Arkansas State vs. Florida International

Arkansas State and Florida International have 9 meetings on file, the first in 2005; officially, Arkansas State leads 6–⁠2; as played, 7–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Arkansas State 7–⁠2, and Arkansas State has won the last 3. The NCAA vacated Arkansas State’s win (2006); it doesn’t count officially. This page counts every game as it was played.

Official series
Arkansas State leads 6–⁠2
Arkansas State wins on file
7
Florida International wins on file
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2005
Longest streak
3 Arkansas State
Current streak
3 Arkansas State
Last 10 meetings
Arkansas State 7–⁠2
Most recent
2019

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2000s4–⁠1
2010s3–⁠1
Average margin
15 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Arkansas State
4–⁠0 Arkansas State’s record at home
At Florida International
2–⁠2 Florida International’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Arkansas State first

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Arkansas State’s biggest win2005: Arkansas State 66, Florida International 24by 42 points
  2. Florida International’s biggest win2010: Florida International 31, Arkansas State 24by 7 points

Coach against coach

YearsArkansas StateSeriesFlorida International
2007–⁠2010Steve Roberts2–⁠2Mario Cristobal

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Arkansas State’s side (Roberts 2–⁠2 against Cristobal). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Arkansas State and Florida International, 2005 on13001500170020052010201520202025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

T.Y. Hilton Florida International6 catches, 199 yards2008 Receiving

Named most valuable

Omar Bayless Arkansas State2019

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Dec 21, 2019Arkansas State 34, Florida International 26Cramton BowlCamellia Bowl
Oct 4, 2012Arkansas State 34, Florida International 20at Florida International
Oct 18, 2011Arkansas State 34, Florida International 16at Arkansas State
Nov 27, 2010Florida International 31, Arkansas State 24at Florida International
Oct 24, 2009Arkansas State 27, Florida International 10at Arkansas State
Nov 8, 2008Florida International 22, Arkansas State 21at Florida International
Nov 3, 2007Arkansas State 27, Florida International 24at Arkansas State
Sep 30, 2006Arkansas State 31, Florida International 6vacatedat Florida International
Sep 24, 2005Arkansas State 66, Florida International 24at Arkansas State

Every game is listed as played on the field; a win the NCAA later vacated is marked “vacated”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.