2011 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

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.

2011 Arkansas State Red Wolves football
Sun Belt champion
GoDaddy.com Bowl, L 20–38 vs. Northern Illinois
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	10–3 (8–0 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Hugh Freeze (1st season; regular season) David Gunn (interim; bowl game)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Dave Wommack (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	ASU Stadium

2011 Sun Belt Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Arkansas State $		8	–	0					10	–	3
Western Kentucky		7	–	1					7	–	5
FIU		5	–	3					8	–	5
North Texas		4	–	4					5	–	7
Louisiana–Monroe		3	–	5					4	–	8
Troy		2	–	6					3	–	9
Louisiana–Lafayette *		1	–	2					1	–	4
Middle Tennessee		1	–	7					2	–	10
Florida Atlantic		0	–	8					1	–	11
$ – Conference champion * – Louisiana–Lafayette vacated 8 wins including 5 in conference due to NCAA violations.

Freeze resigned at the end of the regular season to take the head coaching job at Ole Miss. David Gunn was the Red Wolves interim head coach for the GoDaddy.com Bowl.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	2:30 p.m.	at Illinois*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	BTN	L 15–33	45,154
September 10	6:00 p.m.	Memphis*	ASU Stadium Jonesboro, AR (Paint Bucket Bowl)	ESPN3	W 47–3	29,872
September 17	3:00 p.m.	at No. 12 Virginia Tech*	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	FSN	L 7–26	66,233
September 24	7:00 p.m.	Central Arkansas*	ASU Stadium Jonesboro, AR	KATV	W 53–24	27,918
October 1	3:00 p.m.	at Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	Sun Belt Network	W 26–22	10,813
October 8	6:00 p.m.	at Louisiana–Monroe	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA		W 24–19	15,027
October 18	7:00 p.m.	FIU	ASU Stadium Jonesboro, AR	ESPN2	W 34–16	15,573
October 29	6:00 p.m.	North Texas	ASU Stadium Jonesboro, AR		W 37–14	19,761
November 5	3:00 p.m.	at Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL		W 39–21	15,162
November 12	2:00 p.m.	Louisiana–Lafayette	ASU Stadium Jonesboro, AR		W 30–21	20,261
November 19	2:00 p.m.	at Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN3	W 45–19	12,806
December 3	2:00 p.m.	Troy	ASU Stadium Jonesboro, AR		W 45–14	14,156
January 8, 2012	7:00 p.m.	vs. Northern Illinois*	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL (GoDaddy.com Bowl)	ESPN	L 20–38	38,734
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time