2016 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

2016 Arkansas State Red Wolves football
Sun Belt Conference co-champions
Conference Sun Belt Conference
2016 record 7–5 (7–1 Sun Belt)
Head coach Blake Anderson (3rd year)
Co-offensive coordinator Buster Faulkner (1st year)
Offensive scheme Multiple
Defensive coordinator Joe Cauthen (3rd year)
Home stadium Centennial Bank Stadium
(Capacity: 30,382)
2016 Sun Belt football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Appalachian State +   7 – 1         9 – 3  
Arkansas State +   7 – 1         7 – 5  
Troy   6 – 2         9 – 3  
Idaho   6 – 2         8 – 4  
Louisiana–Lafayette   5 – 3         6 – 6  
Georgia Southern   4 – 4         5 – 7  
Louisiana–Monroe   3 – 5         4 – 8  
South Alabama   2 – 6         6 – 6  
Georgia State   2 – 6         3 – 9  
New Mexico State   2 – 6         3 – 9  
Texas State   0 – 8         2 – 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
As of December 5, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team represents Arkansas State Red Wolves in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Red Wolves play their home games at Centennial Bank Stadium in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and compete in the Sun Belt Conference. They are 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
September 2 8:00 p.m. Toledo* Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR ESPNU L 10–31   26,182
September 10 6:30 p.m. at Auburn* Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL SECN L 14–51   86,825
September 17 8:00 p.m. at Utah State* Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT 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 Alabamadagger 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 Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA 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 Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL ESPNU W 35–3   23,764
November 26 11:00 a.m. at Louisiana–Lafayette Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA ASN L 19–24   14,259
December 3 3:00 p.m. at Texas State Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX ESPN2 W 36–14   11,137
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time Zone.
Schedule Source:[2]

Game notes

Toledo

1 2 3 4 Total
Rockets 0 21 10 0 31
Red Wolves 3 0 0 7 10
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–4 2015 Toledo, 37–7

at Auburn

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Wolves 7 0 7 0 14
Tigers 14 24 10 3 51
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–3 2013 Auburn, 38–9

at Utah State

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Wolves 0 0 14 6 20
Aggies 17 7 3 7 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–3 2014 Arkansas State, 21–14

Central Arkansas

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 7 6 3 12 28
Red Wolves 16 0 7 0 23
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–12–2 2011 Arkansas State, 53–24

Georgia Southern

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 6 10 3 26
Red Wolves 0 10 7 10 27
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 1986 Georgia Southern, 48–21

South Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total
Jaguars 0 0 0 7 7
Red Wolves 0 14 3 0 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–0 2015 Arkansas State, 49–31

Louisiana–Monroe

1 2 3 4 Total
WarHawks 0 3 7 0 10
Red Wolves 14 28 9 0 51
Overall record Last meeting Result
23–14 2015 Arkansas State, 59–21

at Georgia State

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Wolves 0 10 7 14 31
Panthers 0 3 7 6 16
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–0 2015 Arkansas State, 48–24

New Mexico State

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 3 3 9 7 22
Red Wolves 13 14 14 0 41
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–6 2015 Arkansas State, 52–28

at #25 Troy

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Wolves 0 7 21 7 35
#25 Trojans 3 0 0 0 3
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–5 2013 Arkansas State, 41-34

at Louisiana–Lafayette

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Wolves 7 0 3 9 19
Ragin' Cajuns 7 7 7 3 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–23–1 2015 Arkansas State, 37–27

at Texas State

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Wolves 6 7 3 20 36
Bobcats 0 7 7 0 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–1 2015 Arkansas State, 55–17

References

  1. ↑ "Three National TV Games Highlight A-State's SBC Schedule" (Press release). Arkansas State University Department of Athletics. March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  2. ↑ "2016 Arkansas State Red Wolves Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
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