The Depths of Howl - Arkansas State NCAA 14 Dynasty

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Red Wolves victorious in home opener

The Arkansas State Red Wolves opened Sun Belt play and had their first home game of the season against the Troy Trojans. It did not take long for the energized Red Wolves, who had two upsets slip through their fingers in the past two weeks, to put points on the board. On the opening drive, the Red Wolves would march the field quickly setting up a Fredi Knighten 4 yard rushing touchdown. The Trojans answered back just as quickly, scoring just :58 seconds later with B. Silvers first of 2 passing touchdowns of the day.

Still in the first, Arkansas State would answer back on their second drive, after marching the field, they handed the ball off to WR Dijon Paschal for a 1 yard rushing score. Troy didn't waste time scoring again, sending the ball down the field for Silvers second passing touchdown just :48 seconds later. The Red Wolves could not find an answer to B. Silvers passing attack.

Both teams were two for two on drives to touchdown ratio to start the game, but the streak ended on the first drive of the second quarter. The Red Wolves started the second quarter, 3 and out. Getting the ball back, Troy would continue to march the field, Silvers who hadn't thrown an in-completion yet, would find his first of the day, tossing the ball to Arkansas State's Blaise Taylor, who would take it back 72 yards for a touchdown.

Arkansas State found a way to stop Troy again, and after getting the ball back would slowly move down the field setting up an 18 yard pass to Tres Houston for six. Troy would find a way to set up a 50 yard field goal to end the first half.

Troy received the ball to start the second half, down 11 points. Silvers would throw his second interception during the 3rd quarter to Chris Humes, who would get a 40 yard return for the Red Wolves. Arkansas State scored off the turnover with Fredi Knighten's second rushing touchdown of the day. After another stalling drive, Troy went for a 4th and 1 and failed giving the Red Wolves the ball back. Arkansas State would march the field scoring again with Warren Wand.

Troy would find a way to put up points in the fourth quarter after Knighten fumbled, giving B. Tyler a scoop and score. The Red Wolves after failing to recover the onside kick, would step up and keep the Trojans out of the endzone. After gaining the ball back, the Red Wolves would slowly run out the clock taking their first victory of the season!

Troy Trojans at Arkansas State Red Wolves
Sep 12,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Troy Trojans (0-1)	14	03	00	07	24
Arkansas State Red Wolves (0-2)	14	14	14	00	42

Team Stats Comparison
	TROY	ARST
Total Offense	419	362
Rushing Yards	77	191
Passing Yards	342	171
First Downs	19	23
Punt Return Yards	14	22
Kick Return Yards	27	76
Total Yards	460	460
Turnovers	2	2
3rd Down Conversion	4/10 (40%)	3/4 (75%)
4th Down Conversion	0-1
2-Point Conversion
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4/2/0 (50%)	5/5/0 (100%)
Penalties
Possession Time	10:07	17:53

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		TROY	ARST
4:51	(ARST) F. Knighten, 4 yard run	00	07
3:53	(TROY) J. Anderson, 2 yard pass from B. Silvers	07	07
:49	(ARST) D. Paschal, 1 yard run	07	14
:01	(TROY) T. Ruben, 15 yard pass from B. Silvers	14	14
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		TROY	ARST
5:21	(ARST) B. Taylor, 72 yard interception return	14	21
1:55	(ARST) T. Houston, 18 yard pass from F. Knighten	14	28
1:16	(TROY) J. Solomon, 52 yard field goal	17	28
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		TROY	ARST
3:47	(ARST) F. Knighten, 3 yard run	17	35
1:27	(ARST) W. Wand, 4 yard run	17	42
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		TROY	ARST
5:58	(TROY) T. Roberts, fumble recovery for 41 yards	24	42

