2019 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

The 2019 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team represented Arkansas State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Red Wolves played their home games at Centennial Bank Stadium in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and competed in the West Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by sixth-year head coach Blake Anderson.

2019 Arkansas State Red Wolves football
Camellia Bowl champion
Camellia Bowl, W 34–26 vs. FIU
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Division	West Division
Record	8–5 (5–3 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Blake Anderson (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Keith Heckendorf (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	David Duggan (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Centennial Bank Stadium
Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Sun Belt Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
No. 19 Appalachian State x$		7	–	1					13	–	1
Georgia Southern		5	–	3					7	–	6
Georgia State		4	–	4					7	–	6
Troy		3	–	5					5	–	7
Coastal Carolina		2	–	6					5	–	7
West Division
Louisiana x		7	–	1					11	–	3
Arkansas State		5	–	3					8	–	5
Louisiana–Monroe		4	–	4					5	–	7
Texas State		2	–	6					3	–	9
South Alabama		1	–	7					2	–	10
Championship: Appalachian State 45, Louisiana 38
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Arkansas State announced its 2019 football schedule on March 1, 2019.^[1] The 2019 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 p.m.	SMU*	Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR	ESPN+	L 30–37	22,076
September 7	9:00 p.m.	at UNLV*	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	Stadium Facebook	W 43–17	18,742
September 14	11:00 a.m.	at No. 3 Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	ESPN2	L 0–55	92,746
September 21	6:00 p.m.	Southern Illinois*	Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR	ESPN3	W 41–28	24,176
September 28	5:00 p.m.	at Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, AL	ESPN+	W 50–43	26,437
October 5	3:30 p.m.	at Georgia State	Georgia State Stadium Atlanta, GA	ESPN+	L 38–52	16,109
October 17	6:30 p.m.	Louisiana	Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR	ESPNU	L 20–37	19,176
October 26	6:00 p.m.	Texas State	Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR	ESPN+	W 38–14	21,343
November 2	2:30 p.m.	at Louisiana–Monroe	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA	ESPNU	W 48–41	15,327
November 16	2:00 p.m.	Coastal Carolina	Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR	ESPN+	W 28–27	18,927
November 23	2:00 p.m.	Georgia Southern	Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR	ESPN+	W 38–33	18,319
November 29	4:00 p.m.	at South Alabama	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL	ESPN+	L 30–34	16,319
December 21	4:30 p.m.	vs. FIU*	Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL (Camellia Bowl)	ESPN	W 34–26	16,209
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to game All times are in Central time

Schedule Source:^[2]

Game summaries

SMU

See also: 2019 SMU Mustangs football team

Pregame line	Over/under
Arkansas State	–1.5

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	3	13	14	7	37
Red Wolves	7	2	14	7	30

Game information

First quarter (13:08) ARST TD – Omar Bayless 7-yard pass from Logan Bonner, Blake Grupe kick Arkansas State 7–0; Drive: 1 play, 7 yards, 0:04 (08:45) SMU FG – Kevin Robledo 34-yard field goal Arkansas State 7–3; Drive: 14 plays, 53 yards, 4:17 Second quarter (14:01) ARST SF – Team safety Arkansas State 9–3; Drive: 2 plays, -12 yards, 0:36 (07:08) SMU TD – Xavier Jones 9-yard rush, Kevin Robledo kick Southern Methodist 10–9; Drive: 13 plays, 92 yards, 5:03 (03:53) SMU FG – Kevin Robledo 29-yard field goal Southern Methodist 13–9; Drive: 7 plays, 27 yards, 2:29 (00:29) SMU FG – Kevin Robledo 25-yard field goal Southern Methodist 16–9; Drive: 10 plays, 47 yards, 1:55 Third quarter (13:41) ARST TD – Omar Bayless 8-yard pass from Logan Bonner, Blake Grupe kick Tied 16–16; Drive: 6 plays, 69 yards, 1:11 (07:36) ARST TD – Omar Bayless 29-yard pass from Logan Bonner, Blake Grupe kick Arkansas State 23–16; Drive: 7 plays, 98 yards, 3:03 (07:22) SMU TD – CJ Sanders 98-yard kickoff returned, Kevin Robledo PAT failed Arkansas State 23–22; Drive: 0 plays, 0 yards, 0:00 (00:44) SMU TD – Xavier Jones 1-yard rush, Tyler Page two point conversion pass to Kylen Granson Southern Methodist 30–23; Drive: 9 plays, 51 yards, 3:36 Fourth quarter (09:11) SMU TD – Xavier Jones 2-yard rush, Kevin Robledo kick Southern Methodist 37–23; Drive: 11 plays, 89 yards, 4:55 (05:59) ARST TD – Omar Bayless 34-yard pass from Logan Bonner, Blake Grupe kick Southern Methodist 37–30; Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 3:12 Top passers SMU – Shane Buechele – 30/49, 360 yards, INT ARST – Logan Bonner – 32/50, 324 yards, 4 TD, INT Top rushers SMU – Ke'Mon Freeman – 22 carries, 86 yards ARST – Marcel Murray – 17 carries, 77 yards Top receivers SMU – Reggie Roberson Jr. – 11 receptions, 180 yards ARST – Omar Bayless – 10 receptions, 132 yards, 4 TD

