The 2011 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team represented Arkansas State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Red Wolves were led by first-year head coach Hugh Freeze and played their home games at ASU Stadium. They are members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 10–3, 8–0 in Sun Belt play to become conference champions. They were invited to the Godaddy.com Bowl where they were defeated by Northern Illinois 20–38.
Freeze resigned at the end of the regular season to take the head coaching job at Ole Miss.[1] David Gunn was the Red Wolves interim head coach for the GoDaddy.com Bowl.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 3 | 2:30 p.m. | at Illinois* | | BTN | L 15–33 | 45,154 |
| September 10 | 6:00 p.m. | Memphis* | | ESPN3 | W 47–3 | 29,872 |
| September 17 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 12 Virginia Tech* | | FSN | L 7–26 | 66,233 |
| September 24 | 7:00 p.m. | Central Arkansas* | | KATV | W 53–24 | 27,918 |
| October 1 | 3:00 p.m. | at Western Kentucky | | Sun Belt Network | W 26–22 | 10,813 |
| October 8 | 6:00 p.m. | at Louisiana–Monroe | | | W 24–19 | 15,027 |
| October 18 | 7:00 p.m. | FIU | | ESPN2 | W 34–16 | 15,573 |
| October 29 | 6:00 p.m. | North Texas | | | W 37–14 | 19,761 |
| November 5 | 3:00 p.m. | at Florida Atlantic | | | W 39–21 | 15,162 |
| November 12 | 2:00 p.m. | Louisiana–Lafayette | | | W 30–21 | 20,261 |
| November 19 | 2:00 p.m. | at Middle Tennessee | | ESPN3 | W 45–19 | 12,806 |
| December 3 | 2:00 p.m. | Troy | | | W 45–14 | 14,156 |
| January 8, 2012 | 7:00 p.m. | vs. Northern Illinois* | | ESPN | L 20–38 | 38,734 |
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Game summaries
at Illinois
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Red Wolves
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
7 |
15 |
| Fighting Illini
|
7
|
10
|
13
|
3 |
33 |
vs. Memphis
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Tigers
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0 |
3 |
| Red Wolves
|
10
|
20
|
17
|
0 |
47 |
at Virginia Tech
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Red Wolves
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
| Hokies
|
16
|
7
|
3
|
0 |
26 |
vs. Central Arkansas
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Bears
|
7
|
3
|
7
|
7 |
24 |
| Red Wolves
|
10
|
9
|
17
|
17 |
53 |
at Western Kentucky
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Red Wolves
|
0
|
10
|
0
|
16 |
26 |
| Hilltoppers
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
8 |
22 |
at Louisiana–Monroe
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Red Wolves
|
7
|
3
|
7
|
7 |
24 |
| Warhawks
|
7
|
6
|
0
|
6 |
19 |
vs. FIU
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Panthers
|
3
|
3
|
10
|
0 |
16 |
| Red Wolves
|
0
|
6
|
7
|
21 |
34 |
vs. North Texas
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Mean Green
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
14 |
| Red Wolves
|
10
|
21
|
0
|
6 |
37 |
at Florida Atlantic
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Red Wolves
|
15
|
7
|
3
|
14 |
39 |
| Owls
|
0
|
14
|
7
|
0 |
21 |
vs. Louisiana–Lafayette
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Ragin' Cajuns
|
0
|
7
|
17
|
0 |
24 |
| Red Wolves
|
14
|
6
|
7
|
3 |
30 |
at Middle Tennessee
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Red Wolves
|
15
|
10
|
14
|
6 |
45 |
| Blue Raiders
|
2
|
17
|
0
|
0 |
19 |
vs. Troy
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Trojans
|
0
|
14
|
0
|
0 |
14 |
| Red Wolves
|
10
|
14
|
7
|
14 |
45 |
vs. Northern Illinois (GoDaddy.com Bowl)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Huskies
|
7
|
14
|
7
|
10 |
38 |
| Red Wolves
|
13
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
20 |
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National championship season in bold |