Troy Trojans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT B. Silvers 30/40 342 2 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Chunn 10 48 4.8 0 B. Silvers 3 21 7.0 0 B. Burks 2 8 4.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD T. Ruben 8 78 9.7 1 K. Edenfield 5 78 15.6 0 J. Chunn 4 56 14.0 0 R. Hallman 3 14 4.6 0 B. Burks 2 17 8.5 0 T. Blevins 2 15 7.5 0 B. Holmes 2 27 13.5 0 J. Johnson 2 56 28.0 0 J. Anderson 1 2 2.0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Lewis 14 0 0 0 M. Kitchens 6 0 1 0 D. Harris 6 0 0 0 S. Lebbie 3 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG J. Soloman 1/2 3/3 6 50

Arkansas State Red Wolves PASSING C/A YDS TD INT F. Knighten 17/20 171 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD F. Knighten 12 37 3.0 2 M. Gordon 11 105 9.5 0 J. White 5 21 4.2 0 W. Wand 4 14 3.5 1 T. Hollingsworth 2 13 6.5 0 D. Paschal 1 1 1.0 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. McKissic 5 53 10.6 0 M. Gordon 3 11 3.6 0 D. Griswold 3 33 11.0 0 D. Paschal 3 41 13.6 0 B. Mays 2 15 7.5 0 T. Houston 1 18 18.0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD M. Hunter 9 0 0 0 Q. Heath 7 0 0 0 C. Humes 6 0 0 0 B. Taylor 3 0 1 1 R. Hayes 2 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG J. Houston 6/6 6

Scores from the Top 25

#2 TCU would survive Texas Tech in Lubbock, 47-44 (OT)
#18 Mississippi State falls to unranked Auburn, 18-12
Unranked Arizona beats #16 Arkansas, 28-24
#1 Ohio State remains unbeaten, 27-17 over San Diego State
#21 Tennessee beats #5 Oregon on the road, 27-17
#3 Alabama beats Texas A&M, 24-10
#13 Wisconsin survives on the road to #10 Arizona State, 21-16

Scores from the Sun Belt

West Virginia beats Georgia State, 24-14
Wake Forrest forces overtime comeback to beat UL Monroe, 29-26
#24 Florida State blanks Idaho, 31-0
UL Lafayette beats FCS SE, 30-6
New Mexico State over UTEP, 17-10

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Week 4 Top 25 and Sun Belt Standings

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Sep 15,
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Ohio State (38)	3	0	1502
2	2	TCU (21)	3	0	1453
3	3	Alabama (1)	2	0	1436
4	4	Baylor (1)	2	0	1301
5	6	Michigan State	3	0	1174
6	7	USC	3	0	1113
7	8	Ole Miss	3	0	1077
8	9	Clemson	2	0	996
9	13	Wisconsin	3	0	912
10	11	Georgia Tech	2	0	901
11	12	Georgia	1	1	779
12	5	Oregon	2	1	760
13	14	Missouri	2	0	728
14	15	UCLA	1	1	632
15	10	Arizona State	1	1	599
16	17	LSU	1	1	541
17	21	Tennessee	3	0	519
18	20	Notre Dame	2	1	441
19	22	Nebraska	3	0	377
20	23	Michigan	3	0	340
21	--	Arizona	3	0	340
22	16	Arkansas	2	1	324
23	--	Auburn	2	1	314
24	24	Florida State	1	1	270
25	18	Mississippi State	2	1	256

Sun Belt Conference Standings - Updated: Sep 15,
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STRK
Arkansas State Red Wolves	1-2	.330	1-0	103	95	W1
UL Lafayette Rajun Cajuns	2-1	.660	0-0	61	39	W1
Georgia State Panthers	1-1	.500	0-0	43	46	L1
Texas State Bobcats	1-1	.500	0-0	32	51	W1
New Mexico State Aggies	1-1	.500	0-0	24	51	W1
South Alabama Jaguars	1-1	.500	0-0	34	54	L1
UL Monroe Warhawks	1-2	.330	0-0	70	69	L2
Idaho Vandals	0-1	.000	0-0	0	31	L1
Troy Trojans	0-2	.000	0-1	31	84	L2

