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American college football season
The 2016 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team represented
Arkansas State Red Wolves in the
2016 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 third-year head coach
Blake Anderson.
Schedule
Arkansas State announced its 2016 football schedule on March 3, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Red Wolves will host Sun Belt foes
Georgia Southern,
Louisiana–Monroe,
New Mexico State, and
South Alabama, and will travel to
Georgia State,
Louisiana–Lafayette,
Texas State, and
Troy. Arkansas State will skip out on two Sun Belt teams this season,
Appalachian State and
Idaho.
[1]
The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against
Central Arkansas from the
Southland Conference and
Toledo from the
Mid-American Conference (MAC), and two road games against
Auburn from the
Southeastern Conference (SEC) and
Utah State from the
Mountain West Conference.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 8:00 p.m. |
Toledo* | |
ESPNU | L 10–31 | 26,182 |
September 10 | 6:30 p.m. | at
Auburn* | |
SECN | L 14–51 | 86,825 |
September 17 | 8:00 p.m. | at
Utah State* | |
CBSSN | L 20–34 | 21,091 |
September 24 | 6:00 p.m. |
Central Arkansas* | - Centennial Bank Stadium
- Jonesboro, AR
|
ESPN3 | L 23–28 | 28,012 |
October 5 | 7:00 p.m. |
Georgia Southern | - Centennial Bank Stadium
- Jonesboro, AR
|
ESPN2 | W 27–26 | 19,381 |
October 15 | 6:00 p.m. |
South Alabama | - Centennial Bank Stadium
- Jonesboro, AR
| ESPN3 | W 17–7 | 22,277 |
October 29 | 6:00 p.m. |
Louisiana–Monroe | - Centennial Bank Stadium
- Jonesboro, AR
| ESPN3 | W 51–10 | 20,170 |
November 3 | 6:30 p.m. | at
Georgia State | | ESPNU | W 31–16 | 13,363 |
November 12 | 2:00 p.m. |
New Mexico State | - Centennial Bank Stadium
- Jonesboro, AR
| ESPN3 | W 41–22 | 20,178 |
November 17 | 8:30 p.m. | at No. 25
Troy | | ESPNU | W 35–3 | 23,764 |
November 26 | 11:00 a.m. | at
Louisiana–Lafayette | |
ASN | L 19–24 | 14,259 |
December 3 | 3:00 p.m. | at
Texas State | | ESPN2 | W 36–14 | 11,137 |
December 17 | 5:00 p.m. | vs.
UCF* | | CBSSN | W 31–13 | 27,213 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to game
- All times are in
Central time
|
- Schedule Source:
[2]
Game summaries
Toledo
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Rockets
|
0
|
21
|
10
|
0 |
31 |
Red Wolves
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
10 |
At Auburn
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Red Wolves
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
14 |
Tigers
|
14
|
24
|
10
|
3 |
51 |
At Utah State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Red Wolves
|
0
|
0
|
14
|
6 |
20 |
Aggies
|
17
|
7
|
3
|
7 |
34 |
Central Arkansas
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bears
|
7
|
6
|
3
|
12 |
28 |
Red Wolves
|
16
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
23 |
Georgia Southern
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Eagles
|
7
|
6
|
10
|
3 |
26 |
Red Wolves
|
0
|
10
|
7
|
10 |
27 |
South Alabama
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Jaguars
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
7 |
Red Wolves
|
0
|
14
|
3
|
0 |
17 |
Louisiana–Monroe
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
WarHawks
|
0
|
3
|
7
|
0 |
10 |
Red Wolves
|
14
|
28
|
9
|
0 |
51 |
At Georgia State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Red Wolves
|
0
|
10
|
7
|
14 |
31 |
Panthers
|
0
|
3
|
7
|
6 |
16 |
New Mexico State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Aggies
|
3
|
3
|
9
|
7 |
22 |
Red Wolves
|
13
|
14
|
14
|
0 |
41 |
At #25 Troy
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Red Wolves
|
0
|
7
|
21
|
7 |
35 |
#25 Trojans
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
3 |
At Louisiana–Lafayette
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Red Wolves
|
7
|
0
|
3
|
9 |
19 |
Ragin' Cajuns
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
3 |
24 |
At Texas State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Red Wolves
|
6
|
7
|
3
|
20 |
36 |
Bobcats
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
0 |
14 |
UCF–Cure Bowl
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Knights
|
0
|
10
|
3
|
0 |
13 |
Red Wolves
|
17
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
31 |
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