2014 Illinois State Redbirds football team

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2014 Illinois State Redbirds football
Illinois State Redbirds Wordmark.png
MVFC co-champion
FCS Championship Game, L 27–29 vs. North Dakota State
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 2
FCS CoachesNo. 2
2014 record13–2 (7–1 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKurt Beathard
Defensive coordinatorSpence Nowinsky
Home stadiumHancock Stadium
(Capacity: 13,391)
Seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 North Dakota State +^   7 – 1     15 – 1  
No. 2 Illinois State +^   7 – 1     13 – 2  
No. 10 Northern Iowa ^   6 – 2     9 – 5  
No. 12 South Dakota St. ^   5 – 3     9 – 5  
No. 19 Indiana State ^   4 – 4     8 – 6  
No. 22 Youngstown State   4 – 4     7 – 5  
Southern Illinois   3 – 5     6 – 6  
Western Illinois   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Missouri State   1 – 7     4 – 8  
South Dakota   0 – 8     2 – 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2014 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Brock Spack and played their home games at Hancock Stadium. Illinois State was a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The Redbirds finished the season 13–2 overall and 7–1 in MVFC play to share the conference title with North Dakota State. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they defeated Northern Iowa, Eastern Washington, and New Hampshire to advance to the FCS National Championship. There they lost conference foe North Dakota State to finish as national runner-up.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 66:30 pmMississippi Valley State*
CSNCW 62–010,243
September 1312:00 pmNo. 25 Eastern Illinois*
CSNCW 34–1512,570
September 276:30 pmAustin Peay*No. 23
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
RTVW 55–68,443
October 42:00 pmNo. 9 South Dakota StatedaggerNo. 22
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
RTVW 45–1010,919
October 112:00 pmat No. 20 Indiana StateNo. 15
CSNCW 20–187,534
October 183:00 pmat Western IllinoisNo. 10
WIUtv3W 37–344,641
October 256:00 pmMissouri StateNo. 9
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
RTVW 21–710,164
November 14:00 pmat No. 22 Northern IowaNo. 7
RTVL 28–4212,154
November 81:00 pmNo. 10 Youngstown StateNo. 12
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
RTVW 35–218,271
November 151:00 pmat South DakotaNo. 8
RTVW 45–266,712
November 221:00 pmSouthern IllinoisNo. 8
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
CSNCW 44–297,295
December 61:00 pmNo. 10 Northern Iowa*No. 7
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL (FCS Playoffs Second Round)
ESPN3W 41–215,575
December 133:00 pmat No. 4 Eastern Washington*No. 7
ESPN3W 59–466,239
December 201:00 pmat No. 1 New Hampshire*No. 7
ESPNUW 21–189,497
January 1012:00 pmvs. No. 2 North Dakota StateNo. 7
ESPN2L 27–2920,918
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Home attendance average[]

The Illinois State Redbird football program averaged 10,497 fans for the 2014 home football games.

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 13 Final 
Sports Network RV RV RV RV 23 22 15 10 9 7 12 8 8 7 2 
Coaches RV RV RV 24 22 22 15 9 9 6 12 7 7 7 2

Redbirds drafted[]

Draft Year Player Position Round Overall NFL Team
2015 James O'Shaughnessy TE 5 173 Kansas City Chiefs

References[]

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