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.
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]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Red Wolves | 14 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 36 |
Cornhuskers | 17 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 43 |
Arkansas–Pine Bluff
[edit] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Golden Lions | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Red Wolves | 13 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 48 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Red Wolves | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Mustangs | 10 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 44 |
At Georgia Southern
[edit] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Red Wolves | 3 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 43 |
Eagles | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 25 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Chanticleers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
Red Wolves | 7 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 51 |
Louisiana–Lafayette
[edit] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Ragin' Cajuns | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Red Wolves | 14 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 47 |
At New Mexico State
[edit] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Red Wolves | 7 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 37 |
Aggies | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Red Wolves | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
Jaguars | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bobcats | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
Red Wolves | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 30 |
At Louisiana–Monroe
[edit] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Red Wolves | 7 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 67 |
Warhawks | 14 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 50 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Trojans | 0 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 32 |
Red Wolves | 0 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 25 |
vs Middle Tennessee–Camellia Bowl
[edit] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Blue Raiders | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
Red Wolves | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 30 |
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