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
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
2017 record6–5 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBilly Dicken (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorSpence Nowinsky
Home stadiumHancock 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  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:30 p.m.Butler*No. 20ESPN3W 45–010,840
September 162:00 p.m.at Eastern Illinois*No. 18OVCDNW 44–137,031
September 232:00 p.m.at Missouri StateNo. 14ESPN3W 34–97,183
September 306:30 p.m.Indiana StateNo. 12
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
ESPN3W 24–1313,391
October 76:00 p.m.at Northern Arizona*No. 11FCSP
Pluto TV
L 16–3710,420
October 142:00 p.m.at Southern IllinoisNo. 17ESPN3L 7–428,121
October 212:00 p.m.No. 4 South DakotaNo. 24
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
ESPN3
NBCS CH
W 37–2112,113
October 281:00 p.m.at No. 21 Youngstown StateNo. 16ESPN3W 35–012,723
November 4NoonNo. 15 Western IllinoisNo. 12
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
ESPN3L 14–3113,192
November 112:00 p.m.at No. 6 South Dakota StateNo. 17ESPN3L 24–27 OT9,458
November 18NoonNo. 4 North Dakota StateNo. 21
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
ESPN3
NBCS CH
L 7–207,664

Game summaries

Butler

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0
No. 20 Redbirds 0 17 21 7 45

at Eastern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 18 Redbirds 10 17 10 7 44
Panthers 0 6 7 0 13

at Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 14 Redbirds 3 3 28 0 34
Bears 6 0 0 3 9

Indiana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 0 0 13 0 13
No. 12 Redbirds 10 14 0 0 24

at Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Redbirds 0 6 3 7 16
Lumberjacks 0 13 14 10 37

at Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 17 Redbirds 0 0 7 0 7
Salukis 7 14 7 14 42

South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Coyotes 0 14 0 7 21
No. 24 Redbirds 14 3 7 13 37

at Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Redbirds 14 7 7 7 35
No. 21 Penguins 0 0 0 0 0

Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 15 Leathernecks 0 0 17 14 31
No. 12 Redbirds 7 7 0 0 14

at South Dakota State

1 2 3 4OT Total
No. 17 Redbirds 7 10 0 70 24
No. 6 Jackrabbits 7 10 0 73 27

North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Bison 0 0 13 7 20
No. 21 Redbirds 0 0 0 7 7

Redbirds drafted

Draft YearPlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL Team
2018 Davontae HarrisCB5151Cincinnati Bengals

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 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

References

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