Get Ready To Party In The End Zone This Football Season

Parking and Travel to Bobcat Stadium on Game Days

New Beverage Options and Concessions Update at Bobcat Stadium

Additional 2016 football Game Day Changes

Operational Changes for the Bobcats Home Opener Versus Houston

Texas State Football Women's Clinic Continues To Grow

Bobcat Volleyball set sights on another attendance record vs. Baylor, begins new partnership with Creeds & Crests

Soccer Ready to Build on Last Year's Momentum

Freshman Orientation Events Help Build Bobcat Pride

New Employee Welcome and Bobcat Athletics Partnership

Bobcat Athletic Coaches Hit The Road

Everett Withers Radio Show and Tacos Head Football CoachRadio Show and Tacos

Away Game Watch Parties Return to Louie's Beer Garden and Oyster House

Board of Regents Approve Strahan Coliseum Construction

End Zone Complex Updates

















New Lockers for locker room







New Theatre Seating for team meeting room























New Flooring has been installed





We are less than a month away from our home opener for the 2016 season at Bobcat Stadium. Head Coachand his staff are bringing a contagious energy to each and every Bobcat Football game. Below is a list of our home football games with events tailored to get our fans ready to celebrate!The first home game of the year will feature the Houston Cougars, last season Houston finished No. 8 in the final Associated Press Top 25 poll. We expect tickets to go fast for this game, and we encourage all of our fans to get their season tickets today! Individual game tickets are also currently on sale. Get to the game early to receive a special game day rally towel compliments of our friends and game sponsor HEB.Join us for the Incarnate Word game as we welcome the family members of over 38,000 Texas State students to campus. Working in conjunction with the Texas State Parent and Family Relations team, Family Weekend features several events welcoming all of our Bobcat student's families to campus including tailgating, discounted ticket opportunities and special seating.Homecoming week is one of the most anticipated times of the year at Texas State. Featuring events throughout the week to show off our Bobcat pride, homecoming will culminate with great food and tailgating events, along with the announcement of our homecoming queen and king, as the Bobcats take on Sun Belt Conference powerhouse the UL-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns.Bobcat Stadium will sound better than ever during our game against Idaho as we join forces with high school bands, cheerleaders and dance team members from around the Central Texas community to generate an electric atmosphere inside Bobcat Stadium. With several thousand additional spirit group members joining the Texas State Marching Band, the Cheerleaders, and the Strutters, Bobcat Stadium will be as loud as possible to help the Bobcats defeat the Vandals. We will also be welcoming local Chambers of Commerce for our annual Texas State Football Chamber Event.Nothing goes better with Thanksgiving than football. Join us at Bobcat Stadium this Thanksgiving weekend for a great American tradition as we host the Trojans in San Marcos for the first time since joining the Sun Belt Conference. Families enjoying the Thanksgiving weekend in Central Texas are invited to Bobcat Stadium for a special family package that includes special game day seating, concessions and a promotional item for one low price of $10 per ticket.When playing for a conference championship the road often goes through the reigning champion. For the last home game of the year the Bobcats will face the Red Wolves as part of "T" Association Weekend and Senior Night. At this game, we will honor the 2016 Texas State Athletics Hall of Honor Inductees and salute the football senior class. Texas State employees are also invited to join us for Faculty and Staff night featuring discounted tickets and seating options for current employees and their family members.For football season or half-season tickets, visit the Online Ticket Center at TxStateBobcats.com, call the Athletic Ticket Office at 512-245-2272 or come by the Mark and Linda Smith Athletic Ticket Office at Bobcat Stadium.As the construction of the Loop 82 project to build an overpass over the railroad on Aquarena Springs Drive at Post Road continues, we are expecting to adapt our game day traffic flow based on the impact and progress of that project. We are currently working with the Texas State Police Department, Parking Services, the City of San Marcos and TXDOT to identify the best means of traffic flow for Bobcat football game days. As phases of the construction continue, and we get closer to our first home game, additional information will be released to all of our fans identifying the most effective routes to access Bobcat Stadium. Please refer back to www.txstatebobcats.com/gameday for all game day traffic flow updates. Also, to sign up for text alerts – text TXST to 83200 or visit www.txstatebobcats.com/textalerts for up to date information on game days.With the successful implementation of beer and wine sales at our baseball and softball games this past season, beer and wine will now be available to the general public at Bobcat Stadium for our six home football games this season.Under the management of Chartwells Concessions, fans wishing to purchase beer or wine at a Texas State football game will be issued a wristband after verifying through a valid ID that they are over