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Nine Arkansas State football players, including five that will return for the Red?Wolves in 2010, have been named to Phil Steele's postseason 2009 All-Sun Belt Conference Team.

QUARTERBACKS MTSU: Dwight Dasher already has a school-record 3,040 yards of total offense.

Brandon Thompkins runs the ball during Saturday's game. The Red Wolves got off to a shaky start Saturday against the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns and couldn't seem to bounce back for the rest of the half.

To survive on the road and avoid the embarrassment of a possible fourth-quarter collapse, UL needed the biggest play of Lance Kelley's college career.

JONESBORO, Ark. - Arkansas State's roster includes a hint of Louisiana flavor as quarterback Corey Leonard , receiver Allen Muse , linebacker Darius Glover and defensive end Darius Dunaway are from the Pelican State.

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LAST WEEK at LOUISVILLE: Senior quarterback Corey Leonard completed 23 passes for 303 yards, both season highs.

Louisville had to depend on its third quarterback on the depth chart for a 21-13 win over Arkansas State on Saturday night.

13 * ULM 16, Arkansas State 10 Oct. 17 Mississippi State 27, Middle Tennessee 6 * Troy 42, FIU 33 * Louisiana-Lafayette 30, WKU 22 * FAU 44, North Texas 40 Oct.

ULM spent the better part of a half trying to give the game back to Arkansas State last night.

Frank Goodin rushed for 97 yards and Louisiana-Monroe forced three turnovers to beat Arkansas State 16-10 on Tuesday night.

6 Middle Tennessee at Troy - 7 p.m. Oct. 10 * North Texas at ULL - 6 p.m. * FIU at WKU - 6 p.m. Oct.

Arkansas State held its weekly football press conference with head coach Steve Roberts Wednesday at the ASU Football Facility.

ARKANSAS STATE: The Red Wolves gave nationally-ranked Iowa all they could handle, but ran out of time in a 24-21 setback this past weekend.

Ricky Stanzi threw for a season-high 296 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 13 Iowa slipped past Arkansas State 24-21 on Saturday to give the Hawkeyes their best start since 1995.

Arkansas State has 14 seniors on the roster who have played their entire career for the Red Wolves.

The Arkansas State football team held its second straight split-squad practice, which counted as its third overall workout, Sunday evening in helmets and shoulder pads on the ASUpractice fields.

The Red Wolves finished the 2008 campaign with a .500 record for the third time in four years and went a respectable 4-3 within the conference.The highlight of the 2008 season came in the very first week for ASU, as the program notched one of its biggest victories, knocking off Texas A&M, 18-14, in College Station.

" The Arkansas State football team held its second straight split-squad practice, which counted as its third overall workout, Sunday evening in helmets and shoulder pads on the ASU - Spractice fields.