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Arkansas State Stat Leaders Through 3 games

Fredi Knighten - 48/66, 538 yards, 3 TD, 4 INT, 181 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD
Michael Gordon - 41 rushes, 196 yards, 2 TD
Johnston White - 10 rushes, 40 yards, 0 TD
Warren Wand - 8 rushes, 40 yards, 2 TD
JD McKissic - 14 receptions, 180 yards, 0 TD
Dijon Paschal - 12 receptions, 155 yards, 1 TD
Darion Griswold - 8 receptions, 114 yards, 1 TD
Tres Houston - 6 receptions, 39 yards, 2 TD

Quanterio Heath - 18 solo tackles, 1 ATK, 3 TFL
Money Hunter - 17 solo tackles, 2 DEF
Chris Humes - 13 solo tackles, 3 ATK, 4 TFL, 1 INT
Blaise Taylor - 9 solo tackles, 2 ATK, 1 INT, 1 TD, 2 DEF
Chris Stone - 10 solo tackles, 8 TFL, 3 sacks
Austin Copeland - 9 solo tackles, 1 TFL

JD Houston - 1/3 FG, 14/14 XP
Luke Ferguson - 4 punts, 172 yards, 132 net

JD McKissic - 10 KR, 279 yards, 6 PR, 50 yards
Blaise Taylor - 5 KR, 151 yards

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Arkansas State announces more visits

Keith Rivera, a 2 star CB from Alamo, TX, will visit in week 9 against UL Lafayette.

Alex Rodgers, 3 star SS from Red Springs, NC, has announced his visit for the week 9 match up of Arkansas State and UL Lafayette.

Darrius Smith, a 1 star CB from Harlingen, TX, has set his visit for week 11 against UL Monroe.

Trey Walton, a 3 star MLB from West Bend, WI, will be travelling down week 11 versus UL Monroe.

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Matchup Preview *|* September 21,
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Memphis Tigers (1-0, 0-0 Away)		Arkansas State Red Wolves (1-2, 1-0 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 31.0 Points Per Game 34.3 460.0 Total Yards 390.3 304.0 Rushing Yards 168.7 156.0 Passing Yards 221.7 Defensive Stats Comparison 369.0 Total Yards Allowed 363.0 103 Rushing Yards Allowed 139.7 266.0 Passing Yards Allowed 223.3 Game Notes The Red Wolves, coming off an impressive conference win last week at home against Troy, will look to get to .500 this week versus Memphis Tigers (1-0). The Tigers are coming off a bye week after winning in week 1 31-28 against Duke. The Red Wolves will look to continue their passing attack against a Memphis team who allowed over 250 passing yards against Duke. But, the Tigers offense sitting at #2 in the nation on rushing yards should prove a tough task for Arkansas State's rush defense. If the Red Wolves can manage to stop the rushing attack while keeping Paxton Lynch at bay, they should come away with another victory on the season. Memphis leads the all-time series 29-24-5 Prediction : Red Wolves over Tigers, 45-28

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Arkansas State Scores 31 straight to defeat Memphis

Arkansas State looking to get back even at .500 on the season hosted Memphis for the week 4 match-up. Memphis coming in as a slight underdog in most predictions got off to a great start. On their opening drive the Tigers would be held to a field goal. Arkansas State getting the ball for the first time would go negative yards on a 3 and out drive, punting the ball back to Memphis.

Memphis would continue their solid rushing attack that moved them down the field on the first drive, and cap it off with a 14 yard run from Dorceus. Arkansas State's struggles continued going 3 and out again, giving the ball back to Memphis. Memphis would move the ball with their rushing attack again, but after D. Dorceus would get injured and the backup, J. Cooper, would come in and Memphis would fail to get in the endzone, settling for another 3 points.

