The 2017 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team represented
Arkansas State University in the
2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 2017. The regular season began on August 26, 2017, and end ...
. The Red Wolves played their home games at
Centennial Bank Stadium in
Jonesboro, Arkansas, and competed in the
Sun Belt Conference
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. 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
Camellia Bowl can refer to one of three college football bowl games:
* Camellia Bowl (1948)
The Camellia Bowl was a post-season major college football bowl game played at McNaspy Stadium in Lafayette, Louisiana, on December 30, 1948, between t ...
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
Coastal Carolina University (CCU or Coastal) is a public university in Conway, South Carolina. Founded in 1954 as Coastal Carolina Junior College, and later joining the University of South Carolina System as USC Coastal Carolina, it became an in ...
,
Louisiana–Lafayette,
Texas State, and
Troy, and traveled to
Georgia Southern
Georgia Southern University (GS or Georgia Southern) is a public research university in the U.S. state of Georgia. The flagship campus is in Statesboro, and other locations include the Armstrong Campus in Savannah and the Liberty Campus in Hin ...
,
Louisiana–Monroe
The University of Louisiana Monroe (ULM) is a public university in Monroe, Louisiana. It is part of the University of Louisiana System.
History
ULM opened in 1931 as Ouachita Parish Junior College. Three years later it became the Northeast Ce ...
,
New Mexico State, and
South Alabama
The Red Wolves hosted two of the four non-conference opponents,
Arkansas–Pine Bluff
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) is a public historically black university in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Founded in 1873, it is the second oldest public college or university in the state of Arkansas. UAPB is part of the University of ...
from the
Southwestern Athletic Conference
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is a collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southern United States. It participates in t ...
and
Miami (FL) from the
Atlantic Coast Conference
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, and traveled to
Nebraska from the
Big Ten Conference and
SMU from the
American Athletic Conference.
:
The game between Arkansas State and Miami was canceled in the wake of
Hurricane Irma due to travel concerns for the Hurricanes.
:Schedule Source:
Game summaries
At Nebraska
Arkansas–Pine Bluff
At SMU
At Georgia Southern
Coastal Carolina
Louisiana–Lafayette
At New Mexico State
At South Alabama
Texas State
At Louisiana–Monroe
Troy
vs Middle Tennessee–Camellia Bowl
References
Arkansas State
Arkansas State Red Wolves football seasons
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