Southern Methodist at Arkansas State – Game summary

at Centennial Bank Stadium, Jonesboro, AR

• Date: August 31
• Game time: 6:00 p.m. CDT
• Game weather: 88 °F (31 °C); mostly sunny
• Game attendance: 22,076
• Referee: Jason Autrey
• TV: ESPN+

Statistics	SMU	Arkansas State
First downs	29	25
Total yards	508	414
Rushing yards	148	90
Passing yards	360	324
Turnovers	1	3
Time of possession	35:14	24:46

At UNLV

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Wolves	10	13	10	10	43
Rebels	0	3	7	7	17

See also: 2019 UNLV Rebels football team

At No. 3 Georgia

See also: 2019 Georgia Bulldogs football team

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Arkansas State	0	0	0	0	0
No. 3 Georgia	13	21	14	7	55

Game information

First quarter UGA – Brian Herrien 3-yard run (Rodrigo Blankenship kick), 9:02. #3 Georgia 7–0. Drive: 6 plays, 60 yards, 2:52. UGA – Rodrigo Blankenship 29-yard field goal, 5:28. #3 Georgia 10–0. Drive: 5 plays, 41 yards, 2:17. UGA – Rodrigo Blankenship 41-yard field goal, 1:08. #3 Georgia 13–0. Drive: 8 plays, 41 yards, 2:41. Second quarter UGA – Dominick Blaylock 60-yard pass from Jake Fromm (Rodrigo Blankenship kick), 14:47. #3 Georgia 20–0. Drive: 3 plays, 68 yards, 0:52. UGA – D'Andre Swift 48-yard pass from Jake Fromm (Rodrigo Blankenship kick), 10:21. #3 Georgia 27–0. Drive: 5 plays, 89 yards, 2:14. UGA – Lawrence Cager 5-yard pass from Jake Fromm (Rodrigo Blankenship kick), 0:54. #3 Georgia 34–0. Drive: 7 plays, 66 yards, 1:37. Third quarter UGA – James Cook 37-yard run (Rodrigo Blankenship kick), 12:02. #3 Georgia 41–0. Drive: 7 plays, 65 yards, 2:58. UGA – Zamir White 1-yard run (Rodrigo Blankenship kick), 4:20. #3 Georgia 48–0. Drive: 9 plays, 83 yards, 5:01. Fourth quarter UGA – Kenny McIntosh 62-yard run (Rodrigo Blankenship kick), 9:07. #3 Georgia 55–0. Drive: 6 plays, 98 yards, 2:43. Top passers ARST – Logan Bonner – 20/35, 124 yards UGA – Jake Fromm – 17/22, 279 yards, 3 TD Top rushers ARST – DJ Chatman – 7 rushes, 24 yards UGA – D'Andre Swift – 9 rushes, 76 yards Top receivers ARST – Jonathan Adams Jr – 7 receptions, 85 yards UGA – Dominick Blaylock – 4 receptions, 112 yards, TD

Week 3: Arkansas State Red Wolves at No. 3 Georgia Bulldogs

at Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia

• Date: September 14, 2019
• Game time: 12:00 p.m.
• Game attendance: 92,746
• TV announcers (ESPN2): Roy Philpott, Kelly Stouffer and Lauren Sisler
• Recap, Box Score

Southern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	14	0	14	0	28
Red Wolves	14	17	7	3	41

See also: 2019 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

At Troy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Wolves	21	10	14	5	50
Trojans	10	21	6	6	43

See also: 2019 Troy Trojans football team

At Georgia State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Wolves	0	21	7	10	38
Panthers	7	24	7	14	52

See also: 2019 Georgia State Panthers football team

Louisiana

Louisiana at Arkansas State

1 2 3 4 Total • Ragin' Cajuns 7 17 0 13 37 Red Wolves 7 3 3 7 20 Date: October 17, 2019 Location: Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR Game start: 6:32 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 21 minutes Game attendance: 19,176 Game weather: 60 °F (16 °C) • Weather: Fair • Wind: 3 SSE MPH Referee: Wayne Winkler Television network: ESPNU