Arkansas State finally found some rhythm moving the ball, until a fumble that would be recovered by Memphis and returned for a touchdown happened. After the review the officials found that Michael Gordon's knee was down prior to losing the football, and Arkansas State continued their drive. They would find paydirt for the first time in the first half when Michael Gordon would punch in his first of two from 5 yards out with :29 seconds remaining. Memphis quickly moved the ball down the field setting up a long 47 yard field goal for J. Elliot. His kick would fall short and JD McKissic would find the blocks to set up a 107 yard return off the missed field goal, giving the Red Wolves their first lead of the game to end the half, 14-13.

The Red Wolves received the kick to start the second half, reeling on their momentum from McKissic's return, they would march the ball down and score on a Michael Gordon 42 yard run. Memphis' struggle began in the second half, going 3 and out for the first time of the game. Arkansas State would score after Memphis' punt, that was returned to the 21, after a 55 yard JD McKissic return. Fredi Knighten would move the ball down the field, setting up a quick screen pass to find McKissic from 1 yard out.

Arkansas State up 15 points to start the fourth, they would kick a field goal to begin the fourth quarter, going up 18 points. Memphis would finally find the endzone, ending the Red Wolves 31 straight points, when J. Cooper would walk in from 2 yards out. Arkansas State would slowly milk the clock setting up Knighten to kneel the ball out for the victory.

Arkansas State will host old time rival Louisiana Tech next week.

Memphis Tigers at Arkansas State Red Wolves
Sep 21,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Memphis Tigers (1-0)	10	3	00	06	19
Arkansas State Red Wolves (1-2)	00	14	14	03	31

Team Stats Comparison
	MEM	ARST
Total Offense	300	321
Rushing Yards	133	148
Passing Yards	167	173
First Downs	17	15
Punt Return Yards	14	89
Kick Return Yards	0	64
Total Yards	314	474
Turnovers	0	1
3rd Down Conversion	5-12 (41%)	6-10 (60%)
4th Down Conversion
2-Point Conversion	0-1
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4/2/2	3/2/0
Penalties
Possession Time	12:18	21:19

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		MEM	ARST
4:54	(MEM) J. Elliot, 19 yard field goal	03	00
1:30	(MEM) D. Dorceus, 14 yard run	10	00
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		MEM	ARST
3:19	(MEM) J. Elliot, 34 yard field goal	13	00
1:15	(MEM) J. Dillion, returned fumble 47 yards, overturned	13	00
:29	(ARST) M. Gordon, 5 yard run	13	07
:00	(ARST) J. McKissic, 107 yard missed field goal return	13	14
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		MEM	ARST
5:29	(ARST) M. Gordon, 42 yard run	13	21
3:25	(ARST) J. McKissic, 1 yard pass from F. Knighten	13	28
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		MEM	ARST
6:56	(ARST) J. Houston, 39 yard field goal	13	31
4:22	(MEM) J. Cooper, 2 yard run (2pt failed)	19	31

Memphis Tigers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT P. Lynch 18/27 167 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Cooper 10 33 3.3 1 D. Dorceus 10 82 8.2 1 P. Lynch 8 18 2.2 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD A. Cross 7 62 8.8 0 J. Cooper 3 25 8.3 0 M. Frazier 3 22 7.3 0 T. Jones 2 28 14.0 0 D. Hurd 1 11 11.0 0 J. Oglesby 1 7 7.0 0 R. Young 1 12 12.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. Lanier 7 0 0 0 P. Sumpter 6 0 0 0 D. Terry 6 0 0 0 L. Pegues 6 0 0 0 W. McManis 5 0 0 0 J. Dillon 4 0 0 0 R. Ball 4 0 1 0 R. Hunter 1 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG J. Elliot 2/3 1/1 7 34 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 E. Michael 4 169 19.5 0

