2016 Illinois State Redbirds football team

2016 Illinois State Redbirds football

FCS Playoffs First Round, L 24–31 vs. Central Arkansas
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
2016 record	6–6 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach	Brock Spack (8th year)
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
#4 North Dakota State +^		7	–	1		11	–	1
#7 South Dakota State +^		7	–	1		9	–	3
#13 Youngstown State ^		6	–	2		10	–	3
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 represents Illinois State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by eighth-year head coach Brock Spack and play their home games at Hancock Stadium. They are a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 6–6, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in a two-way tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Central Arlansas 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 State	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. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Source: Schedule

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

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

Illinois State Redbirds football

Venues	Hancock Stadium (1963–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Mid-America Classic (Eastern Illinois)

Culture & lore	Reggie Redbird "Go, You Redbirds"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

2016 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Cal Poly Central Arkansas Charleston Southern Chattanooga The Citadel Eastern Washington Illinois State Jacksonville State James Madison Lehigh New Hampshire North Carolina A&T North Dakota North Dakota State Richmond Saint Francis (PA) Samford Sam Houston State San Diego South Dakota State Villanova Weber State Wofford Youngstown State

Champion – TBD

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