SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State football program will play in Dallas for the first time since 2008 and SMU will play at Bobcat Stadium for the first time ever when the Bobcats and Mustangs open a home-and–home series in 2019 and 2020.
 
Texas State returns to Gerald J. Ford Stadium on Sept. 14, 2019, and the Mustangs will play at Bobcat Stadium on Sept. 19, 2020. The only other time the two schools met was on Sept. 6, 2008, when Texas State fell, 47-36, in Dallas.
 
"We are excited about playing SMU," said Texas State athletics director Larry Teis. "When we moved to the (NCAA Division I FBS), our goal was to play as many home games against in-state rivals as we possibly could. In the past, we had to travel to SMU and Houston without a return game. Now, we have SMU, Houston, UTSA, Prairie View A&M and Incarnate Word all coming to Bobcat Stadium. This gives their fans a chance to enjoy our beautiful facility and experience a game day in San Marcos."
 
When the Bobcats open their series against the Mustangs, it will be Texas State's second home-and-home series against a team from the American Athletic Conference.  The Bobcats begin their first home-and-home series at Houston on Sept. 26, 2015. The Cougars will play in Bobcat Stadium on Sept. 24, 2016. It marks Houston's first game in San Marcos since the two schools were members of the Lone Star Conference in 1946-48.
 
"We continue to have discussions with several other Texas schools and hope to finalize more agreements soon," added Teis. "Our goal is to not to leave the state of Texas for non-conference games. I think it is important to keep as much revenue as we possibly can inside the state. That makes financial sense and adds to the rivalries."
 
Below is a list of future non-conference games for Texas State:
 

2015
Sept. 5 at Florida State
Sept. 12 vs. Prairie View A&M
Sept. 19 vs. Southern Miss
Sept. 26 at Houston
 
2016
Sept. 3 at Ohio
Sept. 17 at Arkansas
Sept. 24 vs. Houston
Oct. 1 vs. Incarnate Word
 
2017
Sept. 9 at Colorado
Sept. 23 vs. UTSA
 
2018
Sept. 1 vs. Tulsa
Sept. 22 at UTSA
 
2019
Sept. 14 at SMU
 
2020
Sept. 12 vs. UTSA
Sept. 19 vs. SMU
Sept. 26 vs. Ohio

 
2021
Sept. 11 at UTSA
 
2022
Sept. 10 vs. UTSA
 
2023
Sept. 9 at UTSA
 
2024
Sept. 7 vs. UTSA
 
2025
Sept. 6 at. UTSA