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2020 Illinois State Redbirds football team

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2020 Illinois State Redbirds football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Record0–0 (0–0 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKurt Beathard (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorTravis Niekamp (3rd season)
Home stadiumHancock Stadium
(Capacity: 13,391)
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
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  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Note: Indiana State opted out of the spring season.
    † – Illinois State and Western Illinois opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 21 and April 5, 2021, respectively.
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Illinois State Redbirds football team will represent Illinois State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They will be led by twelfth-year head coach Brock Spack and play their home games at Hancock Stadium. They are a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

Previous season

The Redbirds finished the 2019 season 8–4, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Southeast Missouri State and Central Arkansas to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to North Dakota State.

Schedule

Illinois State released their full schedule on July 15, 2019.[1]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 4 at Illinois*
September 12 Eastern Illinois*
September 26 South Dakota
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
October 3 at North Dakota State
October 10 Southern Illinois
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
October 17 at Northern Iowa
October 24 Western Illinois
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
October 31 at Indiana State
November 7 North Dakota
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
November 14 at Missouri State
November 21 Dixie State*
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL

[2]

References

  1. ^ Kelley, Kevin (July 15, 2019). "Illinois State releases 2020 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 Illinois State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 15, 2020.