Illinois State Football
Photo Courtesy of Illinois State Athletics After suffering its first loss of the season last week, Illinois State football returns home Saturday for one of its biggest tests of the season. The No. 10 Redbirds will host No. 2 South Dakota State at 6 p.m. at Hancock Stadium in a matchup between two of the […]
Photo courtesy off of Illinois State Athletics CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Illinois State football’s perfect start came to an end Saturday as Northern Iowa handed the No. 3 Redbirds their first loss of the season, 28-21, in the Missouri Valley Football Conference opener at the UNI-Dome. ISU entered the matchup 4-0 after a strong non […]
Photo courtesy of Illinois State football NORMAL, Ill. — After a long four weeks, Illinois State football finally begins its Missouri Valley Football Conference campaign Saturday on the road against Northern Iowa. The No. 4 Redbirds come into the matchup 4-0 after a statement 49-13 win over Eastern Illinois on Sept. 19. The Panthers are […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. — No. 4 Illinois State football will face its biggest challenge of the season Saturday when it travels to DeKalb to take on Northern Illinois at 6 p.m. at Huskie Stadium. The Redbirds enter the matchup 2-0 after opening the season with dominant wins over St. Francis and […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Athletic MACOMB, Ill. — Illinois State wasted little time taking control of its rivalry with Western Illinois on Saturday, jumping to a 17-0 first-quarter lead before cruising to a 41-10 victory at Hanson Field. The No. 4 Redbirds scored on each of their first four drives and never allowed the […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill. — Since 2000, the Illinois State football team had not seen a scoreboard light up quite like this. The Redbirds defeated St. Francis 76-0 Saturday, setting a stadium record for points at Hancock Stadium. After emerging as one of the Redbird’s standout players in last season’s playoff […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State football NORMAL, Ill. — Illinois State football kicks off its season campaign against St. Francis (IL) at 6 p.m. on Aug. 29 at Hancock Stadium. The Redbirds are coming off a strong 2025 season where they fell short in the Football Championship Subdivision national title game to Montana State 35-34 […]
Image courtesy of WGLT Illinois State athletics capped what Director of Athletics Dr. Jeri Beggs described as “arguably, one of the best years of Redbird Athletics ever,” with success extending beyond competition into academics, fundraising and community engagement. The Redbirds won three conference championships and captured the Missouri Valley Conference All-Sport Trophy for the second […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Coming off a Week 1 loss against a highly touted and nationally ranked (FBS) Oklahoma squad, the Redbirds are happy to be back home and fully healthy. Illinois State Football is looking to bounce back from a 35-3 loss to the 18th ranked Oklahoma Sooners, but Coach Brock Spack is happy to […]
Image Courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. – Coach Spack stepped up the microphone prior to a huge matchup in the second round of the FCS D1 Football Playoffs against the Aggies from UC Davis. The #5 seeded Aggies were off last week with a first-round playoff bye, but the Birds were in action against […]