2016 Illinois State Redbirds football team

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.

2016 Illinois State Redbirds football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
2016 record6–6 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coachBrock Spack (8th season)
Offensive coordinatorKurt Beathard
Defensive coordinatorSpence Nowinsky
Home stadiumHancock Stadium
(Capacity: 13,391)
2016 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 3 North Dakota State +^  7 1     12 2  
No. 6 South Dakota State +^  7 1     9 4  
No. 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  
Indiana State  2 6     4 7  
Missouri State  2 6     4 7  
Southern Illinois  2 6     4 7  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:00 PMValparaiso*No. 10ESPN3W 50–1310,026
September 102:30 PMat Northwestern*No. 10BTNW 9–730,748
September 172:00 PMEastern Illinois*No. 5
CSN CHL 21–2413,391
September 242:00 PMIndiana StateNo. 9ESPN3L 31–346,561
October 11:00 PMat No. 1 North Dakota StateNo. 18ESPN3L 10–3118,907
October 82:00 PMNo. 15 Youngstown StateNo. 23
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
CSN CHL 6–2012,570
October 156:00 PMSouthern Illinois
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
CSN CHW 31–2810,211
October 222:00 PMat South DakotaESPN3L 24–277,416
October 292:00 PMNo. 7 South Dakota State
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
CSN CHW 38–217,595
November 51:00 PMat No. 12 Western IllinoisESPN3W 31–263,589
November 1212:00 PMMissouri State
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
ESPN3W 37–07,144
November 262:00 PMat No. 14 Central Arkansas*ESPN3L 24–313,165

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. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = 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
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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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