2023 Illinois State Redbirds football team

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2023 Illinois State Redbirds football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Record6–5 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTony Petersen (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorTravis Niekamp (6th season)
Home stadiumHancock Stadium
Seasons
← 2022
2024 →
2023 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 South Dakota State $^   8 – 0     15 – 0  
No. 4 South Dakota ^   7 – 1     10 – 3  
No. 3 North Dakota State ^   5 – 3     11 – 4  
No. 19 Youngstown State ^   5 – 3     8 – 5  
No. 16 North Dakota ^   5 – 3     7 – 5  
Northern Iowa   5 – 3     6 – 5  
No. 12 Southern Illinois ^   4 – 4     8 – 5  
Illinois State   4 – 4     6 – 5  
Missouri State   3 – 5     4 – 7  
Murray State   1 – 7     2 – 9  
Indiana State   1 – 7     1 – 10  
Western Illinois   0 – 8     0 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
As of April 30, 2024
Rankings from STATS Poll
Illinois State Redbird Wordmark

The 2023 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 15th-year head coach Brock Spack. Illinois State played home games at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 212:00 p.m.Dayton*
Marquee/ESPN+W 41–06,740
September 93:00 p.m.at Western Illinois
ESPN+W 34–183,648
September 162:00 p.m.at Eastern Illinois*
ESPN+L 13–146,602
September 2312:00 p.m.Lindenwood*
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
ESPN+W 48–1713,391
October 76:00 p.m.No. 1 South Dakota State
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
Marquee/ESPN+L 21–408,272
October 142:00 p.m.Indiana Statedagger
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
Marquee/ESPN+W 44–79,135
October 211:00 p.m.No. 25 Youngstown State
ESPN+L 38–4110,022
October 2812:00 p.m.No. 23 Northern Iowa
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
ESPN+L 21–24N/A
November 42:00 p.m.at Missouri State
ESPN+W 36–357,700
November 1111:00 a.m.Murray State
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
Marquee/ESPN+W 44–75,623
November 181:00 p.m.at No. 13 North Dakota
ESPN+L 21–229,238
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Game summaries[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2023 Illinois State Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
  2. ^ "2023 Football Schedule". Illinois State Athletics. Retrieved March 23, 2023.


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