2021 Central Arkansas Bears football team

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2021 Central Arkansas Bears football
Central Arkansas Athletics wordmark.svg
ConferenceAQ7
2021 record5–6 (3–4 AQ7)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKen Collums (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorMatt Kitchens (1st season)
Home stadiumEstes Stadium
(Capacity: 10,000)
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 WAC–ASUN Challenge football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 Sam Houston State $^   6 0     11 1  
No. 20 Stephen F. Austin ^   4 2     8 4  
Eastern Kentucky   4 2     7 4  
Central Arkansas   3 3     5 6  
Jacksonville State   3 3     5 6  
Abilene Christian   1 5     5 6  
Lamar   0 6     1 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2021 Central Arkansas Bears football team represented the University of Central Arkansas in the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the ASUN Conference. The Bears were led by fourth-year head coach Nathan Brown and played their home games at Estes Stadium.

The ASUN Conference and Western Athletic Conference announced the formation of the WAC-ASUN Challenge (AQ7) for the 2021 season on February 23, 2021. The Challenge included the four fully qualified Division I (FCS) members of the WAC (Abilene Christian, Lamar, Sam Houston State, and Stephen F. Austin) and Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, and Jacksonville State of the ASUN Conference. The winner of the challenge received an auto-bid to the NCAA Division I FCS football playoffs.[1]

Previous season[]

The Bears finished the 2020–21 season with 5–4 overall record, 0–0 in Southland.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 46:00 p.m.at Arkansas State*No. 14ESPN3L 21–4015,662
September 117:00 p.m.at No. 23 Missouri State*No. 19ESPN+L 34–4311,247
September 186:00 p.m.Arkansas–Pine Bluff*No. 25ESPN+W 45–2311,527
September 254:00 p.m. No. 1 Sam Houston StateNo. 25
  • Estes Stadium
  • Conway, AR (ASUN/WAC Challenge)
L 35–459,475
October 26:00 p.m.at Abilene Christian
ESPN+W 42–216,602
October 164:00 p.m.Eastern Kentucky
  • Estes Stadium
  • Conway, AR
L 35–385,438
October 236:00 p.m.at LamarW 49–385,228
October 301:00 p.m.at Jacksonville StateESPN+W 38–1413,907
November 64:00 p.m.Texas Wesleyan*dagger
  • Estes Stadium
  • Conway, AR
W 63–3 7,246
November 134:00 p.m.Stephen F. Austin
  • Estes Stadium
  • Conway, AR (ASUN/WAC Challenge)
L 14–274,115
November 206:00 p.m.at Tarleton StateESPN+L 3–246,528
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[2][3]

References[]

  1. ^ "ASUN, WAC form 2021 alliance, seek FCS playoff bid". Verizon Media. February 23, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "2021 Central Arkansas Bears Football Schedule". UCASports.com.
  3. ^ "2021 Central Arkansas Bears Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com.


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