2018 Tarleton State Texans football team

The 2018 Tarleton State Texans football team represented Tarleton State University in the 2018 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Todd Whitten, who was in his third consecutive season at Tarleton State and seventh overall as the head coach of the program. The Texans played their home games at Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference. The Texans finished the regular season with a 10-0 record, 8-0 in the LSC, and winning the Lone Star Conference championship.

2018 Tarleton State Texans football
Lone Star Conference champion
ConferenceLone Star Conference
2018 record10–0 (8–0 LSC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorJonathan Beasley (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorBryson Oliver (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorMarcus Patton (3rd season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 7,000)
2018 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 5 Tarleton State $^  8 0     12 1  
No. 9 Texas A&M–Commerce ^  7 1     10 3  
No. 25 Midwestern State  6 2     8 2  
Angelo State  4 4     6 5  
West Texas A&M  4 4     6 5  
Eastern New Mexico  4 4     5 6  
Texas A&M–Kingsville  2 6     4 7  
Texas–Permian Basin  1 7     2 9  
Western New Mexico  0 8     0 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA poll

Schedule

Tarleton State announced its 2018 football schedule on May 14, 2018. The schedule consisted of six home and five away games in the regular season.[1]

The Texans hosted two of the three non-conference games against Delta State from the Gulf South Conference and Lincoln University but had an away game with Stephen F. Austin canceled.

Players drafted into the NFL

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Club
5164EJ SpeedLBIndianapolis Colts

References

  1. "2018 Texan Football schedule, promotional weekends finalized" (Press release). Tarleton State University Department of Athletics. May 14, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
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