2017 Illinois State Redbirds football team
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.
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 Missouri Valley Football Conference 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 2 | 6:30 p.m. | Butler* | No. 20 | ESPN3 | W 45–0 | 10,840 | |
September 16 | 2:00 p.m. | at Eastern Illinois* | No. 18 |
| OVCDN | W 44–13 | 7,031 |
September 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at Missouri State | No. 14 |
| ESPN3 | W 34–9 | 7,183 |
September 30 | 6:30 p.m. | Indiana State | No. 12 |
| ESPN3 | W 24–13 | 13,391 |
October 7 | 6:00 p.m. | at Northern Arizona* | No. 11 | FCSP Pluto TV | L 16–37 | 10,420 | |
October 14 | 2:00 p.m. | at Southern Illinois | No. 17 | ESPN3 | L 7–42 | 8,121 | |
October 21 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 4 South Dakota![]() | No. 24 |
| ESPN3 NBCS CH | W 37–21 | 12,113 |
October 28 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 21 Youngstown State | No. 16 | ESPN3 | W 35–0 | 12,723 | |
November 4 | Noon | No. 15 Western Illinois | No. 12 |
| ESPN3 | L 14–31 | 13,192 |
November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 6 South Dakota State | No. 17 | ESPN3 | L 24–27 OT | 9,458 | |
November 18 | Noon | No. 4 North Dakota State | No. 21 |
| ESPN3 NBCS CH | L 7–20 | 7,664 |
|
- Source: Schedule
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 | 4 | OT | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. 17 Redbirds | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
No. 6 Jackrabbits | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 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 Year | Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL Team |
2018 | Davontae Harris | CB | 5 | 151 | Cincinnati Bengals |
Ranking movements
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 |
gollark: No, I meant #8 but cannot count.
gollark: ... is it using *typing overloads* to do *pattern matching*?
gollark: I checked.
gollark: #5 has a rickroll in it.
gollark: OH BEE
References
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.