2017 Illinois State Redbirds football team

2017 Illinois State Redbirds football
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
2017 record 6–5 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach Brock Spack (9th season)
Offensive coordinator Billy Dicken (4th season)
Defensive coordinator Spence Nowinsky
Home stadium Hancock Stadium
(Capacity: 13,391)
2017 MVFC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State$^  7 –1     14 –1  
No. 3 South Dakota State^  6 –2     11 –3  
No. 19 Northern Iowa ^  6 –2     8 –5  
No. 13 Western Illinois ^  5 –3     8 –4  
No. 15 South Dakota ^  4 –4     8 –5  
Illinois State  4 –4     6 –5  
Youngstown State  4 –4     6 –5  
Southern Illinois  2 –6     4 –7  
Missouri State  2 –6     3 –8  
Indiana State  0 –8     0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2017 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-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 6–5, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 6:30 p.m. Butler* No. 20 Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL ESPN3 W 45–0   10,840
September 16 2:00 p.m. at Eastern Illinois* No. 18 O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL (Mid-America Classic) OVCDN W 44–13   7,031
September 23 2:00 p.m. at Missouri State No. 14 Plaster Sports Complex • Springfield, MO ESPN3 W 34–9   7,183
September 30 6:30 p.m. Indiana State No. 12 Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL ESPN3 W 24–13   13,391
October 7 6:00 p.m. at Northern Arizona* No. 11 Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ FCSP
Pluto TV		 L 16–37   10,420
October 14 2:00 p.m. at Southern Illinois No. 17 Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL ESPN3 L 7–42   8,121
October 21 2:00 p.m. No. 4 South Dakotadagger No. 24 Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL ESPN3
NBCS CH		 W 37–21   12,113
October 28 1:00 p.m. at No. 21 Youngstown State No. 16 Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH ESPN3 W 35–0   12,723
November 4 Noon No. 15 Western Illinois No. 12 Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL ESPN3 L 14–31   13,192
November 11 2:00 p.m. at No. 6 South Dakota State No. 17 Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD ESPN3 L 24–27 OT  9,458
November 18 Noon No. 4 North Dakota State No. 21 Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL ESPN3
NBCS CH		 L 7–20   7,664
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Game summaries

Butler

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0
No. 20 Redbirds 0 17 21 7 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 1949 ILST, 14–0

at Eastern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 18 Redbirds 10 17 10 7 44
Panthers 0 6 7 0 13
Overall record Last meeting Result
54–41–9 2016 EIU, 24–21

at Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 14 Redbirds 3 3 28 0 34
Bears 6 0 0 3 9
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–16–1 2016 ILST, 37–0

Indiana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 0 0 13 0 13
No. 12 Redbirds 10 14 0 0 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
36–30–2 2016 ISU, 34–31

at Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Redbirds 0 6 3 7 16
Lumberjacks 0 13 14 10 37
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 17 Redbirds 0 0 7 0 7
Salukis 7 14 7 14 42
Overall record Last meeting Result
36–40–3 2016 ILST, 31–28

South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Coyotes 0 14 0 7 21
No. 24 Redbirds 14 3 7 13 37
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–1 2016 USD, 27–24

at Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Redbirds 14 7 7 7 35
No. 21 Penguins 0 0 0 0 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–13 2016 YSU, 20–6

Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 15 Leathernecks 0 0 17 14 31
No. 12 Redbirds 7 7 0 0 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
46–50–3 2016 ILST, 31–26

at South Dakota State

1 2 3 4OT Total
No. 17 Redbirds 7 10 0 70 24
No. 6 Jackrabbits 7 10 0 73 27
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–3 2016 ILST, 38–21

North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Bison 0 0 13 7 20
No. 21 Redbirds 0 0 0 7 7
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–7 2016 NDSU, 31–10

Redbirds drafted

Draft YearPlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL Team
2018 Davontae HarrisCB5151Cincinnati Bengals

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 20 18 18 14 12 11 17 24 16 12 17 21 23 RV 
Coaches 18 15 14 12 8–T 7 15 24 21 13 20 25 RV NR

References

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