Arkansas State Red Wolves PASSING C/A YDS TD INT F. Knighten 15/19 173 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M. Gordon 18 108 6.0 2 F. Knighten 10 45 4.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. McKissic 6 53 8.8 1 M. Gordon 3 11 3.6 0 D. Paschal 3 41 13.6 0 T. Houston 2 55 27.5 0 J. White 1 13 13.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK J. Clark 2 0 K. Harris 1 0 D. Keith 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Rolland Jones 6 0 0 0 C. Humes 5 0 0 0 T. Turner 5 0 0 0 C. Stone 4 1 0 0 Q. Heath 4 0 0 0 R. Mondie 3 1 0 0 R. Hayes 3 0 0 0 B. Taylor 3 0 0 0 J. Hart 3 0 0 0 M. Hunter 2 0 0 0 C. Ota 1 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG J. Houston 1/1 4/4 7 39 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 L. Ferguson 3 122 40.6 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD B. Taylor 3 64 21.3 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD J. McKissic 4 89 22.2

Top 25 Week 4 Scores

Unranked NC State upsets #8 Clemson, 41-21
North Carolina upsets #10 Georgia Tech in OT, 37-34
#18 Notre Dame pulls the upset against #5 Michigan State, 24-21
#11 Georgia survives upset against North Texas in OT, 23-20
#17 Tennessee comes back from down 20 to beat Florida, 28-27
#16 LSU beats #23 Auburn, 21-10

Sun Belt Week 4 Scores

UL Lafayette goes to 3-1 beating Akron, 21-16
#14 UCLA defeats NM State, 24-3
Texas Tech blows out Texas State, 41-10
FCS MW upsets Georgia State, 27-10
Mississippi State defeats Troy, 28-3
#4 Baylor upends UL Monroe, 46-21
Washington State over Idaho, 24-13

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Week 5 Top 25 & Sun Belt Standings

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Sep 22,
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Ohio State (40)	4	0	1504
2	2	TCU (21)	3	0	1435
3	3	Alabama	3	0	1369
4	4	Baylor	3	0	1304
5	6	USC	3	0	1177
6	7	Ole Miss	4	0	1117
7	9	Wisconsin	4	0	999
8	11	Georgia	2	1	852
9	5	Michigan State	3	1	806
10	12	Oregon	2	1	799
11	13	Missouri	3	0	797
12	14	UCLA	2	1	698
13	15	Arizona State	2	1	677
14	18	Notre Dame	3	1	658
15	17	Tennessee	4	0	646
16	16	LSU	2	1	609
17	8	Clemson	2	1	572
18	19	Nebraska	4	0	500
19	20	Michigan	4	0	500
20	10	Georgia Tech	2	1	463
21	21	Arizona	3	0	417
22	22	Arkansas	3	1	371
23	--	NC State	3	0	341
24	--	North Carolina	4	0	301
25	24	Florida State	2	1	281

Sun Belt Conference Standings - Updated: Sep 22,
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STRK
Arkansas State Red Wolves	2-2	.500	1-0	134	114	W2
UL Lafayette Rajun Cajuns	3-1	.750	0-0	82	55	W2
South Alabama Jaguars	1-1	.500	0-0	34	54	L1
Georgia State Panthers	1-2	.330	0-0	53	73	L2
Texas State Bobcats	1-2	.330	0-0	42	92	L1
New Mexico State Aggies	1-2	.330	0-0	27	75	L1
UL Monroe Warhawks	1-3	.250	0-0	91	115	L3
Idaho Vandals	0-2	.000	0-0	13	55	L2
Troy Trojans	0-3	.000	0-1	34	112	L3

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Red Wolves Schedule More Visits

Michael Porter, 3 star DE from Arkadelphia, Ar, will visit week 11 versus UL Monroe.

Todd Wiley, 2 star CB from Irmo, SC, will visit week 9 versus UL Lafayette.

Curtis Williams, 3 star C from West Monroe, LA, will visit week 9 versus UL Lafayette.

Ian Zeigler, 3 star MLB from North Atlanta, GA, will visit week 11 against UL Monroe

Quinton Grigsby, 1 star P from Penn Hill, PA, will be visiting week 11 against UL Monroe.