STEPHENVILLE, Texas – Sound the alarm – football will be played in Stephenville on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
 
Tarleton State Football will host its annual Purple and White Spring Game, presented by Focused Care Partners, to help cap off Tarleton State University's Founder's Week on Saturday at 12 p.m. This game is free for all students and fans to attend.
 
For those unable to attend, there will be a live radio broadcast on Tarleton Sports Network found here. There will not be a stream or live stats.
 
For the third straight year, the Texans will roll out the same scoring system featuring "Purple vs. White, Offense vs. Defense."
 
Tarleton State will treat the Saturday like a traditional gameday, with tailgating, concessions and entertainment.
 
Texan Alley will open at 8 a.m. and tailgating is first come, first served (not including RV spots). Pointe du Hoc will commence at 8:40 a.m. on Rudder Way. Memorial Stadium gates will open at 11 a.m., with kickoff slated for 12 p.m.
 
This will be a sneak-peak at the 2025 Texan Football team. Tarleton State's roster can be found in the game notes here.
 
After the game, fans will be encouraged to meet the full team for a postgame autograph session at the bottom of the west side bleachers. Free 2025 Texan Football schedule posters will be available to be signed.
 
NOTES

• This is the third straight year Tarleton State has hosted a Spring Game. Last year the game was canceled at halftime due to lightning in the area. In 2023, the game ended in a 39-39 tie, with the defense getting a point on the last play.
• Tarleton State is utilizing the same format as the last two years. Offense scores a point when achieving a first down, crossing the 50-yard line, producing a 15-yard run, completing a 25-yard pass, and making PAT's. The other traditional scores are the same, with six points for a TD, three points for a field goal, two points for a two-point conversion. There are 10 ways for the defense to score. A forced punt, tackle for loss, and pass breakup are each worth one point. A three-and-out forced punt, missed field goal, fourth down stop, sack and two-point conversion stop are each worth two points. Takeaways by interception or fumble recovery and blocked kicks are each worth four points. There will be four 15-minute quarters on a running clock. The clock will stop on changes of possession and at the 2:00 mark in the second and fourth quarters, and follow normal timing rules from there.
• Tarleton State has two new additions to the coaching staff -- tight ends coach Beau Blair and defensive assistant TJ McCollum. In total, Blair has been coaching for 11 years, most recently at Houston Christian (2024) as Offensive Line Coach and Run Game Coordinator. McCollum spent the last seven seasons on the Purdue staff, serving as a defensive analyst since 2021.
• The Texans just posted a historic campaign in 2024, going 10-4 overall and 6-2 in United Athletic Conference play, winning their FCS Playoffs debut against Drake before dropping a tight contest at No. 4 South Dakota in Vermillion in the second round. It was the longest regular season in program history both in number of games played and number of days on the calendar, with Tarleton State opening on Week 0 (a 26-23 win over McNeese on ESPN2) on Aug. 23, and finishing with a 42-31 loss at South Dakota on Dec. 7.
• Last season on Nov. 30, 13-seed Tarleton hosted Drake in the first round of the FCS Playoffs  winning 43-29 at Memorial Stadium. The Texans became the fifth team in the history of the FCS Playoffs (Division I-AA Playoffs), which goes back 46 years, to win their first playoff game at the FCS level in their first year eligible after reclassifying from NCAA Division II. The Texans earned the No. 13 seed in the FCS Playoffs among the 24-team field across 129 FCS programs in just their first year of championship eligibility. They had become just the first team fresh off of reclassification to make the playoffs since 2009 (South Dakota State).
• Tarleton State was named No. 12 in the final AFCA FCS Coaches Poll of the season, and No. 13 in the final Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll of the season. Tarleton State was ranked in both polls every single week of the 2024 campaign, from the preseason through the postseason. The Texans were just one of 11 teams nationwide to never leave the polls, joined by Idaho, Illinois State, Montana, Montana State, North Dakota State, South Dakota, South Dakota State, UC Davis, UIW and Villanova.
• Last year, the Texans finished second in the UAC. Across the board, Tarleton was ranked No. 22 in total offense and they forced the tied-third most turnovers. Tarleton had both the leading receiver (Darius Cooper at 1,450 yards) and the leading rusher (Kayvon Britten at 1,982) across all of the FCS.
• Tarleton State is the only NCAA Division I program in Texas with seven straight winning seasons.
• Among all Texas D1 and D2 programs since 2018, the Texans own the best winning percentage in the state at .725 (58-22).