The 2020 Tarleton State Texans football team represented Tarleton State University as an independent the 2020âÂÂ21 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. A schedule for the spring of 2021 was later arranged. Led by 11th-year head coach Todd Whitten, the Texas compiled a record of 5âÂÂ3. Tarleton State played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Stephenville, Texas.
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.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the state of New Mexico, this game was played at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas. Due to contact tracing, the Texans were missing five players, including starting quarterback Steven Duncan. The Aggies, an FBS team, paid the Texans $150,000 for the guarantee game.