The week after will be the Tigers Homecoming game against the Mississippi Valley State University Devils.
October 20th is the Inaugural State Fair Showdown against Southern that will be held at the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas, Texas. October 6th will be the first conference matchup of the season against Alabama A&M at the Tigers home stadium. The next three game are nonconference away games with Texas State, Alcorn State and the University of Houston respectively. The Tigers will open up the season with their first-ever matchup with the University of Texas of the Permian Basin Falcons on September 1st. They have a total of 11 games with seven of those games being conference matchups. The Tigers finished the 2017 season with an overall record of 2-9. The Texas Southern University Tigers released their football schedule for the 2018 season. According to, the 2021 fair is slated for Friday, September 24 through Sunday, October 17, 2021.Courtesy: Texas Southern State University The countdown for the 2021 State Fair of Texas is already on. Everything that surrounds the game makes it one of, if not the, best.” I think it’s cool it’s always on our soil. The two states in general don’t get along. This one takes the cake just because of it being inter-state rivals. “It’s one of, if not the, greatest rivalries. “There was some public opinion that having the (Big 12) championship game in Dallas…that it would diminish the mystique if you will of the Red River Showdown and it hasn’t,” Herman said, according to. Ahead of last year’s Red River Showdown, Texas head coach Tom Herman outlined why the rivalry means so much. In recent history, the games have gone in favor of the Sooners, who have won three of the last four matchups (not including the win over Texas in the 2018 Big 12 Championship game at AT&T Stadium) and seven of 10 matchups since 2010.īut despite the game being skewed in favor of the Sooners recently, it hasn’t diminished what the game means to those involved. The Red River Showdown is known as not only one of the best rivalries in the Big 12, but in all of college football. “Our hope remains we can play OU-Texas game at the Cotton Bowl, but obviously every aspect of our season requires constant monitoring & planning. “We understand & respect decision made by State Fair of Texas & acknowledge it was an extremely difficult one, ” Castiglione said, according to college football reporter Brett McMurphy. Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione said he is hoping that the game can still be played. Record: 7-6 (57th of 130) (Schedule & Results) Conference: Big Ten (East Division) Conference Record: 5-4 Coach: Mark Dantonio (7-6) Points For: 243 Points/G: 18.7 (126th of 130) Points Against: 223 Opp Pts/G: 17.2 (8th of 130) SRS: 6.01 (43rd of 130). “While the State Fair of Texas is canceled for 2020, the NCAA, respective conferences, and participating universities – the University of Texas & University of Oklahoma and Prairie View A&M University & Grambling State University – will be in charge of making decisions regarding the football games that occur at Cotton Bowl Stadium during this unprecedented time of COVID-19,” the statement read. “Should football be played this fall, the schools will be playing in the Cotton Bowl as scheduled, despite the cancellation of the 2020 State Fair. We will share those details as soon as we know more.” Instead, the decision will come when the NCAA, Big 12 and/or the two schools make a decision. However, according to the release, the cancelation will not impact the status of this year’s Showdown. The yearly Red River Showdown between Texas and Oklahoma is always played around the State Fair of Texas and played at Cotton Bowl Stadium at Fair Park. While this is a tough enough pill for Texans everywhere to swallow as is, it gets even tougher when the thought of the coronavirus pandemic canceling sporting events. On Tuesday, the State Fair of Texas announced that due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 State Fair would not be taking place. 2018 Ohio State Football Indiana vs 3 Ohio State (at Columbus, Ohio) IND OSU FIRST DOWNS 22 33 R u s h i n g 4 13 P a s s i n g 14 19 P e n a l t y 4 1 NET YARDS RUSHING 84 154 Rushing Attempts 21 48 Average Per Rush 4.0 3. But not even the biggest of events can fight off a global pandemic. Few events in the country are on a similar scale to what the Texas State Fair is on.