the age of 21. Wristbands will be available at each point of purchase location, or in the west side courtyard area after entering through Gate 2. Currently, beer and wine will be available in satellite stations set up in the west side courtyard and along the concourse areas throughout the stadium. At each beer and wine location, snacks, waters and soft drinks will also be available. Fans are encouraged to use cash. Beer and wine sales will cease at the end of the third quarter, and fans will not be allowed to purchase more than two drinks per order. Product and pricing for beer and wine will be similar to what was offered at baseball and softball.As part of the implementation of beer and wine sales, fans who leave Bobcat Stadium will no longer be allowed re-entry into the stadium. In previous years, re-entry was allowed after halftime."After careful consideration, and the benchmarking of peer institutions, we have decided to expand beer and wine sales into Bobcat Stadium for home football games this season," said Director of Athletics. "We expect our students and fans to continue to exhibit the responsible behavior displayed over the course of our softball and baseball seasons. Similar to baseball and softball, this is an added service for our fans to enhance their stadium experience."Currently nearly all Sun Belt Conference schools sell alcohol at athletic events, and several Division I schools in Texas, including the University of Texas, UTSA, Houston, SMU, North Texas and UTEP sell alcohol at their football games.As we continue to increase our attendance at home football games, we also realize the need to constantly evaluate and improve support for our game day operations. Concessions is an important and very challenging part of our game day operations. Since 2012, we have added six new permanent concession locations, numerous satellite locations, stanchions to assist with crowd control, hawkers, an on-site kitchen, walk in cooler, new products and nationally-recognized sub-vendors. We have also dedicated resources to improving back-of-the-house operations, including equipment upgrades, space improvements and point of sale infrastructure.This off season we have continued to work with our concessionaire, Chartwells, to identify ways we can improve our operations. This season, we are adding new satellite locations on the west side of the concourse. These new locations will be located on the back side of the current concession stands, in the areas immediately at the top of the west side stair cases. Satellite locations will also be placed in the west side courtyard plaza at Gate 2. We hope the addition of these new temporary locations will help alleviate some congestion in current concession locations, and will offer our fans another close outlet to purchase their concessions.In response to patron feedback regarding lines for picking up tickets from Will Call, purchasing tickets, or dealing with Student ID issues, Texas State Athletics has enacted the following changes to Will Call locations and ticket booths:Texas State Player Guest,High School Coaches and Non-Football Recruit ticket pickup locations will move from the North Side Box Office to the north entrance at Gate 2.The North Side Box Office (located beside Gate 4) will now sell tickets to the general public and will also handle all Student ID issues, which were formerly resolved at the HEB Ticket Booth located beside Gate 8.Westside Ticket Office (located at Gate 2) will continue to be the location for all Club/Suite/Media Will Call and will continue to be available for ticket sales to the general public.The Mark & Linda Smith Athletic Ticket Office (located beside Gate 6) will continue to handle General Will Call and ticket sales to the general public.The HEB Ticket Booth (located beside Gate 8) will continue to serve as the Visiting Team Will Call.(Seating map for Houston Game below)Please note that Texas State will enact several changes to normal procedures for the 2016 football home opener versus the University of Houston. Gates will open two hours prior to kickoff instead of the usual 1.5 hours prior to kickoff.In an effort to accommodate the largest possible amount of Bobcat fans, all seating, excluding student seating, will be reserved throughout the entire stadium for the Houston game. This includes seating at Bobcat Stadium that is typically general admission seats. General Admission season and half season ticket holders will receive a specific seating location for this game, while the remainder of their tickets for our other five home games will be general admission.~ Priority (Sections 102-104 & 203): $50 per ticket~ Sideline (Sections 101, 105-109, 121-123 201-205, 219-223): $40 per ticket~ Upper Reserved (Sections 206-218): $30 per ticket~ Student seating for the Houston game will continue to be general admission and students will only need to use their valid Texas State Student ID for entry into the game. Student seating is allocated in lower level sections 110-120, and upper level sections 215-217, with room for overflow standing room only areas in the south end zone if necessary.The Texas State Football Women's Clinic presented by McNabb & Co. Real Estate Services was recently hosted at Bobcat Stadium. New head coachand his staff brought new energy and creativity to this year's clinic while keeping the atmosphere fun and educational.This year, participants experienced Texas State Football from the perspective of a student-athlete headed into fall camp by reporting to the Football South End Zone Complex, checking their equipment, attending position meetings to learn the game plan for the upcoming year and then taking the knowledge out onto Jim Wacker Field.