/military/faculty/staff are $12. Tarleton Students get in free with their Texan Card. For more information on tickets, visit TarletonSports.com/Tickets
 
PARKING LOTS
Click here for a parking map
 
GAMEDAY TIMELINE
8:00 a.m. – Texan Alley opens
3 p.m. – Point Du Hauc Rally (Rudder Way Statue)
4 p.m. – Stadium gates open
5:40 p.m. – The Sound & The Fury performs
5:45 p.m. – Texan Tunnell deadline (Students only; enter southwest corner of stadium)
5:55 p.m. – Texans take the field
6 p.m. – Kickoff vs. Doane
 
TARLETON FACULTY AND STAFF GET IN FREE
As an athletic department, our student-athletes and coaches would not achieve the success they do without the support of our faculty and staff members. Tarleton Athletics is making the inaugural game at the newly renovated Memorial Stadium 'Faculty and Staff Appreciation Night' where all faculty and staff plus their immediate family (spouse and children) receive a complimentary ticket. To receive your complimentary ticket, bring your Texan Card to the ticket office on the west side of Memorial Stadium.
 
ABOUT THE TEXANS
Tarleton is coming off one of its biggest regular season wins in recent memory after going on the road and taking down FCS Division I Stephen F. Austin, 37-26. Not only did the Texans win by double digits, they established a new program record for total yards with 673. Several players had career games, led by senior quarterback Ben Holmes who threw for a personal best 375 yards and had three total touchdowns with no turnovers. Daniel McCants not only set personal bests, but NCAA and Tarleton records too. The senior running back ran for a career-high 190 yards on just 13 carries and two touchdowns. McCants had a 99-yard touchdown run that tied an NCAA record and set a new Tarleton record. Wide receiver J.F. Thomas hauled in a career-high 196 yards on seven catches with two touchdowns. The Texan defense held SFA to only six points in the second half and didn't allow a touchdown after the first quarter. Since 2018, the Texans have now won 11 straight regular season games and enter Saturday's game on an eight-game home winning streak.
 
SERIES HISTORY
Tarleton and Doane are meeting for the first time in program history.
 
UP NEXT FOR TARLETON
Tarleton will open Lone Star Conference play at home against West Texas A&M for Family Weekend on Saturday, Sept. 21 at 6 p.m. For more information, follow @TarletonSports on Twitter.