2024 Illinois State Redbirds football team

American college football season

2024 Illinois State Redbirds football

Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 19
FCS Coaches	No. 20
Record	0–0 (0–0 MVFC)
Head coach	Brock Spack (16th season)
Offensive coordinator	Tony Petersen (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Travis Niekamp (7th season)
Home stadium	Hancock Stadium
Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

2024 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 19 Illinois State	0	–	0	0	–	0
Indiana State	0	–	0	0	–	0
Missouri State*	0	–	0	0	–	0
Murray State	0	–	0	0	–	0
No. 24 North Dakota	0	–	0	0	–	0
No. 2 North Dakota State	0	–	0	0	–	0
Northern Iowa	0	–	0	0	–	0
No. 5 South Dakota	0	–	0	0	–	0
No. 1 South Dakota State	0	–	0	0	–	0
No. 10 Southern Illinois	0	–	0	0	–	0
No. 25 Youngstown State	0	–	0	0	–	0
* Ineligible for 2024 FCS playoffs due to transition to the FBS

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant As of August 20, 2024 Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2024 Illinois State Redbirds football team will represent Illinois State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They will be led by 16th-year head coach Brock Spack.^[1] Illinois State will play home games at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV
August 31	11:00 a.m.	at No. 25 (FBS) Iowa*	No. 19	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	Big Ten Network
September 7	6:00 p.m.	at North Alabama*		Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	ESPN+
September 14	12:00 p.m.	Western Illinois*		Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	ESPN+
September 21	6:00 p.m.	Eastern Illinois*		Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	ESPN+
September 28	2:00 p.m.	North Dakota State		Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	ESPN+
October 5	6:00 p.m.	at Southern Illinois		Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	TBD
October 12	12:00 p.m.	Missouri State		Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	ESPN+
October 19	2:00 p.m.	at Murray State		Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	TBD
November 2	2:00 p.m.	Youngstown State		Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	ESPN+
November 9	1:00 p.m.	at Northern Iowa		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	TBD
November 16	12:00 p.m.	at Indiana State		Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+
November 23	12:00 p.m.	North Dakota		Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	ESPN+
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^[2]^[3]

^ "Football Coaches". Illinois State University Athletics. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
^ "2024 Illinois State Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
^ "2024 Football Schedule". Illinois State Athletics. Retrieved March 9, 2024.

v t e Illinois State Redbirds football
Venues	Hancock Stadium (1963–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Eastern Illinois: Mid-America Classic
Culture & lore	Reggie Redbird "Go, You Redbirds"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1887 1888–1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898–1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910–1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024