- Opportunity to go on the football field- In-depth football instruction- Realistic, situational student-athlete experiences- Take home pictureTickets were just $35. Price included admission for one lady to the clinic as well as one additional ticket for a post-event reception in the Bobcat Pavilion where spouses were invited to join the experience, mingle with the coaching staff and enjoy the atmosphere at Bobcat Stadium.Hosting our Bobcat fans was a great experience!Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyQCh-r-jAE Texas State Volleyball hosts Baylor for the team's home opener on Tuesday, Aug. 30 at 6:30 p.m. The last time the Bobcats opened at Strahan Coliseum against Baylor, Texas State fans set a volleyball attendance record of 3,591 on Sept. 3, 2014. Texas State Volleyball is looking to push that record even higher on Aug. 30.Texas State's annual home volleyball tournament will be sponsored by Creeds & Crests and Nan Patton this season. Creeds & Crests is a local business that provides custom sewn-on lettering, custom sorority pillows and cheer camp wear for schools across Texas. They are in the process of adding custom bridal items and baby clothes and are a go-to spot for Texas State Greeks."I am ecstatic to share with Nan Patton and Creeds & Crests our annual volleyball tournament this fall," said Head Coach. "Nan and her family have been very active Bobcat supporters and huge volleyball fans for several years. I just can't thank her enough for helping us advance this event."This season, the Bobcats will host Stephen F. Austin, Kennesaw State and Tulsa for the Creeds & Crests Classic. Texas State faces SFA at 10:30 a.m. and Kennesaw State at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 2followed by the weekend's final match against Tulsa at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3For the team's complete schedule, click here Texas State soccer takes the pitch this fall for another exciting season under Kat Conner , her 17th with Texas State. Last season the Bobcats finished 3in the Sun Belt Conference, and finished with an overall record of 12-6. This year will feature home matches against Houston and new Sun Belt member Coastal Carolina. Coach Conner will count on Maddie Nichols to guide the team from her midfield position and Lauren Prater to lead the attack on offense. Check out the soccer schedule here . Admission is free for all home matches. Soccer is already off to an impressive 2-0 start and will be travelling to McNeese on Aug. 26before returning home to play University of Houston on the 28With each new student on campus, our goal as an Athletics Department is to engage those students as quickly as possible and build relationships that will result in the development of life-long Bobcat fans. For the past three years, working with multiple departments on campus and Student Affairs, we have been able to tailor and program specific events and opportunities for athletics to touch thousands of new Bobcats all summer long during orientation sessions.This summer Bobcat Athletics connected with students and their families at 22 New Student Orientations events. During these events, we participated in browse sessions where students were informed by department staff about everything from how to attend games and sign up for the Student Bobcat Club, to how to join the Loud Crowd and where to follow us on social media.Also during the sessions, our coaches were given time to address the entire group of participants with one consistent message about supporting Bobcat Athletics.Finally, working with the Parent and Family Relations office and the University Federal Credit Union, all parents of the incoming freshmen class were hosted to dinner in the J. Garland Warren Room overlooking Bobcat Stadium. During the dinners athletic staff members were given the opportunity to visit with all of the parents about how to get involved with Texas State Athletics. During each dinner parents were given a Texas State T-shirt and allowed access to the field to take pictures and have their very own unique Bobcat Stadium experience.Our orientation events will conclude with a "Bobcats Are Proud" spirit rally at Bobcat Stadium on Friday, Aug. 26. During the rally our entire incoming class of freshmen get to take part in an open practice, learn the traditions of game day at Texas State and hear from our coaches and student-athletes. All messaging is tailored towards getting our new students ready to support the Bobcats!Once the season starts, freshman are invited to get involved on football game days with our freshman tailgate zone. Working with the Student Center, Student Government, HEB and Coca-Cola, Texas State Athletics hosts tailgate events for our freshman class before three home football games. This year's freshman tailgates will take place before the Houston, Louisiana-Lafayette and Arkansas State home games. At each tailgate, freshmen are provided with complimentary tailgate food and drinks, entertainment and tailgate games.New this year to Bobcat Athletics is a collaboration with University Human Resources to host all New Employee Welcomes at Bobcat Stadium. All New Employee Welcomes will take place in the J. Garland Warren Room or Bobcat Pavilion. During these monthly orientations, Athletics is allocated time to make an immediate impact on new employees by getting them excited and informed about Bobcat Athletics. This is another great avenue for Athletics to help spread Bobcat pride.This past summer and spring, Bobcat Coaches were invited to participate in Alumni Association Chapter events and Cats Caravan events to help spread the message about Bobcat Athletics around the state. Events were held in Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Houston and other cities throughout Central Texas. Alumni and fans had the opportunity to meet and visit with Bobcat Coaches and staff members, including new head football coachand head volleyball coach. Thank you to all of our alumni and fans who attended these fun events.