Scoring summary 1 10:13 ARST Brandon Bowling 10–yard pass from Layne Hatcher (Blake Grupe kick) (12 plays, 95 yards, 4:47) ARST 7–0 00:11 LA Trey Ragas 1–yard rush (Stevie Artigue kick) (9 plays, 74 yards, 3:13) TIE 7–7 2 09:00 ARST Blake Grupe 25–yard field goal (16 plays, 71 yards, 3:43) ARST 10–7 05:12 LA Elijah Mitchell 11–yard rush (Stevie Artigue kick) (9 plays, 74 yards, 3:43) LA 14–10 02:35 LA Raymond Calais 80–yard rush (Stevie Artigue kick) (1 play, 80 yards, 0:11) LA 21–10 00:06 LA Stevie Artigue 25–yard field goal (12 plays, 56 yards, 1:33) LA 24–10 3 04:29 ARST Blake Grupe 46–yard field goal (9 plays, 42 yards, 3:32) LA 24–13 4 11:35 ARST Kirk Merritt 25–yard pass from Layne Hatcher (Blake Grupe kick) (11 plays, 86 yards, 4:18) LA 24–20 06:19 LA Elijah Mitchell 1–yard rush (Stevie Artigue kick failed) (12 plays, 52 yards, 5:08) LA 30–20 03:18 LA Raymond Calais 38–yard rush (Stevie Artigue kick) (2 plays, 41 yards, 0:14) LA 37–20

See also: 2019 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team

Pregame line	Over/under
Louisiana	–5.0

Statistics	Louisiana	Arkansas State
First downs	26	27
Total yards	496	473
Rushing yards	315	170
Passing yards	181	303
Turnovers	1	1
Time of possession	26:50	33:10

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Louisiana	Passing	Levi Lewis	17–24, 181 yards, 1 INT
	Rushing	Raymond Calais	8 carries, 144 yards, 2 TDs
	Receiving	Ja'Marcus Bradley	6 receptions, 72 yards
Arkansas State	Passing	Layne Hatcher	23–34, 303 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
	Rushing	Marcel Murray	35 carries, 164 yards
	Receiving	Omar Bayless	9 receptions, 150 yards

Texas State

See also: 2019 Texas State Bobcats football team

Pregame line	Over/under
Arkansas State	–11.0

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	0	14	0	0	14
Red Wolves	7	10	14	7	38

Game information

First quarter (05:01) ARST TD – Omar Bayless 13-yard pass from Layne Hatcher, Blake Grupe kick Arkansas State 7–0; Drive: 18 plays, 99 yards, 7:22 Second quarter (14:53) ARST FG – Blake Grupe 20-yard field goal Arkansas State 10–0; Drive: 4 plays, -1 yards, 0:52 (09:22) ARST TD – Jamal Jones 7-yard rush, Blake Grupe kick Arkansas State 17–0; Drive: 8 plays, 64 yards, 3:18 (07:06) TXST TD – Caleb Twyford 2-yard rush, Joshua Rowland kick Arkansas State 17–7; Drive: 7 plays, 65 yards, 2:16 (01:58) TXST TD – Hutch White 6-yard pass from Tyler Vitt, Joshua Rowland kick Arkansas State 17–14; Drive: 7 plays, 64 yards, 2:10 Third quarter (10:31) ARST TD – Marcel Murray 13-yard rush, Blake Grupe kick Arkansas State 24–14; Drive: 1 play, 13 yards, 0:07 (04:19) ARST TD – Marcel Murray 16-yard rush, Blake Grupe kick Arkansas State 31–14; Drive: 1 play, 16 yards, 0:09 Fourth quarter (09:48) ARST TD – Omar Bayless 2-yard pass from Layne Hatcher, Blake Grupe kick Arkansas State 38–14; Drive: 13 plays, 66 yards, 6:03 Top passers TXST – Tyler Vitt – 15/27, 146 yards, TD, 2 INT ARST – Layne Hatcher – 18/28, 158 yards, 2 TD Top rushers TXST – Caleb Twyford – 16 carries, 76 yards, TD ARST – Marcel Murray – 22 carries, 114 yards, 2 TD Top receivers TXST – Jeremiah Haydel – 3 receptions, 56 yards ARST – Omar Bayless – 7 receptions, 77 yards, 2 TD

