# 2017 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

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
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 |
| September 2 | 7:00 p.m. | at Nebraska* | Memorial StadiumLincoln, NE | BTN | L 36–43 | 90,171 |
| September 9 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 16 Miami (FL)* | Centennial Bank Stadium | | Canceled | |
| September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | Arkansas–Pine Bluff* | Centennial Bank StadiumJonesboro, AR | ESPN3 | W 48–3 | 24,371 |
| September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | at SMU* | Gerald J. Ford StadiumDallas, TX | ESPN3 | L 21–44 | 23,672 |
| October 4 | 7:00 p.m. | at Georgia Southern | Paulson StadiumStatesboro, GA | ESPN2 | W 43–25 | 13,781 |
| October 14 | 6:00 p.m. | Coastal Carolina | Centennial Bank StadiumJonesboro, AR | ESPN3 | W 51–17 | 25,916 |
| October 19 | 6:30 p.m. | Louisiana–Lafayette | Centennial Bank StadiumJonesboro, AR | ESPNU | W 47–3 | 21,943 |
| October 28 | 3:00 p.m. | at New Mexico State | Aggie Memorial StadiumLas Cruces, NM | ALT | W 37–21 | 10,041 |
| November 11 | 4:00 p.m. | at South Alabama | Ladd–Peebles StadiumMobile, AL | ESPN3 | L 19–24 | 17,640 |
| November 18 | 2:00 p.m. | Texas State | Centennial Bank StadiumJonesboro, AR | ESPN3 | W 30–12 | 19,846 |
| November 25 | 2:00 p.m. | at Louisiana–Monroe | Malone StadiumMonroe, LA | ESPN3 | W 67–50 | 8,245 |
| December 2 | 6:30 p.m. | Troy | Centennial Bank StadiumJonesboro, AR | ESPN2 | L 25–32 | 27,462 |
| December 16 | 7:00 p.m. | vs. Middle Tennessee* | Cramton BowlMontgomery, AL (Camellia Bowl) | ESPN | L 30–35 | 20,612 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to gameAll times are in Central time |||||||
    The game between Arkansas State and Miami was canceled in the wake of Hurricane Irma due to travel concerns for the Hurricanes.
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## 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 |