Arkansas State University

Public university in Jonesboro

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2024 Won the 68 Ventures Bowl against Bowling Green with a score of 38-31.
2023 Butch Jones coached the team in the Camellia Bowl, losing to Northern Illinois 19-21.
December 12 2020 Butch Jones was announced as the head coach of the Arkansas State Red Wolves football program, bringing experience from previous head coaching positions at Central Michigan, Cincinnati, and Tennessee, as well as a recent role as special assistant to Nick Saban at Alabama.
December 10 2020 Blake Anderson resigned from his position as head coach of Arkansas State's football team after leading the program since 2014.
September 5 2020 First game in the renewed series between Arkansas State and Memphis, to be played in Memphis.
2019 Won the Camellia Bowl against FIU with a score of 34-26.
2018 Played in the Arizona Bowl, losing to Nevada 13-16 in overtime.
2017 Lost the Camellia Bowl to Middle Tennessee 30-35.
2016 Won most recent conference championship.
2016 The Red Wolves defeated UCF 31-13 in the Cure Bowl, winning in their hometown.
2016 Arkansas State and Memphis announced the renewal of their football series, scheduling games from 2020 to 2023.
2016 The Red Wolves won a shared Sun Belt Conference championship, overcoming an initial four-game losing streak and securing a road win against No. 25 Troy.
2015 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team won the Sun Belt Conference championship under head coach Blake Anderson with a season record of 9-4 and a perfect conference record of 8-0.
2015 The team played in the New Orleans Bowl, losing to Louisiana Tech 28-47.
November 5 2015 The Red Wolves won against App State, securing their 4th Sun Belt title since 2010 and earning an appearance in the New Orleans Bowl.
2014 Blake Anderson coached the team in the GoDaddy Bowl, losing to Toledo 44-63.
2014 Blake Anderson began his head coaching tenure, leading the team for 7 years until 2020.
2013 Bryan Harsin departed to coach at Boise State after one season, with a $1.75 million buyout paid by Boise State.
2013 The team won the GoDaddy Bowl by defeating Ball State 23-20.
2013 Arkansas State won the Sun Belt Conference, becoming co-champions with UL-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns.
December 19 2013 Blake Anderson was hired as the new head coach of Arkansas State University's football team, coming from his offensive coordinator position at the University of North Carolina.
December 11 2013 Bryan Harsin was named head coach, succeeding Gus Malzahn.
January 6 2013 Under interim coach John Thompson, Arkansas State won the GoDaddy.com Bowl 17-13 against No. 25 Kent State.
2012 John Thompson led the team to a victory in the GoDaddy.com Bowl, defeating Kent State 17-13.
2012 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team won the Sun Belt Conference championship under head coach Gus Malzahn with a season record of 10-3 and conference record of 7-1.
December 4 2012 Gus Malzahn announced his return to Auburn as head coach, leaving Arkansas State after achieving back-to-back 10-win seasons and Sun Belt conference championships.
January 8 2012 Arkansas State played in the GoDaddy.com Bowl against Northern Illinois Huskies, losing 38-20 under interim coach David Gunn.
2011 David Gunn coached the team in the GoDaddy.com Bowl, losing to Northern Illinois 20-38.
2011 Under first-year head coach Hugh Freeze, Arkansas State went undefeated in the Sun Belt conference with a perfect 8-0 record and an overall 10-2 season.
December 14 2011 Gus Malzahn was named Arkansas State's new head football coach, succeeding Hugh Freeze.

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