The full schedule for Arkansas State University's 2021 football season -- featuring a season-opener against the University of Central Arkansas and a pair of Thursday night Sun Belt Conference home games -- was announced Monday.
The Red Wolves will return in the fall under the new leadership of Coach Butch Jones, who replaced former ASU coach Blake Anderson following three seasons as an assistant at the University of Alabama. Anderson's seventh and final season in 2020 saw the Red Wolves finish 4-7 and without a bowl appearance for the first time since 2010.
Jones' aim of leading ASU back to a bowl game in 2021 will begin with a four-game nonconference schedule in the month of September, beginning with a fourth-ever meeting against UCA on Sept.