2016 Illinois State Redbirds football team

2016 Illinois State Redbirds football
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
2016 record 6–6 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach Brock Spack (8th season)
Offensive coordinator Kurt Beathard
Defensive coordinator Spence Nowinsky
Home stadium Hancock Stadium
(Capacity: 13,391)
2016 MVFC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#3 North Dakota State +^  7 –1     12 –2  
#6 South Dakota State +^  7 –1     9 –4  
#2 Youngstown State ^  6 –2     12 –4  
Illinois State ^  4 –4     6 –6  
Northern Iowa  4 –4     5 –6  
Western Illinois  3 –5     6 –5  
South Dakota  3 –5     4 –7  
Missouri State  2 –6     4 –7  
Indiana State  2 –6     4 –7  
Southern Illinois  2 –6     4 –7  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2016 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Brock Spack and played their home games at Hancock Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 6–6, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Central Arkansas in the first round.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 6:00 PM Valparaiso* No. 10 Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL ESPN3 W 50–13   10,026
September 10 2:30 PM at Northwestern* No. 10 Ryan Field • Evanston, IL BTN W 9–7   30,748
September 17 2:00 PM Eastern Illinois* No. 5 Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL (Mid-America Classic) CSN CH L 21–24   13,391
September 24 2:00 PM Indiana State No. 9 Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 L 31–34   6,561
October 1 1:00 PM at No. 1 North Dakota State No. 18 Fargodome • Fargo, ND ESPN3 L 10–31   18,907
October 8 2:00 PM No. 15 Youngstown Statedagger No. 23 Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL CSN CH L 6–20   12,570
October 15 6:00 PM Southern Illinois Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL CSN CH W 31–28   10,211
October 22 2:00 PM at South Dakota DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD ESPN3 L 24–27   7,416
October 29 2:00 PM No. 7 South Dakota State Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL CSN CH W 38–21   7,595
November 5 1:00 PM at No. 12 Western Illinois Hanson Field • Macomb, IL ESPN3 W 31–26   3,589
November 12 12:00 PM Missouri State Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL ESPN3 W 37–0   7,144
November 26 2:00 PM at No. 14 Central Arkansas* Estes Stadium • Conway, AR (FCS Playoffs First Round) ESPN3 L 24–31   3,165
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Game summaries

Valparaiso

1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 3 7 0 3 13
#10 Redbirds 7 27 9 7 50
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–2 1948 ILST, 16–14

@ Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total
#10 Redbirds 0 6 0 3 9
Wildcats 0 0 0 7 7
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2010 NW, 37–3

The Redbirds beat the Wildcats 9–7. The win came on an Illinois State field goal as time expired. This was ISU's first-ever victory over a Big Ten team.[1][2]

Eastern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 3 7 7 7 24
#5 Redbirds 0 0 7 14 21
Overall record Last meeting Result
54–40–9 2015 ILST, 34–31 OT

@ Indiana State

1 2 3 4 Total
#9 Redbirds 0 7 7 17 31
Sycamores 7 10 7 10 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
36–29–2 2015 ILST, 27–24

@ North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
#18 Redbirds 3 7 0 0 10
#1 Bison 7 21 3 0 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–6 2014 FCS Playoffs NDSU, 29–27

Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
#15 Penguins 0 3 0 17 20
#23 Redbirds 0 0 6 0 6
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–12 2015 ILST, 31–29


Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Salukis 10 0 11 7 28
Redbirds 7 7 14 3 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
35–40–3 2015 ILST, 42–21

@ South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Redbirds 7 10 0 7 24
Coyotes 17 7 3 0 27
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–0 2015 ILST, 46–0

South Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Jackrabbits 0 14 7 0 21
Redbirds 14 14 0 10 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–3 2015 SDSU, 25–20

@ Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Redbirds 14 7 7 3 31
#12 Leathernecks 0 16 3 7 26
Overall record Last meeting Result
45–50–3 2015 FCS Playoffs ILST, 36–19

Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 0 0 0
Redbirds 3 14 17 3 37
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–16–1 2015 ILST, 38–2

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Central Arkansas

1 2 3 4 Total
Redbirds 10 7 0 7 24
#14 Bears 0 7 0 24 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2006 ILST, 18–3

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 10 10 5 9 18 23 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV  
Coaches 8 9 5 12 20 23 RV RV NR RV RV 25 RV

References

  1. ↑ Reinhardt, Randy (September 10, 2016). "ISU Upsets Northwestern with Game-Winning Field Goal". The Pantagraph. Bloomington. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ Helfgot, Mike (September 10, 2016). "Illinois State Topples Northwestern 9-7 on Field Goal as Time Expires". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
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