2019 Illinois State Redbirds football team

The 2019 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eleventh-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 10–5, 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.

2019 Illinois State Redbirds football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 7
FCS CoachesNo. 7
2019 record10–5 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHancock Stadium
(Capacity: 13,391)
2019 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State $^  8 –0     16 –0  
No. 5 Northern Iowa ^  6 –2     10 –5  
No. 7 Illinois State ^  5 –3     10 –5  
No. 10 South Dakota State ^  5 –3     8 –5  
Southern Illinois  5 –3     7 –5  
South Dakota  4 –4     5 –7  
Indiana State  3 –5     5 –7  
Youngstown State  2 –6     6 –6  
Missouri State  1 –7     1 –10  
Western Illinois  1 –7     1 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season
Main article: 2018 Illinois State Redbirds football team

The Redbirds finished the 2018 season 6–5, 3–5 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place.

Preseason

MVFC poll

In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Redbirds were predicted to finish in third place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1North Dakota State392 (32)
2South Dakota State348 (4)
3Illinois State289 (3)
4Indiana State279 (1)
5Northern Iowa266
6South Dakota176
7Youngstown State153
8Western Illinois128
9Southern Illinois89
10Missouri State80

Preseason All–MVFC team

The Redbirds had four players selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.[2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 31 6:00 p.m. at Northern Illinois* No. 15
ESPN+ L 10–24 14,568
September 7 6:30 p.m. Morehead State* No. 16
NBCS CHIC+/ESPN+ W 42–14 11,256
September 14 2:00 p.m. at Eastern Illinois* No. 13
ESPN+ W 21–3 6,119
September 21 6:30 p.m. Northern Arizona* No. 15
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
ESPN+ W 40–27 9,891
October 5 12:00 p.m. No. 1 North Dakota State No. 10
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
NBCS CHIC/ESPN+ L 3–37 13,391
October 12 6:00 p.m. at Southern Illinois No. 14
ESPN3 W 21–7 5,525
October 19 1:00 p.m. at Western Illinois No. 11
ESPN+ W 28–14 2,984
October 26 2:00 p.m. Indiana State No. 8
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
ESPN3 W 24–7 8,510
November 2 12:00 p.m. No. 9 Northern Iowa No. 7
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
NBCS CHIC L 10–27 6,705
November 9 2:00 p.m. at No. 4 South Dakota State No. 11
ESPN+ W 27–18 7,211
November 16 12:00 p.m. Missouri State No. 7
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
NBCS CHIC/ESPN+ W 17–12 5,701
November 23 11:00 a.m. at Youngstown State No. 7
ESPN+ L 3–21 9,190
November 30 1:00 p.m. at No. 12 Southeast Missouri State* No. 13
ESPN3 W 24–6 3,274
December 7 2:00 p.m. at No. 9 Central Arkansas* No. 13
ESPN3 W 24–14 5,127
December 14 11:00 a.m. at No. 1 North Dakota State* No. 13
ESPN L 3–9 14,132
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Game summaries

at Northern Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 15 Redbirds 0 3 0 7 10
Huskies 3 0 7 14 24
See also: 2019 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

Morehead State
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 0 7 7 14
No. 16 Redbirds 21 14 0 7 42
See also: 2019 Morehead State Eagles football team

at Eastern Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Redbirds 7 7 7 0 21
Panthers 0 3 0 0 3
See also: 2019 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

Northern Arizona
1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 14 7 0 6 27
No. 15 Redbirds 10 13 14 3 40
See also: 2019 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

North Dakota State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 1 Bison 16 7 7 7 37
No. 10 Redbirds 3 0 0 0 3
See also: 2019 North Dakota State Bison football team

at Southern Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 14 Redbirds 7 7 7 0 21
Salukis 0 0 7 0 7
See also: 2019 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

at Western Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Redbirds 7 7 0 14 28
Leathernecks 0 0 7 7 14
See also: 2019 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

Indiana State
1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 0 7 0 0 7
No. 8 Redbirds 0 7 3 14 24
See also: 2019 Indiana State Sycamores football team

Northern Iowa
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 9 Panthers 7 7 0 13 27
No. 7 Redbirds 0 7 3 0 10
See also: 2019 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

at South Dakota State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Redbirds 7 3 3 14 27
No. 4 Jackrabbits 3 8 7 0 18
See also: 2019 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

Missouri State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 6 3 0 3 12
No. 7 Redbirds 7 7 0 3 17
See also: 2019 Missouri State Bears football team

at Youngstown State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Redbirds 0 3 0 0 3
Penguins 7 7 0 7 21
See also: 2019 Youngstown State Penguins football team

FCS Playoffs

The Redbirds were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Southeast Missouri State.[5]

at Southeast Missouri State–First Round
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Redbirds 14 7 0 3 24
No. 12 Redhawks 3 0 0 3 6
See also: 2019 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

at Central Arkansas–Second Round
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Redbirds 0 21 0 3 24
No. 9 Bears 0 7 0 7 14
See also: 2019 Central Arkansas Bears football team

at North Dakota State–Quarterfinals
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Redbirds 0
No. 1 Bison 0
See also: 2019 North Dakota State Bison football team

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 
STATS FCS 15 16 13 15 14 10 14 11 8 7 11 7 7 13 7 
Coaches 13 16 13 10 8 6 13 10 7 7 12 8 6 14 7

References
  1. "North Dakota State Picked to Win Missouri Valley Football Crown". www.valleynewslive.com. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  2. "MVFC Announces Preseason All-Conference Team". valley-football.org. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  3. "2019 Illinois State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  4. "2019 Football Schedule". Illinois State University Athletics. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  5. "FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship". ncaa.com. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
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