American college football season
The 2015 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by seventh-year head coach Brock Spack and played their home games at Hancock Stadium . They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference . They finished the season 10–3, 7–1 in MVFC play to win a share of the conference title with North Dakota State . They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Richmond in the quarterfinals.
Schedule [ ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 5 11:00 am at Iowa * No. 2 BTN L 14–3159,450 September 12 6:30 pm Morgan State * No. 4 CSN+ /ESPN3 W 67–1413,391 September 19 6:00 pm at Eastern Illinois * No. 5 WMBD W 34–31 OT 8,104 October 3 12:00 pm No. 7 Northern Iowa No. 4 Hancock Stadium Normal, IL MVC TV/ESPN3 W 21–1313,391 October 10 6:00 pm at No. 9 Youngstown State No. 4 ESPN3 W 31–2917,715 October 17 2:00 pm at Missouri State No. 4 ESPN3 W 38–214,212 October 24 2:00 pm No. 20 Western Illinois No. 3 Hancock Stadium Normal, IL CSNC /ESPN3W 48–2813,391 October 31 12:00 pm No. 21 Indiana State No. 3 Hancock Stadium Normal, IL CSNC /ESPN3W 27–247,498 November 7 2:00 pm at No. 11 South Dakota State No. 2 ESPN3 L 20–259,081 November 14 2:00 pm at Southern Illinois No. 6 MVC TV/ESPN3 W 42–216,388 November 21 12:00 pm South Dakota No. 6 Hancock Stadium Normal, IL CSNC /ESPN3W 46–05,210 December 5 1:00 pm Western Illinois* No. 4 Hancock Stadium Normal, IL (FCS Playoffs Second Round ) ESPN3 W 36–196,124 December 11 6:30 pm No. 12 Richmond * No. 4 Hancock Stadium Normal, IL (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals ) ESPN3 L 27–395,356 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
2015 Home Attendance Average [ ] The Illinois State Redbird Football program averaged 9,194 fans for the 2015 home football games.
Game summaries [ ] @ Iowa [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#2 Redbirds
0
0
0
14
14
Hawkeyes
7
10
7
7
31
Morgan State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
7
7
0
14
#4 Redbirds
22
14
21
10
67
@ Eastern Illinois [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
#5 Redbirds
10
14
0
7 3
34
Panthers
14
7
0
10 0
31
Northern Iowa [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#7 Panthers
0
7
3
3
13
#4 Redbirds
0
0
7
14
21
@ Youngstown State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#4 Redbirds
7
7
3
14
31
#9 Penguins
6
3
3
17
29
@ Missouri State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#4 Redbirds
14
17
7
0
38
Bears
0
0
0
2
2
Western Illinois [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#20 Leathernecks
7
14
7
0
28
#3 Redbirds
14
7
14
13
48
Indiana State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#21 Sycamores
0
21
3
0
24
#3 Redbirds
2
7
7
11
27
@ South Dakota State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#2 Redbirds
7
0
7
6
20
#11 Jackrabbits
0
13
6
6
25
@ Southern Illinois [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#6 Redbirds
0
14
21
7
42
Salukis
0
21
0
0
21
South Dakota [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Coyotes
0
0
0
0
0
#6 Redbirds
3
20
13
10
46
FCS Playoffs [ ] Second Round–Western Illinois [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Leathernecks
3
3
6
7
19
#4 Redbirds
7
0
8
21
36
Quarterfinals–Richmond [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#12 Spiders
10
9
6
14
39
#4 Redbirds
0
7
7
13
27
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
STATS FCS
2 (3)
4 (20)
5 (6)
4 (2)
4 (2)
4 (1)
4 (1)
3 (6)
3 (3)
2 (18)
6
6
4
5
Coaches
2
5 (6)
6 (1)
5
4
4
4
4 (2)
3 (20)
2 (3)
6
6
4
5
References [ ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People
National championships in bold
