1986 Arkansas State Indians football team
American college football season
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The 1986 Arkansas State Indians football team represented Arkansas State University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Larry Lacewell, the Indians compiled an overall record of 12–2–1 with a mark of 5–0 in conference play, winning the Southland title for the second consecutive season. Arkansas State advanced to the advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they defeated Sam Houston State, Delaware, and Eastern Kentucky en route to the NCAA Division I-AA Championship Game, where they were defeated by Georgia Southern.
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record12–2–1 (5–0 Southland)
Headcoach
- Larry Lacewell (8th season)
HomestadiumIndian Stadium
| 1986 Arkansas State Indians football | |
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Southland champion | |
NCAA Division I-AA Championship, L 21–48 vs. Georgia Southern | |
| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Record | 12–2–1 (5–0 Southland) |
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| Home stadium | Indian Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Arkansas State $^ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast Louisiana | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| August 30 | Southern Illinois* | No. 7 | W 22–7 | 16,321 | [1] | |
| September 6 | Northwestern State* | No. 7 |
| W 21–0 | 16,419 | [2] |
| September 13 | at Memphis State* | No. 7 | W 30–10 | 36,510 | [3] | |
| September 20 | at Ole Miss* | No. 2 | T 10–10 | 26,500 | [4] | |
| September 27 | East Texas State* | No. 2 |
| W 44–0 | 16,889 | [5][6] |
| October 11 | at No. 19 (I-A) Mississippi State* | No. 2 | L 9–24 | 33,500 | [7] | |
| October 18 | at No. 20 Louisiana Tech | No. 5 | W 20–17 | 17,800 | [8] | |
| October 25 | McNeese State | No. 4 |
| W 23–14 | [9] | |
| November 8 | at North Texas State | No. 2 | W 43–21 | 16,100 | [10] | |
| November 15 | Lamar | No. 2 |
| W 56–7 | [11] | |
| November 22 | Northeast Louisiana | No. 2 |
| W 26–21 | 10,086 | [12] |
| November 29 | No. 11 Sam Houston State* | No. 2 |
| W 48–7 | 4,500 | [13] |
| December 6 | at No. 13 Delaware* | No. 2 |
| W 55–14 | 12,018 | [14] |
| December 13 | No. 10 Eastern Kentucky* | No. 2 |
| W 24–10 | 10,500 | [15][16] |
| December 19 | vs. No. 4 Georgia Southern* | No. 2 | L 21–48 | 4,419 | [17][18] | |
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