2018 Illinois State Redbirds football team

2018 Illinois State Redbirds football
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATS No. 12
FCS Coaches No. 12
2018 record 4–1 (1–1 MVFC)
Head coach Brock Spack (10th season)
Offensive coordinator Kurt Beathard (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Travis Niekamp (1st season)
Home stadium Hancock Stadium
(Capacity: 13,391)
2018 MVFC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State  2 –0     5 –0  
No. 24 South Dakota  2 –0     3 –2  
No. 12 Illinois State  1 –1     4 –1  
No. 2 South Dakota State  1 –1     3 –1  
Missouri State  1 –1     3 –2  
Northern Iowa  1 –1     2 –3  
Western Illinois  1 –1     2 –3  
Youngstown State  1 –1     2 –3  
Indiana State  0 –2     2 –3  
Southern Illinois  0 –2     1 –4  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Illinois State Redbirds football team represents Illinois State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by tenth-year head coach Brock Spack and play their home games at Hancock Stadium. They are a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

Previous season

The Redbirds finished the 2017 season 6–5, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.

Preseason

Preseason MVFC poll

The MVFC released their preseason poll on July 29, 2018, with the Redbirds predicted to finish in fifth place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1North Dakota State390 (39)
2South Dakota State270
3Northern Iowa258
4Youngstown State248
5Illinois State248
6South Dakota206
7Western Illinois163
8Southern Illinois139
9Missouri State90
10Indiana State41

Preseason All-MVFC Teams

The Redbirds placed five players on the preseason all-MVFC teams.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:30 p.m.Saint Xavier*No. 21
NBCS CHIC+
ESPN+		W 46–09,157
September 86:30 p.m.Eastern Illinois*No. 19
NBCS CHIC+
ESPN+		W 48–108,914
September 222:00 p.m.at Colorado State*No. 16
ATTSNW 35–1926,259
September 292:00 p.m.at Missouri StateNo. 9
ESPN+L 21–2412,224
October 62:00 p.m.Western IllinoisNo. 15
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
NBCS CHIC
ESPN+		W 33–168,516
October 132:00 p.m.Southern IllinoisdaggerNo. 12
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
ESPN3W 51–3
October 202:30 p.m.at North Dakota State
ESPN+
October 2712:00 p.m.South Dakota State
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
ESPN3
November 31:00 p.m.at Northern Iowa
ESPN+
November 1012:00 p.m.at Indiana State
ESPN3
November 1712:00 p.m.Youngstown State
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
NBCS CHIC
ESPN+
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Game summaries

Saint Xavier

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 0 0 0 0 0
No. 21 Redbirds 14 10 14 8 46
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2004 ILST, 44–14

Eastern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0 0 10 0 10
No. 19 Redbirds 7 21 10 10 48
Overall record Last meeting Result
55–42–9 2017 ILST, 44–13

at Colorado State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Redbirds 0 14 7 14 35
Rams 6 0 7 6 19
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 9 Redbirds 0 0 14 7 21
Bears 3 7 7 7 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
21–15–1 2017 ILST, 34–9

Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Leathernecks 6 7 3 0 16
No. 15 Redbirds 2 10 0 21 33
Overall record Last meeting Result
46–51–3 2017 WIU, 31–14

Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Salukis 0
No. 12 Redbirds 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
36–41–3 2017 SIU, 42–7

at North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
Redbirds 0
Bison 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–8 2017 NDSU, 20–7

South Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
Jackrabbits 0
Redbirds 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–4 2017 SDSU, 27–24

at Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
Redbirds 0
Panthers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–8 2017 ILST, 21–13

at Indiana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Redbirds 0
Sycamores 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
36–30–2 2017 ILST, 24–13

Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
Penguins 0
Redbirds 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–13 2017 ILST, 35–0

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 21 19 19 16 9 15 12  
Coaches 20 19 18–T 15 10 14 12

References

  1. ↑ http://www.valley-football.org/news/2018/7/19/football-north-dakota-state-tabbed-as-favorite-to-win-2018-mvfc-title.aspx
  2. ↑ http://valley-football.org/documents/2018/7/31//2018_MVFC_Preseason_Team_and_Poll.pdf?id=41
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