Texas State Bobcats football
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| First season | 1904 | ||
| Athletic director | Larry Teis | ||
| Head coach |
Everett Withers 1st year, 2–10 (.167) |
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| Stadium | Bobcat Stadium | ||
| Seating capacity | 30,000 | ||
| Field surface | FieldTurf Revolution 360 with CoolPlay | ||
| Location | San Marcos, Texas | ||
| Conference | Sun Belt | ||
| Past conferences |
WAC (2012) Independent (2011) Southland (1987–2010) Gulf Star (1984–1986) Lone Star (1932–1983) TIAA (1922–1931) Independent (1904–1921) |
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| All-time record | 504–421–26 (.544) | ||
| Bowl record | 2–0 (1.000) | ||
| Claimed nat'l titles | 2 (1981 & 1982 Palm Bowls - Division II Championship Games) | ||
| Conference titles | 14 | ||
| Colors | Maroon and Gold |
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| Fight song | Go Bobcats! | ||
| Mascot | Boko the Bobcat | ||
| Marching band | The Pride of the Hill Country | ||
| Outfitter | Adidas | ||
| Rivals | UTSA Roadrunners | ||
| Website | Texas State Bobcats | ||
The Texas State Bobcats football program is an NCAA Division I-FBS college football team that represents Texas State University. They currently play in the Sun Belt Conference. The program began in 1904 and has an overall winning record. The program has a total of fourteen conference titles, nine of them being outright conference titles. Beginning with the 2016 season, the Bobcats have been coached by Everett Withers. Home games are played at Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos, Texas.
Given that the school has grown to become the fourth-largest university in Texas, and one of the 75 largest universities in the United States, it has now taken its football program to the Football Bowl Subdivision of NCAA football.
The team became a member of the FBS Western Athletic Conference in 2012. After only one season in the WAC, Texas State moved to the Sun Belt Conference. Texas State joined the league in July 2013 and began conference play for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Southwest Texas State University first fielded a football team in 1904, as a member of the NAIA. The team didn't have a coach in its inaugural season, and the school didn't field a football team from 1905-1908 or 1912-1914.
Joe Bailey Cheaney served as head football coach at Southwest Texas State from 1935-1942, a largely unsuccessful one at that. The Bobcats went 23-42-6 during Cheaney's tenure. Cheaney was asked to resign following the 1942 season. The university did not field a football team from 1943-1945 due to World War II.
Head coaches George Vest, Milton Jowers and R. W. Parker all had mediocre tenures as Southwest Texas State's head coach. All their tenures were marked by average offenses and defenses, as well as indifferent administration support.
Bill Miller was promoted from assistant coach to head coach in 1965. During his tenure, the Bobcats compiled a record of 94-53-3. Miller retired in 1978 as the school's winningest head coach in its history and the second longest tenured head coach.
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