2020 Illinois State Redbirds football team
| 2020 Illinois State Redbirds football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Football Conference |
| Ranking | |
| STATS | No. 22 |
| Record | 1–3 (1–3 MVFC) |
| Head coach |
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| Co-offensive coordinator | C. J. Irvin (1st season) |
| Co-offensive coordinator | Ghaali Muhammad-Lankford (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Travis Niekamp (3rd season) |
| Captain | Drew Himmelman, Zeke Vandenburgh , JT Bohlken |
| Home stadium | Hancock Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 South Dakota State +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Missouri State +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 North Dakota ^ | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 North Dakota State ^ | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Southern Illinois ^ | 3 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State† | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois† | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youngstown State | 1 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2020 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by 12th-year head coach Brock Spack, the Redbirds compiled an overall record of 1–3 with an identical in conference play, tying for seventh place in the MVFC. Illinois State played home games at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois.
On March 21, 2021, Illinois State announced that it would opt out of the remainder of the 2021 spring season due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
Schedule[edit]
Illinois State released their full schedule on July 15, 2019.[2]
The Redbirds football team had non-conference games scheduled at Illinois on September 4, versus Eastern Illinois on September 12, and versus Dixie State on November 21. All were canceled prior to the scheduled start of the 2020 season.[3][4][5]
On January 21, 2021, the Missouri Valley Football Conference office released an altered spring season schedule based on the participation of ten league schools.[6]
Scheduled games against South Dakota State (March 27), Southern Illinois (April 3), North Dakota (April 10), and Missouri State (April 17) were canceled when the Redbirds opted out of the remainder of the spring season.[1]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| February 27 | 12:00 p.m. | South Dakota | No. 7 | NBCSCH/ESPN+ | L 20–27 | 1,853 | |||
| March 6 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 3 Northern Iowa | No. 15 | ESPN+ | L 10–20 | 1,920 | |||
| March 13 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 5 North Dakota State | No. 22 | NBC ND/ESPN+ | L 13–21 | 6,145 | |||
| March 20 | 12:00 p.m. | Western Illinois |
| ESPN+ | W 26–18 | 1,853 | |||
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References[edit]
- ^ a b "Illinois State football abandons remainder of 2021 spring season". 247Sports. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
- ^ Kelley, Kevin (July 15, 2019). "Illinois State releases 2020 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ^ "Big Ten Announces Plans for 2020 Football Season, Medical Protocols for All Sports". BigTen.org. August 5, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
- ^ "Dixie State Athletics Postpones 2020 Football Season". DixieStateAthletics.com. August 12, 2020. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
- ^ "EIU / ISU Announce Cancellation Of Mid-America Classic". EIUPanthers.com. August 14, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
- ^ "Valley Football Announces 2021 Spring Schedule". Valley-Football.org. January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ "Missouri Valley Football Conference Announces League Slate". Valley-Football.org. September 24, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
- ^ "Illinois State Redbirds Schedule 2020". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
- ^ "2020-21 Football Schedule". Illinois State University. Retrieved November 29, 2022.