2017 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

2017 Sun Belt Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; * – Ineligible for postseason play due to FCS-to-FBS transition rules; Rankings from AP Poll

Arkansas State Red Wolves football
2017 Arkansas State Red Wolves football
Camellia Bowl, L 30–35 vs. Middle Tennessee
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
2017 record	7–5 (6–2 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Blake Anderson (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Buster Faulkner (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Joe Cauthen (4th season)
Home stadium	Centennial Bank Stadium; (Capacity: 30,382)

The 2017 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team represented Arkansas State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Red Wolves played their home games at Centennial Bank Stadium in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by fourth-year head coach Blake Anderson. They finished the season 7–5, 6–2 in Sun Belt play to finish in third place. They received a bid to the Camellia Bowl where they lost to Middle Tennessee.

Previous season

The Red Wolves finished the 2016 season 8–5, 7–1 in Sun Belt play to earn a share of the Sun Belt championship. They received a bid to the Cure Bowl where they defeated UCF.

Schedule

Arkansas State announced its 2017 football schedule on March 1, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Red Wolves hosted Sun Belt foes Coastal Carolina, Louisiana–Lafayette, Texas State, and Troy, and traveled to Georgia Southern, Louisiana–Monroe, New Mexico State, and South Alabama[1]

The Red Wolves hosted two of the four non-conference opponents, Arkansas–Pine Bluff from the Southwestern Athletic Conference and Miami (FL) from the Atlantic Coast Conference, and traveled to Nebraska from the Big Ten Conference and SMU from the American Athletic Conference.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 p.m.	at Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	BTN	L 36–43	90,171
September 9^[a]	2:30 p.m.	No. 16 Miami (FL)*	Centennial Bank Stadium		Canceled^[a]
September 16	6:00 p.m.	Arkansas–Pine Bluff*	Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR	ESPN3	W 48–3	24,371
September 23	6:00 p.m.	at SMU*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas, TX	ESPN3	L 21–44	23,672
October 4	7:00 p.m.	at Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	ESPN2	W 43–25	13,781
October 14	6:00 p.m.	Coastal Carolina	Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR	ESPN3	W 51–17	25,916
October 19	6:30 p.m.	Louisiana–Lafayette	Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR	ESPNU	W 47–3	21,943
October 28	3:00 p.m.	at New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	ALT	W 37–21	10,041
November 11	4:00 p.m.	at South Alabama	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL	ESPN3	L 19–24	17,640
November 18	2:00 p.m.	Texas State	Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR	ESPN3	W 30–12	19,846
November 25	2:00 p.m.	at Louisiana–Monroe	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA	ESPN3	W 67–50	8,245
December 2	6:30 p.m.	Troy	Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR	ESPN2	L 25–32	27,462
December 16	7:00 p.m.	vs. Middle Tennessee*	Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL (Camellia Bowl)	ESPN	L 30–35	20,612
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time

^{^[a]}The game between Arkansas State and Miami was canceled in the wake of Hurricane Irma due to travel concerns for the Hurricanes.[2]

Schedule Source:[3]

Game summaries

at Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Wolves	14	12	0	10	36
Cornhuskers	17	10	7	9	43

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2012	NEB, 42–13

Arkansas–Pine Bluff

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Lions	0	3	0	0	3
Red Wolves	13	7	21	7	48

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at SMU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Wolves	14	0	0	7	21
Mustangs	10	20	7	7	44

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2007	ASU, 45–28

at Georgia Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Wolves	3	19	14	7	43
Eagles	0	17	0	8	25

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2016	ASU, 27–26

Coastal Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chanticleers	0	7	0	10	17
Red Wolves	7	10	17	17	51

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Louisiana–Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ragin' Cajuns	3	0	0	0	3
Red Wolves	14	20	3	10	47

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–23–1	2016	ULL, 24–19

at New Mexico State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Wolves	7	0	10	20	37
Aggies	0	14	0	7	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–3	2016	ASU, 41–22

at South Alabama

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Wolves	0	6	6	7	19
Jaguars	10	0	7	7	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2016	ASU, 17–7

Texas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	6	0	6	0	12
Red Wolves	16	0	14	0	30

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2016	ASU, 36–14

at Louisiana–Monroe

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Wolves	7	21	21	18	67
Warhawks	14	7	14	15	50

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–5	2016	ASU, 51–10

Troy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans	0	7	10	15	32
Red Wolves	0	10	3	12	25

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2016	ASU, 36–14

vs Middle Tennessee–Camellia Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	7	14	7	7	35
Red Wolves	3	7	7	13	30

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–9	2012	ASU, 45–0

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References

"Nebraska, Miami Part of the 2017 A-State Football Schedule" (Press release). KASU. March 1, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
Scott Gleeson (September 6, 2017). "Miami-Arkansas State college game canceled due to Hurricane Irma". USA Today. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
"2017 Arkansas State Red Wolves Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 3, 2017.

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[ASU17-1] "Nebraska, Miami Part of the 2017 A-State Football Schedule" (Press release). KASU. March 1, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.

[2] Scott Gleeson (September 6, 2017). "Miami-Arkansas State college game canceled due to Hurricane Irma". USA Today. Retrieved September 6, 2017.

[3] "2017 Arkansas State Red Wolves Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 3, 2017.

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