American college football season
2016 Illinois State Redbirds football |
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Conference | Missouri Valley Football Conference |
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Record | 6–6 (4–4 MVFC) |
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Head coach | |
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Co-offensive coordinator | Dan Clark (1st season) |
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Co-offensive coordinator | Billy Dicken (1st season) |
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Defensive coordinator | Spence Nowinsky (3rd season) |
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MVP | Mark Spelman, Alejandro Rivera, Dalton Keene |
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Captain | Mark Spelman, Alec Kocour, Cole Bumpus |
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Home stadium | Hancock Stadium |
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The 2016 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Brock Spack, the Redbirds compiled an overall record of 6–6 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, tying for fourth place the MVFC. For the third straight season, Illinois State received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where the Redbirds lost in the first round to Central Arkansas. The team played home games at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 6:00 pm | Valparaiso* | No. 10 | | ESPN3 | W 50–13 | 10,026 |
September 10 | 2:30 pm | at Northwestern* | No. 10 | | BTN | W 9–7 | 30,748 |
September 17 | 2:00 pm | Eastern Illinois* | No. 5 | | CSN CH | L 21–24 | 13,391 |
September 24 | 2:00 pm | Indiana State | No. 9 | | ESPN3 | L 31–34 | 6,561 |
October 1 | 1:00 pm | at No. 1 North Dakota State | No. 18 | | ESPN3 | L 10–31 | 18,907 |
October 8 | 2:00 pm | No. 15 Youngstown State![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 23 | - Hancock Stadium
- Normal, IL
| CSN CH | L 6–20 | 12,570 |
October 15 | 6:00 pm | Southern Illinois | | - Hancock Stadium
- Normal, IL
| CSN CH | W 31–28 | 10,211 |
October 22 | 2:00 pm | at South Dakota | | | ESPN3 | L 24–27 | 7,416 |
October 29 | 2:00 pm | No. 7 South Dakota State | | - Hancock Stadium
- Normal, IL
| CSN CH | W 38–21 | 7,595 |
November 5 | 1:00 pm | at No. 12 Western Illinois | | | ESPN3 | W 31–26 | 3,589 |
November 12 | 12:00 pm | Missouri State | | - Hancock Stadium
- Normal, IL
| ESPN3 | W 37–0 | 7,144 |
November 26 | 2:00 pm | at No. 14 Central Arkansas* | | | ESPN3 | L 24–31 | 3,165 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Game summaries
Valparaiso
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Crusaders | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
#10 Redbirds | 7 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 50 |
@ Northwestern
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#10 Redbirds | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
The Redbirds beat the Wildcats 9–7. The win came on an Illinois State field goal as time expired. This was ISU's first-ever victory over a Big Ten team.[3][4]
Eastern Illinois
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Panthers | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
#5 Redbirds | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
@ Indiana State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#9 Redbirds | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
Sycamores | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
@ North Dakota State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#18 Redbirds | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
#1 Bison | 7 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 31 |
Youngstown State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#15 Penguins | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 20 |
#23 Redbirds | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Southern Illinois
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Salukis | 10 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 28 |
Redbirds | 7 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 31 |
@ South Dakota
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Redbirds | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
Coyotes | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
South Dakota State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#7 Jackrabbits | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
Redbirds | 14 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 38 |
@ Western Illinois
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Redbirds | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
#12 Leathernecks | 0 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 26 |
Missouri State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Redbirds | 3 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 37 |
Central Arkansas—NCAA Division I First Round
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Redbirds | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
#14 Bears | 0 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 31 |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | 10 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |
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Coaches | 8 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 23 | RV | RV | — | RV | RV | 25 | RV | |
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References
- ^ "Illinois State Redbirds Schedule 2016". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
- ^ "2016 Football Schedule". Illinois State University. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
- ^ Reinhardt, Randy (September 10, 2016). "ISU Upsets Northwestern with Game-Winning Field Goal". The Pantagraph. Bloomington. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ^ Helfgot, Mike (September 10, 2016). "Illinois State Topples Northwestern 9-7 on Field Goal as Time Expires". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
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2016 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants |
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Champion – James Madison |