2011 Illinois State Redbirds football team

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2011 Illinois State Redbirds football
Illinois State Redbirds Wordmark.png
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 18
FCS CoachesNo. 17
2011 record7–4 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLuke Huard
Defensive coordinatorSteve Szabo (1st season)
Home stadiumHancock Stadium
(Capacity: 9,500)
Seasons
← 2010
2012 →
2011 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 North Dakota State +^   7 – 1     14 – 1  
No. 2 Northern Iowa +^   7 – 1     10 – 3  
No. 18 Illinois State   5 – 3     7 – 4  
Indiana State   4 – 4     6 – 5  
Youngstown State   4 – 4     6 – 5  
South Dakota State   4 – 4     5 – 6  
Southern Illinois   2 – 6     4 – 7  
Missouri State   2 – 6     2 – 9  
Western Illinois   1 – 7     2 – 9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2011 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Redbirds were led by third year head coach Brock Spack and played their home games at Hancock Stadium. They are a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 7–4, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in third place.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 16:30 pmat Eastern Illinois*
CSNCL 26–339,111
September 106:30 pmMorehead State*
W 52–218,003
September 173:00 pmat Youngstown State
L 27–3418,543
September 246:00 pmSouth Dakota State
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
W 20–137,536
October 11:00 pmat No. 5 North Dakota State
CSNCL 10–2018,904[1]
October 82:00 pmat Missouri State
W 38–1310,800
October 153:00 pmNo. 15 South Dakota*dagger
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
W 28–310,014
October 221:00 pmNo. 17 Indiana State
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
ESPN3W 17–146,867
October 292:00 pmat Southern IllinoisNo. 22
CSNCW 38–308,129
November 51:00 pmWestern IllinoisNo. 17
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
W 31–710,179
November 1911:00 amNo. 4 Northern IowaNo. 14
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
ESPN3L 20–23 2OT6,092
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Home attendance average[]

The Illinois State Redbird football program averaged 8,115 fans for the 2011 home football games.

References[]

  1. ^ "2nd-half turnovers doom ISU in Fargo". The Pantagraph. October 2, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Illinois State University Official Athletic Site - Football". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
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