{"id":25900,"date":"2020-11-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-fans-looking-forward-to-spring-homecoming-game-activities\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T09:24:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:24:31","slug":"tarleton-fans-looking-forward-to-spring-homecoming-game-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-fans-looking-forward-to-spring-homecoming-game-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton Fans Looking Forward to Spring Homecoming Game, Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p>Monday, November 23, 2020<\/p>\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas &mdash;&nbsp;Tarleton State University students, faculty, staff and supporters all have a lot to anticipate in the coming days and weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Added to the excitement of annual late fall and winter festivities is the spring Homecoming week, featuring all of the traditional events and centered around football, the Texans&rsquo; first Homecoming game at the Division I level.<\/p>\n<p>Tarleton faces off against former Lone Star Conference foe Midwestern State at 6 p.m. March 20, 2021, capping a week of purple-tinged happenings.<\/p>\n<p>Each day of Homecoming week, March 15-20, Tarleton campuses will buzz with activities starting with the Faculty and Staff Alumni Luncheon and S&rsquo;mores Kick-off on Monday followed by Tuesday&rsquo;s purple pancakes in Stephenville.<\/p>\n<p>The Yell Contest, Yell Bingo, Snake Dance and Beating of the Drum are all on Wednesday&rsquo;s schedule, followed by a concert celebrating Tarleton&rsquo;s Purple Poo on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday and Thursday feature events at Tarleton outreach campuses, too. In Waco the Homecoming Hoe-Down and Launching of the Ducks are scheduled for Wednesday, while Midlothian hosts Launching of the Ducks on Thursday. Fort Worth supporters will have their own purple pancakes Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The bonfire tops Friday&rsquo;s activities, which also include the J. Dixon White Golf Tournament, the Welcome Home Bash and the Alumni Homecoming Kick-Off Social.<\/p>\n<p>To gear up for Saturday&rsquo;s game, Tarleton alumni will be treated to the annual Homecoming Parade as well as the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences&rsquo; breakfast, the Memorial Homecoming 5K, the Welcome Home Breakfast and Watch Party and, of course, tailgating at Texan Alley.<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit&nbsp;<a href=\"..\/..\/..\/spiritweek\/events.html\">https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/spiritweek\/events.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tarleton, founding member of The Texas A&amp;M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven education marked by academic innovation and a dedication to transform today&rsquo;s scholars into tomorrow&rsquo;s leaders. It offers degree programs to more than 14,000 students at Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian, RELLIS Academic Alliance in Bryan, and online, emphasizing real-world learning experiences that address societal needs while maintaining its core values of tradition, integrity, civility, excellence, leadership and service.<\/p>\n<p>Contact: Phil Riddle<br \/>817-484-4415<br \/><a href=\"mailto:priddle@tarleton.edu\">priddle@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tarleton State University students, faculty, staff and supporters all have a lot to anticipate in the coming days and weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[424,425],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-events","category-campus-community"],"acf":{"image":null},"author_meta":{"display_name":"keegan","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/keegan-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-280-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/arts-events\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Arts &amp; Events<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Campus &amp; Community<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Arts &amp; Events<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Campus &amp; Community<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 5 years ago","modified":"Updated 6 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on November 24, 2020","modified":"Updated on October 7, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on November 24, 2020 12:00 am","modified":"Updated on October 7, 2025 9:24 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Silhouette of a hand raised against a large bonfire.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25900"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53987,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25900\/revisions\/53987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}