(Head Football Coachmeets with Bobcat Alumni and fans at a Cats Caravan event).Chimy's in San Marcos will now serve as the official host of theTexas State Football Head Coach's radio show presented by Brown Distributing and Bud Light. Chimy's will host six live shows throughout the season featuring Coachalong with other special guests. Each show will be broadcast live at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday evenings on AM 1300 the Zone in Austin and 930 AM in San Antonio. During each show, fans will have the opportunity to win great Texas State prizes and enjoy Chimy's food and drink specials throughout the evening.The following Wednesday evening shows will air on AM 1300 the Zone in Austin and 930 AM in San Antonio at 7:30 p.m., but will not be broadcast live from Chimy's.Sept. 14, October 5and 12, November 2, 16and 23The Texas State Bobcat Club is excited to announce that all six of the 2016 Official Texas State Football Away Game Watch Parties will be hosted at Louie's Beer Garden and Oyster House in San Marcos! All Bobcat alumni, fans and friends are invited to come cheer on the football team as every away game will be shown on a 100-inch projector screen and on all TVs throughout the restaurant. Raffle prizes will also be given out at every watch party for fans in attendance.All Bobcat Club members that check in at the entrance will receive one free drink at each watch party! Check-in for Bobcat Club members will begin one hour before kickoff for each away game. Click HERE to join the Bobcat Club today to receive this great benefit along with making an impact on the lives of 375 Texas State student-athletes.Our first Away Game Watch Party will be held on Sept. 3at 2:30 pm CST as Texas State takes on Ohio University for a Bobcats on Bobcats showdown. Swing by starting at 2:30 pm CST, and help cheer Texas State on to victory!The planning and designing of the 81,296 gsf expansion to Strahan Coliseum is very close to being completed. The new University Events Center will add approximately 1,742 seats to Strahan's current capacity by building out the eastern side of the arena, and will also include space for additional seats on the arena floor during special events and graduations.The project also includes expanded athletic locker rooms, weight room, offices, academic areas and support spaces for men's and women's basketball, women's volleyball, baseball and softball. Other department of Athletics offices and support spaces currently housed in Jowers will also be relocated to new facilities in the University Event Center. This includes new locker rooms for both our softball and baseball facilities, as well as new offices for softball, baseball, golf, soccer and tennis.A new main entrance, pedestrian plaza, multi-purpose hospitality room, restrooms and concessions will also enhance the overall experience for guests.The project design team includes Denver based architect firm, Sink Combs Dethlefs, along with C.J. Lammers & Associates of San Antonio. Construction of the expansion will be managed by Turner Construction Company of New York.Sink Combs Dethlefs has been recognized nationally as a leader in recreation, athletic complex, and multipurpose event center planning and facility design. The 47-person firm, established in 1962, maintains offices in Denver, Colorado, Chicago, Illinois and Ann Arbor. Over the years, Sink Combs Dethlefs has worked closely with hundreds of municipalities, colleges and universities to create designs that meet the specific needs of the owners and users. Notable prior projects include: University of New Mexico PIT Arena Renovation, University of Michigan Crisler Arena Renovation, Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena, Ohio State University Schottenstein Center.The South End Zone Complex at Bobcat Stadium will be receiving a fresh new look within the upcoming months. Located at the south end of the stadium, the 40,000 sq. ft. building has been the headquarters of Bobcat Football since 2002. The second remodeling project in three years will consist of four phases. First, new flooring throughout the building, in which 10,000 sq. ft. of porcelain tile has already been laid. Second will be the installation of 120 custom built lockers. Each locker will contain an overhead compartment, footlocker, cushioned seat, Texas State branding, and will be integrated with LED lighting. The next phase will be the installation of new black vinyl chairs in the tiered team meeting room. Each of the 120 chairs will be branded on the headrest with the Texas State Supercat. For the final stage of the project, the building graphics will be completely overhauled. The new graphics will incorporate the history of Bobcat Football,and highlight the University, while showcasing the Texas State brand.