2021 Central Arkansas Bears football team
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Conference | AQ7 |
2021 record | 5–6 (3–4 AQ7) |
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Offensive coordinator | Ken Collums (4th season) |
Defensive coordinator | Matt Kitchens (1st season) |
Home stadium | Estes Stadium (Capacity: 10,000) |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 4 | 6:00 p.m. | at Arkansas State* | No. 14 | ESPN3 | L 21–40 | 15,662 | |
September 11 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 23 Missouri State* | No. 19 | ESPN+ | L 34–43 | 11,247 | |
September 18 | 6:00 p.m. | Arkansas–Pine Bluff* | No. 25 | ESPN+ | W 45–23 | 11,527 | |
September 25 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 1 Sam Houston State | No. 25 |
| L 35–45 | 9,475 | |
October 2 | 6:00 p.m. | at Abilene Christian |
| ESPN+ | W 42–21 | 6,602 | |
October 16 | 4:00 p.m. | Eastern Kentucky |
| L 35–38 | 5,438 | ||
October 23 | 6:00 p.m. | at Lamar |
| W 49–38 | 5,228 | ||
October 30 | 1:00 p.m. | at Jacksonville State | ESPN+ | W 38–14 | 13,907 | ||
November 6 | 4:00 p.m. | Texas Wesleyan*![]() |
| W 63–3 | 7,246 | ||
November 13 | 4:00 p.m. | Stephen F. Austin |
| L 14–27 | 4,115 | ||
November 20 | 6:00 p.m. | at Tarleton State | ESPN+ | L 3–24 | 6,528 | ||
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References[]
- ^ "ASUN, WAC form 2021 alliance, seek FCS playoff bid". Verizon Media. February 23, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Central Arkansas Bears Football Schedule". UCASports.com.
- ^ "2021 Central Arkansas Bears Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com.
- 2021 Western Athletic Conference football season
- Central Arkansas Bears football seasons
- 2021 in sports in Arkansas
- College football 2020s season stubs