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2015 Illinois State Redbirds football team

The 2015 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Brock Spack, the Redbirds compiled an overall record of 10–3 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, sharing the MVFC title with North Dakota State for the second consecutive season. Illinois State received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs. After a first-round bye, the Redbirds defeated Western Illinois in the second round, before losing to Richmond in the quarterfinals. The team played home games at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois.

2015 Illinois State Redbirds football
MVFC co–champion
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 5
FCS CoachesNo. 5
Record10–3 (7–1 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKurt Beathard (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorSpence Nowinsky (2nd season)
MVPMarshaun Coprich, Pat Meehan, Dalton Keene
CaptainTre Roberson, Pat Meehan, Soniel Estime
Home stadiumHancock Stadium
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →
2015 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 North Dakota State +^   7 – 1     13 – 2  
No. 5 Illinois State +^   7 – 1     10 – 3  
No. 8 Northern Iowa ^   5 – 3     9 – 5  
No. 15 South Dakota State ^   5 – 3     8 – 4  
Western Illinois ^   5 – 3     7 – 6  
Indiana State   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Youngstown State   3 – 5     5 – 6  
South Dakota   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Southern Illinois   2 – 6     3 – 8  
Missouri State   0 – 8     1 – 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 511:00 amat Iowa*No. 2
BTNL 14–3159,450
September 126:30 pmMorgan State*No. 4
CSN+/ESPN3W 67–1413,391
September 196:00 pmat Eastern Illinois*No. 5
WMBDW 34–31 OT8,104
October 312:00 pmNo. 7 Northern IowaNo. 4
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
MVC TV/ESPN3W 21–1313,391
October 106:00 pmat No. 9 Youngstown StateNo. 4
ESPN3W 31–2917,715
October 172:00 pmat Missouri StateNo. 4
ESPN3W 38–214,212
October 242:00 pmNo. 20 Western IllinoisNo. 3
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
CSNC/ESPN3W 48–2813,391
October 3112:00 pmNo. 21 Indiana StateNo. 3
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
CSNC/ESPN3W 27–247,498
November 72:00 pmat No. 11 South Dakota StateNo. 2
ESPN3L 20–259,081
November 142:00 pmat Southern IllinoisNo. 6
MVC TV/ESPN3W 42–216,388
November 2112:00 pmSouth DakotaNo. 6
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
CSNC/ESPN3W 46–05,210
December 51:00 pmWestern Illinois*No. 4
ESPN3W 36–196,124
December 116:30 pmNo. 12 Richmond*No. 4
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)
ESPN3L 27–395,356

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Game summaries edit

@ Iowa edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#2 Redbirds 0 0 0 14 14
Hawkeyes 7 10 7 7 31
See also: 2015 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

Morgan State edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 7 7 0 14
#4 Redbirds 22 14 21 10 67
See also: 2015 Morgan State Bears football team

@ Eastern Illinois edit

1 2 3 4OT Total
#5 Redbirds 10 14 0 73 34
Panthers 14 7 0 100 31
See also: 2015 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team and Mid-America Classic

Northern Iowa edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Panthers 0 7 3 3 13
#4 Redbirds 0 0 7 14 21
See also: 2015 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

@ Youngstown State edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#4 Redbirds 7 7 3 14 31
#9 Penguins 6 3 3 17 29
See also: 2015 Youngstown State Penguins football team

@ Missouri State edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#4 Redbirds 14 17 7 0 38
Bears 0 0 0 2 2
See also: 2015 Missouri State Bears football team

Western Illinois edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Leathernecks 7 14 7 0 28
#3 Redbirds 14 7 14 13 48
See also: 2015 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

Indiana State edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#21 Sycamores 0 21 3 0 24
#3 Redbirds 2 7 7 11 27
See also: 2015 Indiana State Sycamores football team

@ South Dakota State edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#2 Redbirds 7 0 7 6 20
#11 Jackrabbits 0 13 6 6 25
See also: 2015 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

@ Southern Illinois edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#6 Redbirds 0 14 21 7 42
Salukis 0 21 0 0 21
See also: 2015 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

South Dakota edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Coyotes 0 0 0 0 0
#6 Redbirds 3 20 13 10 46
See also: 2015 South Dakota Coyotes football team

Western Illinois—NCAA Division I Second Round edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Leathernecks 3 3 6 7 19
#4 Redbirds 7 0 8 21 36

Richmond—NCAA Division I Quarterfinal edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#12 Spiders 10 9 6 14 39
#4 Redbirds 0 7 7 13 27
See also: 2015 Richmond Spiders football team

Ranking movements edit

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS2 (3)4 (20)5 (6)4 (2)4 (2)4 (1)4 (1)3 (6)3 (3)2 (18)6645
Coaches25 (6)6 (1)54444 (2)3 (20)2 (3)6645

References edit

  1. ^ "Illinois State Redbirds Schedule 2015". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "2015 Football Schedule". Illinois State University. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
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