2008 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team
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The 2008 Arkansas State Red Wolves
Arkansas State Red Wolves
The Arkansas State University Red Wolves is the name given to Arkansas State University's athletic teams. The university is affiliated with the Sun Belt Conference in sports and maintains NCAA Division I status.-History:...

 football team
represents Arkansas State University
Arkansas State University
Arkansas State University is a public university and is the flagship campus of the Arkansas State University System, the state's second largest college system and third largest university by enrollment. It is located atop on Crowley's Ridge at Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA...

 in the 2008 college football season
2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on August 28, 2008, progressing through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in Miami Gardens, Florida on January 8, 2009, where the #2...

. The Red Wolves played five home games at ASU Stadium in Jonesboro, Arkansas
Jonesboro, Arkansas
Jonesboro is a city in and one of the two county seats of Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. According to the 2010 US Census, the population of the city was 67,263. A college town, Jonesboro is the largest city in northeastern Arkansas and the fifth most populous city in the state...

, 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.

Schedule

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

Texas A&M

The 2008 game was played at Kyle Field
Kyle Field
Kyle Field is the football stadium located on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. It has been the home to the Texas A&M Aggie football team in rudimentary form since 1904, and as a complete stadium since 1927. It is known as The Home of the 12th Man...

 and marked the third meeting between the two programs, twice under Coach Roberts. Their last meeting was in 2003.

Texas Southern

Arkansas State became the first major college team to break the 80 point mark since Texas Tech
Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Texas Tech Red Raiders football program is a college football team that represents Texas Tech University . The team competes, as a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...

 scored 80 against Sam Houston State University
Sam Houston State University
Sam Houston State University was founded in 1879 and is the third oldest public institution of higher learning in the State of Texas. It is located in Huntsville, Texas. It is one of the oldest purpose-built institutions for the instruction of teachers west of the Mississippi River and the first...

 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
University of Central Arkansas
The University of Central Arkansas is a state-run institution located in the city of Conway, the seat of Faulkner County, north of Little Rock and is the fourth largest university by enrollment in the U.S. state of Arkansas, and the third largest college system in the state. The school is most...

in 1917.

Southern Miss

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.

Middle Tennessee

This is the homecoming game.

Memphis

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.

Louisiana-Monroe

Louisiana-Lafayette

Alabama

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.

Florida International

Florida Atlantic

North Texas

Troy

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