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American college football season
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.
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 |
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September 2 | 7:00 p.m. | at
Nebraska* | |
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* | | ESPN3 | L 21–44 | 23,672 |
| 7:00 p.m. | at
Georgia Southern | |
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 |
| 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 | |
ALT | W 37–21 | 10,041 |
November 11 | 4:00 p.m. | at
South Alabama | | 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 | | 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* | |
ESPN | L 30–35 | 20,612 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to game
- All times are in
Central time
|
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^[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 |
Arkansas–Pine Bluff
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Golden Lions
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0 |
3 |
Red Wolves
|
13
|
7
|
21
|
7 |
48 |
At SMU
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Red Wolves
|
14
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
21 |
Mustangs
|
10
|
20
|
7
|
7 |
44 |
At Georgia Southern
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Red Wolves
|
3
|
19
|
14
|
7 |
43 |
Eagles
|
0
|
17
|
0
|
8 |
25 |
Coastal Carolina
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Chanticleers
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
10 |
17 |
Red Wolves
|
7
|
10
|
17
|
17 |
51 |
Louisiana–Lafayette
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Ragin' Cajuns
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
3 |
Red Wolves
|
14
|
20
|
3
|
10 |
47 |
At New Mexico State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Red Wolves
|
7
|
0
|
10
|
20 |
37 |
Aggies
|
0
|
14
|
0
|
7 |
21 |
At South Alabama
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Red Wolves
|
0
|
6
|
6
|
7 |
19 |
Jaguars
|
10
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
24 |
Texas State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bobcats
|
6
|
0
|
6
|
0 |
12 |
Red Wolves
|
16
|
0
|
14
|
0 |
30 |
At Louisiana–Monroe
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Red Wolves
|
7
|
21
|
21
|
18 |
67 |
Warhawks
|
14
|
7
|
14
|
15 |
50 |
Troy
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Trojans
|
0
|
7
|
10
|
15 |
32 |
Red Wolves
|
0
|
10
|
3
|
12 |
25 |
vs Middle Tennessee–Camellia Bowl
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blue Raiders
|
7
|
14
|
7
|
7 |
35 |
Red Wolves
|
3
|
7
|
7
|
13 |
30 |
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