2016 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

2016 Arkansas State Red Wolves football
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
2016 record	0–0 (0–0 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		0	–	0					0	–	0
Arkansas State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Georgia Southern		0	–	0					0	–	0
Georgia State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Idaho		0	–	0					0	–	0
Louisiana–Lafayette		0	–	0					0	–	0
Louisiana–Monroe		0	–	0					0	–	0
New Mexico State		0	–	0					0	–	0
South Alabama		0	–	0					0	–	0
Texas State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Troy		0	–	0					0	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team will represent the Arkansas State Red Wolves in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Red Wolves will play their home games at Centennial Bank Stadium in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and compete in the Sun Belt Conference. They will be 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.

The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against Central Arkansas from the Southland Conference and Toldeo 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#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3		Toledo*		Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR
September 10		at Auburn*		Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL
September 17		at Utah State*		Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT
September 24		Central Arkansas*		Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR
October 5		Georgia Southern		Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR
October 15		South Alabama		Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR
October 29		Louisiana–Monroe		Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR (Rivalry)
November 3/4		at Georgia State		Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA
November 12		New Mexico State		Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR
November 17		at Troy		Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL
November 26		at Louisiana–Lafayette		Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA
December 3		at Texas State		Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time Zone.

Schedule Source:

Game notes

Toledo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rockets					0
Red Wolves					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–4	2015	Toledo, 37–7

at Auburn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Wolves					0
Tigers					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	2013	Auburn, 38–9

at Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Wolves					0
Aggies					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–3	2014	Arkansas State, 21–14

Central Arkansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears					0
Red Wolves					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–12–2	2011	Arkansas State, 53–24

Georgia Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles					0
Red Wolves					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	1986	Georgia Southern, 48–21

South Alabama

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars					0
Red Wolves					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–0	2015	Arkansas State, 49–31

Louisiana–Monroe

	1	2	3	4	Total
WarHawks					0
Red Wolves					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–14	2015	Arkansas State, 59–21

at Georgia State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Wolves					0
Panthers					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2015	Arkansas State, 48–24

New Mexico State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies					0
Red Wolves					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–6	2015	Arkansas State, 52–28

at Troy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Wolves					0
Trojans					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–5	2013	Arkansas State, 41-34

at Louisiana–Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Wolves					0
Ragin' Cajuns					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–23–1	2015	Arkansas State, 37–27

at Texas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Wolves					0
Bobcats					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	2015	Arkansas State, 55–17