2014 Illinois State Redbirds football team

2014 Illinois State Redbirds football
MVFC co-champion
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports Network No. 2
FCS Coaches No. 2
2014 record 13–2 (7–1 MVFC)
Head coach Brock Spack (6th year)
Offensive coordinator Kurt Beathard
Defensive coordinator Spence Nowinsky
Home stadium Hancock Stadium
(Capacity: 13,391)
2014 MVFC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#1 North Dakota St. +^   7 1         15 1  
#2 Illinois State +^   7 1         13 2  
#10 Northern Iowa ^   6 2         9 5  
#12 South Dakota St. ^   5 3         9 5  
#19 Indiana State ^   4 4         8 6  
#22 Youngstown State   4 4         7 5  
Southern Illinois   3 5         6 6  
Western Illinois   3 5         5 7  
Missouri State   1 7         4 8  
South Dakota   0 8         2 10  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2014 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-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 13–2, 7–1 in MVFC play to win a share of the conference title with North Dakota State. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Northern Iowa, Eastern Washington, and New Hampshire to advance to the FCS National Championship game where they lost to fellow MVFC member North Dakota State to finish as national runner-up.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 6 6:30 PM Mississippi Valley State* Hancock StadiumNormal, IL CSNC W 62–0   10,243
September 13 12:00 PM No. 25 Eastern Illinois* Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL (Mid-America Classic) CSNC W 34–15   12,570
September 27 6:30 PM Austin Peay* No. 23 Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL RTV W 55–6   8,443
October 4 2:00 PM No. 9 South Dakota Statedagger No. 22 Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL RTV W 45–10   10,919
October 11 2:00 PM at No. 20 Indiana State No. 15 Memorial StadiumTerre Haute, IN CSNC W 20–18   7,534
October 18 3:00 PM at Western Illinois No. 10 Hanson FieldMacomb, IL WIUtv3 W 37–34   4,641
October 25 6:00 PM Missouri State No. 9 Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL RTV W 21–7   10,164
November 1 4:00 PM at No. 22 Northern Iowa No. 7 UNI-DomeCedar Falls, IA RTV L 28–42   12,154
November 8 1:00 PM No. 10 Youngstown State No. 12 Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL RTV W 35–21   8,271
November 15 1:00 PM at South Dakota No. 8 DakotaDomeVermillion, SD RTV W 45–26   6,712
November 22 1:00 PM Southern Illinois No. 8 Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL CSNC W 44–29   7,295
December 6 1:00 PM No. 10 Northern Iowa* No. 7 Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL (FCS Playoffs Second Round) ESPN3 W 41–21   5,575
December 13 3:00 PM at No. 4 Eastern Washington* No. 7 Roos FieldCheney, WA (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals) ESPN3 W 59–46   6,239
December 20 1:00 PM at No. 1 New Hampshire* No. 7 Cowell StadiumDurham, NH (FCS Playoffs Semifinals) ESPNU W 21–18   9,497
January 10 12:00 PM vs. No. 2 North Dakota State No. 7 Toyota StadiumFrisco, TX (FCS National Championship Game) ESPN2 L 27–29   20,918
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

2014 Home Attendance Average

The Illinois State Redbird Football program averaged 10,497 fans for the 2014 home football games.

Redbirds Drafted

Draft Year Player Position Round Overall NFL Team
2015 James O'Shaughnessy TE 5173 Kansas City Chiefs

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final 
Sports Network RV RV RV RV 23 22 15 10 9 7 12 8 8 7 2 
Coaches RV RV RV 24 22 22 15 9 9 6 12 7 7 7 2

References

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