Week Eight: Texas State Bobcats at Arkansas State Red Wolves – Game summary

at Centennial Bank Stadium, Jonesboro, AR

• Date: October 26
• Game time: 6:00 p.m. CDT
• Game weather: 55 °F (13 °C); overcast
• Game attendance: 21,343
• Referee: Marshall Lewis
• TV: ESPN+

Statistics	Texas State	Arkansas State
First downs	8	21
Total yards	227	364
Rushing yards	81	206
Passing yards	146	158
Turnovers	3	0
Time of possession	22:40	37:20

At Louisiana–Monroe

See also: 2019 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team

Pregame line	Over/under
EVEN

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Wolves	3	28	3	14	48
Warhawks	14	14	6	7	41

Game information

First quarter (13:58) ULM TD – Caleb Evans 67-yard rush, Jared Porter kick Louisiana–Monroe 7–0; Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, 1:02 (06:56) ULM TD – Josh Johnson 6-yard rush, Jared Porter kick Louisiana–Monroe 14–0; Drive: 1 play, 6 yards, 0:06 (00:41) ARST FG – Blake Grupe 43-yard field goal Louisiana–Monroe 14–3; Drive: 8 plays, 54 yards, 2:27 Second quarter (14:18) ULM TD – Markis McCray 34-yard pass from Caleb Evans, Jared Porter kick Louisiana–Monroe 21–3; Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:23 (13:50) ARST TD – Marcel Murray 57-yard rush, Blake Grupe kick Louisiana–Monroe 21–10; Drive: 2 plays, 75 yards, 0:28 (07:28) ARST TD – Omar Bayless 46-yard pass from Layne Hatcher, Blake Grupe kick Louisiana–Monroe 21–17; Drive: 7 plays, 78 yards, 2:31 (07:09) ARST TD – Marcel Murray 35-yard rush, Jared Porter kick Arkansas State 24–21; Drive: 1 play, 35 yards, 0:17 (01:27) ARST TD – Kirk Merritt 23-yard pass from Layne Hatcher, Blake Grupe kick Arkansas State 31–21; Drive: 4 plays, 47 yards, 1:15 (00:03) ULM TD – Caleb Evans 16-yard rush, Jared Porter kick Arkansas State 31–28; Drive: 9 plays, 65 yards, 1:24 Third quarter (09:29) ARST FG – Blake Grupe 31-yard field goal Arkansas State 34–28; Drive: 12 plays, 61 yards, 5:31 (04:20) ULM TD – Caleb Evans 23-yard rush, Jared Porter PAT failed Tied 34–34; Drive: 5 plays, 42 yards, 1:56 Fourth quarter (12:58) ARST TD – Marcel Murray 6-yard rush, Blake Grupe kick Arkansas State 41–34; Drive: 6 plays, 36 yards, 2:02 (07:26) ARST TD – Jamal Jones 8-yard rush, Blake Grupe kick Arkansas State 48–34; Drive: 7 plays, 73 yards, 3:39 (02:21) ULM TD – Josh Pederson 11-yard pass from Caleb Evans, Jared Porter kick Arkansas State 48–41; Drive: 14 plays, 80 yards, 2:37 Leading Passers ARST – Layne Hatcher – 21/28, 307 yards, 2 TD, INT ULM – Caleb Evans – 24/37, 215 yards, 2 TD Leading Rushers ARST – Marcel Murray – 24 carries, 175 yards, 3 TD ULM – Caleb Evans – 12 carries, 148 yards, 3 TD Leading Receivers ARST – Omar Bayless – 6 receptions, 98 yards, TD ULM – Jonathan Hodoh – 6 receptions, 65 yards

Week Nine: Arkansas State Red Wolves at Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks – Game summary

at Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA

• Date: November 2
• Game time: 4:00 p.m. CDT
• Game weather: 64° · Wind – NW 11 · Clear/Sunny
• Game attendance: 15,327
• Referee: Jason Autrey
• TV: ESPNU

Statistics	Arkansas State	Louisiana–Monroe
First downs	21	21
Total yards	514	448
Rushing yards	207	233
Passing yards	307	215
Turnovers	2	1
Time of possession	31:54	28:06

Coastal Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chanticleers	3	10	0	14	27
Red Wolves	7	0	14	7	28

See also: 2019 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

Georgia Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	3	16	8	6	33
Red Wolves	14	21	3	0	38

See also: 2019 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

At South Alabama

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Wolves	7	0	10	13	30
Jaguars	14	0	6	14	34

See also: 2019 South Alabama Jaguars football team

Vs. FIU (Camellia Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	13	10	3	26
Red Wolves	14	6	7	7	34

See also: 2019 FIU Panthers football team and 2019 Camellia Bowl