2013 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team
| 2013 Arkansas State Red Wolves football | |
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Sun Belt Conference Co-Champions GoDaddy Bowl Champions | |
GoDaddy Bowl vs. Ball State, W 23–20 | |
| Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
| 2013 record | 8–5 (5–2 Sun Belt) |
| Head coach |
Bryan Harsin (1st year) John Thompson (interim) |
| Co-offensive coordinator | Bush Hamdan (1st year) |
| Co-offensive coordinator | Eliah Drinkwitz (1st as coordinator; 2nd overall year) |
| Offensive scheme | Multiple |
| Defensive coordinator | John Thompson (2nd year) |
| Base defense | Multiple |
| Home stadium |
Liberty Bank Stadium (Capacity: 30,964) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State + | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana–Lafayette | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WKU | 4 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana–Monroe | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Alabama | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Troy | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas State | 2 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia State* | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | – | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2013 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team represented Arkansas State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. For the third consecutive season, the Red Wolves were led by a first-year head coach, with Bryan Harsin, previously offensive coordinator at Texas, taking over from Gus Malzahn, who left to become head coach at Auburn.[1]
Shortly after the end of the regular season, Harsin would himself leave Arkansas State, moving to Boise State, his alma mater and a program where he had served as an assistant from 2001 to 2010, after Chris Petersen left for Washington. Harsin did not coach Arkansas State in the GoDaddy Bowl;[1] Arkansas State named defensive coordinator John Thompson as interim head coach for the bowl game.[2]
The Red Wolves, members of the Sun Belt Conference, played their home games at Liberty Bank Stadium (renamed after the 2013 season to Centennial Bank Stadium) in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |||
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| August 31 | 6:00 p.m. | Arkansas–Pine Bluff* | Liberty Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR | ESPN3 | W 62–11 | 30,451 | |||
| September 7 | 6:30 p.m. | at Auburn* | Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL | SECRN | L 9–38 | 83,246 | |||
| September 12 | 6:30 p.m. | Troy | Liberty Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR | ESPNU | W 41–34 | 26,012 | |||
| September 21 | 3:30 p.m. | at Memphis* | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Paint Bucket Bowl) | ESPN3 | L 7–31 | 36,279 | |||
| September 28 | 6:30 p.m. | at Missouri* | Faurot Field • Columbia, MO | CSS/ESPN3 | L 19–41 | 62,468 | |||
| October 12 | 6:00 p.m. | Idaho* |
Liberty Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR | W 48–24 | 26,781 | ||||
| October 22 | 7:00 p.m. | Louisiana–Lafayette | Liberty Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR | ESPN2 | L 7–23 | 24,578 | |||
| November 2 | 6:30 p.m. | at South Alabama | Ladd Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL | ESPN3 | W 17–16 | 18,228 | |||
| November 9 | 6:00 p.m. | at Louisiana–Monroe | Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA (Trail of Tears Classic) | ESPN3 | W 42–14 | 13,427 | |||
| November 16 | 6:30 p.m. | Texas State | Liberty Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR | Sun Belt Network | W 38–21 | 23,143 | |||
| November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | Georgia State | Liberty Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR | ESPN3 | W 35–33 | 18,512 | |||
| November 30 | 3:00 p.m. | at WKU | Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY | ESPN3 | L 31–34 | 14,417 | |||
| January 5, 2014 | 8:00 p.m. | vs. Ball State* | Ladd Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL (GoDaddy Bowl) | ESPN | W 23–20 | 36,119 | |||
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||
- Schedule Source:[3]
References
- 1 2 "Boise State hires Bryan Harsin". ESPN.com. December 11, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
- ↑ "Harsin Steps Down as A-State Head Football Coach" (Press release). Arkansas State Red Wolves. December 11, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
- ↑ "2013 Arkansas State Red Wolves Football Schedule". Arkansas State Athletics. Retrieved July 12, 2013.