2008 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

The 2008 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team represents Arkansas State University in the 2008 college football season. The Red Wolves played five home games at ASU Stadium in Jonesboro, Arkansas, including Southern Miss, Middle Tennessee, and Florida Atlantic. The Red Wolves had a difficult season, playing against Texas A&M to start the season off, and later playing Alabama. Arkansas State has played a SEC school for the past three years.[1]

2008 Arkansas State Red Wolves football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
2008 record6–6 (4–3 Sun Belt)
Head coach
  • Steve Roberts (7th season)
Offensive coordinatorDoug Ruse (7th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorKevin Corless (7th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJack Curtis (7th season)
Home stadiumASU Stadium
(Capacity: 30,964)
2008 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Troy $  6 –1     8 –5  
Louisiana–Lafayette  5 –2     6 –6  
Florida Atlantic  4 –3     7 –6  
Arkansas State  4 –3     6 –6  
FIU  3 –4     5 –7  
Middle Tennessee  3 –4     5 –7  
Louisiana–Monroe  3 –4     4 –8  
North Texas  0 –7     1 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 306:00 p.m.at Texas A&M*
W 18–1478,691
September 66:00 p.m.Texas Southern*
W 83–1021,741
September 136:00 p.m.Southern Miss*
  • ASU Stadium
  • Jonesboro, AR
L 24–2725,938
September 206:00 p.m.Middle Tennessee
  • ASU Stadium
  • Jonesboro, AR
W 31–1424,256
September 271:00 p.m.at Memphis*
L 17–2926,376
October 116:00 p.m.Louisiana–Monroe
  • ASU Stadium
  • Jonesboro, AR
ESPN+W 37–2922,745
October 186:00 p.m.at Louisiana–Lafayette
L 23–2823,684
November 12:07 p.m.at No. 2 Alabama*
PPVL 0–3592,138
November 86:00 p.m.at FIU
L 21–2215,106
November 222:00 p.m.Florida Atlantic
  • ASU Stadium
  • Jonesboro, AR
CSSW 28–1410,845
November 291:00 p.m.at North Texas
W 33–289,761
December 66:00 p.m.at Troy
ESPNGPL 9–3516,227

Schedule from Arkansas State Indians. Schedule dates, times, and opponents are subject to change.

Game summaries

Texas A&M
1 2 3 4 Total
Red Wolves 3 0 6 9 18
Aggies 7 7 0 0 14

The 2008 game was played at Kyle Field and marked the third meeting between the two programs, twice under Coach Roberts. Their last meeting was in 2003.[1]

Texas Southern
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 3 7 0 10
Red Wolves 31 21 17 14 83

Arkansas State became the first major college team to break the 80 point mark since Texas Tech scored 80 against Sam Houston State University in 2005. The team posted the second-highest score in school history, topped only by a 101-point effort against the University of Central Arkansas in 1917. [2]

Southern Miss
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 3 14 0 10 27
Red Wolves 3 0 14 7 24

This will be the third time in the past four years the two teams have met. They played each other in the New Orleans Bowl in 2005.[1]

Middle Tennessee
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 0 0 7 7 14
Red Wolves 7 10 7 7 31

This is the homecoming game.[1]

Memphis
1 2 3 4 Total
Red Wolves 0 17 0 0 17
Tigers 13 3 3 10 29

The Memphis Tigers and the Wolves have a very fierce rivalry. In 2006, ASU pulled off a win at Memphis on a 60-yard Hail Mary pass with 6 seconds left. Then in 2007, ASU overcame a 25-point halftime deficit.[1]

Louisiana-Monroe
1 2 3 4 Total
Warhawks 7 7 0 15 29
Red Wolves 7 20 7 3 37

Louisiana-Lafayette
1 2 3 4 Total
Red Wolves 3 7 3 10 23
Ragin’ Cajuns 0 7 7 14 28

Alabama
1 2 3 4 Total
Red Wolves 0 0 0 0 0
Crimson Tide 7 7 14 7 35

This will mark the third consecutive year that ASU has played an SEC school, and the 49th all-time meeting with a current school in the SEC. It’s the second time Arkansas State has played Alabama, the first time in 1982, losing 35-7. This game may bring the second largest crowd to watch ASU, second to Tennessee in 2007.[1]

Florida International
1 2 3 4 Total
Red Wolves 0
Golden Panthers 0

Florida Atlantic
1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0
Red Wolves 0

North Texas
1 2 3 4 Total
Red Wolves 0
Mean Green 0

Troy
1 2 3 4 Total
Red Wolves 0 0 0 9 9
Trojans 7 14 0 14 35

References
  1. ASU Announces 2008 Football Schedule - Arkansas State Athletics Official Web Site - AStateRedWolves.com
  2. ESPN.com
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