2015 Illinois State Redbirds football team

The 2015 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-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 10–3, 7–1 in MVFC play to win a share of the conference title with North Dakota State. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Richmond in the quarterfinals.

2015 Illinois State Redbirds football
MVFC co–champion
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 5
FCS CoachesNo. 5
2015 record10–3 (7–1 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKurt Beathard
Defensive coordinatorSpence Nowinsky
Home stadiumHancock Stadium
(Capacity: 13,391)
2015 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State +^  7 1   13 2  
No. 5 Illinois State +^  7 1   10 3  
No. 8 Northern Iowa ^  5 3   9 5  
No. 15 South Dakota State ^  5 3   8 4  
Western Illinois ^  5 3   7 6  
Indiana State  3 5   5 6  
Youngstown State  3 5   5 6  
South Dakota  3 5   5 6  
Southern Illinois  2 6   3 8  
Missouri State  0 8   1 10  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 511:00 amat Iowa*No. 2BTNL 14–3159,450
September 126:30 pmMorgan State*No. 4CSN+/ESPN3W 67–1413,391
September 196:00 pmat Eastern Illinois*No. 5WMBDW 34–31 OT8,104
October 312:00 pmNo. 7 Northern IowaNo. 4
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
MVC TV/ESPN3W 21–1313,391
October 106:00 pmat No. 9 Youngstown StateNo. 4ESPN3W 31–2917,715
October 172:00 pmat Missouri StateNo. 4ESPN3W 38–214,212
October 242:00 pmNo. 20 Western IllinoisNo. 3
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
CSNC/ESPN3W 48–2813,391
October 3112:00 pmNo. 21 Indiana StateNo. 3
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
CSNC/ESPN3W 27–247,498
November 72:00 pmat No. 11 South Dakota StateNo. 2ESPN3L 20–259,081
November 142:00 pmat Southern IllinoisNo. 6MVC TV/ESPN3W 42–216,388
November 2112:00 pmSouth DakotaNo. 6
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
CSNC/ESPN3W 46–05,210
December 51:00 pmWestern Illinois*No. 4
ESPN3W 36–196,124
December 116:30 pmNo. 12 Richmond*No. 4
ESPN3L 27–395,356

2015 Home Attendance Average

The Illinois State Redbird Football program averaged 9,194 fans for the 2015 home football games.

Game summaries

@ Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
#2 Redbirds 0 0 0 14 14
Hawkeyes 7 10 7 7 31

Morgan State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 7 7 0 14
#4 Redbirds 22 14 21 10 67

@ Eastern Illinois

1 2 3 4OT Total
#5 Redbirds 10 14 0 73 34
Panthers 14 7 0 100 31

Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Panthers 0 7 3 3 13
#4 Redbirds 0 0 7 14 21

@ Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
#4 Redbirds 7 7 3 14 31
#9 Penguins 6 3 3 17 29

@ Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
#4 Redbirds 14 17 7 0 38
Bears 0 0 0 2 2

Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Leathernecks 7 14 7 0 28
#3 Redbirds 14 7 14 13 48

Indiana State

1 2 3 4 Total
#21 Sycamores 0 21 3 0 24
#3 Redbirds 2 7 7 11 27

@ South Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
#2 Redbirds 7 0 7 6 20
#11 Jackrabbits 0 13 6 6 25

@ Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
#6 Redbirds 0 14 21 7 42
Salukis 0 21 0 0 21

South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Coyotes 0 0 0 0 0
#6 Redbirds 3 20 13 10 46

FCS Playoffs

Second Round–Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Leathernecks 3 3 6 7 19
#4 Redbirds 7 0 8 21 36


Quarterfinals–Richmond

1 2 3 4 Total
#12 Spiders 10 9 6 14 39
#4 Redbirds 0 7 7 13 27

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
( ) = First place votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS2 (3)4 (20)5 (6)4 (2)4 (2)4 (1)4 (1)3 (6)3 (3)2 (18)6645
Coaches25 (6)6 (1)54444 (2)3 (20)2 (3)6645

References

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