2013 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

The 2013 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team represented Arkansas State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. For the third consecutive season, the Red Wolves were led by a first-year head coach, with Bryan Harsin, previously offensive coordinator at Texas, taking over from Gus Malzahn, who left to become head coach at Auburn.

2013 Arkansas State Red Wolves football
Sun Belt co-champion
GoDaddy Bowl champion
GoDaddy Bowl, W 23–20 vs. Ball State
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record8–5 (5–2 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorBush Hamdan (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorEliah Drinkwitz (1st as coordinator; 2nd overall season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJohn Thompson (2nd season)
Base defenseMultiple
Home stadiumLiberty Bank Stadium
2013 Sun Belt Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Arkansas State $  5 2   8 5  
Western Kentucky  4 3   8 4  
South Alabama  4 3   6 6  
Troy  4 3   6 6  
Louisiana–Monroe  4 3   6 6  
Texas State  2 5   6 6  
Louisiana–Lafayette *  0 2   1 4  
Georgia State **  0 7   0 12  
  • $ Conference champion
  • * – Louisiana–Lafayette vacated eight wins due to NCAA violations
    ** – Georgia State ineligible for postseason play due to FCS-to-FBS transition rules

Shortly after the end of the regular season, Harsin would himself leave Arkansas State, moving to Boise State, his alma mater and a program where he had served as an assistant from 2001 to 2010, after Chris Petersen left for Washington. Harsin did not coach Arkansas State in the GoDaddy Bowl; Arkansas State named defensive coordinator John Thompson as interim head coach for the bowl game.

The Red Wolves, members of the Sun Belt Conference, played their home games at Liberty Bank Stadium (renamed after the 2013 season to Centennial Bank Stadium) in Jonesboro, Arkansas.

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