2012 Illinois State Redbirds football team

The 2012 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth year head coach Brock Spack and played their home games at Hancock Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). They finished the season 9–4 overall and 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid into the FCS playoffs where they defeated Appalachian State in the second round before falling to Eastern Washington in the quarterfinals.

2012 Illinois State Redbirds football
NCAA Division I Quarterfinal, L 35–51 vs. Eastern Washington
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 8
FCS CoachesNo. 9
2012 record9–4 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLuke Huard
Defensive coordinatorBrock Spack
Home stadiumHancock Stadium
(Capacity: 7,700)
2012 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State $^  7 –1     14 –1  
No. 14 South Dakota State ^  6 –2     9 –4  
No. 8 Illinois State ^  5 –3     9 –4  
Indiana State  5 –3     7 –4  
Southern Illinois  5 –3     6 –5  
Youngstown State  4 –4     7 –4  
Northern Iowa  4 –4     5 –6  
Missouri State  3 –5     3 –8  
Western Illinois  1 –7     3 –8  
South Dakota  0 –8     1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 112:00 pmDayton*No. 19
W 56–144,840
September 81:00 pmat Eastern Michigan*No. 18
CSNCW 31–147,654
September 151:00 pmEastern Illinois*No. 15
W 54–51 2OT7,700
September 223:00 pmat Western IllinoisNo. 15
CSNCW 23–316,033
September 292:00 pmat South DakotaNo. 13
W 34–317,863
October 61:00 pmSouthern IllinoisNo. 9
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
CSNCL 0–178,000
October 131:00 pmNo. 8 Youngstown StateNo. 14
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
CSNCW 35–285,557
October 201:00 pmMissouri StateNo. 11
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
L 17–246,180
October 274:00 pmat Northern IowaNo. 17
CSNCW 33–219,946
November 31:00 pmat No. 14 Indiana StateNo. 17
CSNCW 17–106,008
November 171:00 pmNo. 1 North Dakota StateNo. 11
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
ESPN3L 20–386,793
December 11:00 pmat No. 7 Appalachian State*No. 16
ESPN3W 38–37 OT16,719
December 85:00 pmat No. 4 Eastern Washington*No. 16
ESPN3L 35–517,512

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Home attendance average

The Illinois State Redbird football program averaged 6,511 fans for the 2012 home football games while the East Side of Hancock Stadium was being renovated. The Redbirds sold out two games in, against Eastern Illinois and Southern Illinois.

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 Final 
Sports Network 19 18 15 15 13 9 14 11 17 17 15 11 16 8 
Coaches 20 19 17 15 12 11 16 13 17 15 15 11 15 9

Redbirds drafted
Draft YearPlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL Team
2013 Nate PalmerLB6193Green Bay Packers

References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718093958/http://www.goredbirds.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/ilsu-m-footbl-sched.html
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