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2016 Illinois State Redbirds football team


2016 Illinois State Redbirds football
Missouri Valley Football Conference
6–6 (4–4 MVFC)
Brock Spack (8th season)
Dan Clark (1st season)Billy Dicken (1st season)
Spence Nowinsky (3rd season)
Mark Spelman
Alejandro Rivera
Dalton Keene
Mark Spelman
Alec Kocour
Cole Bumpus
Hancock Stadium

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.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:00 pmValparaiso*No. 10Hancock StadiumNormal, ILESPN3W 50–1310,026
September 102:30 pmat Northwestern*No. 10Ryan FieldEvanston, ILBTNW 9–730,748
September 172:00 pmEastern Illinois*No. 5Hancock StadiumNormal, IL (Mid-America Classic)CSN CHL 21–2413,391
September 242:00 pmIndiana StateNo. 9Memorial StadiumTerre Haute, INESPN3L 31–346,561
October 11:00 pmat No. 1 North Dakota StateNo. 18FargodomeFargo, NDESPN3L 10–3118,907
October 82:00 pmNo. 15 Youngstown StateNo. 23Hancock StadiumNormal, ILCSN CHL 6–2012,570
October 156:00 pmSouthern IllinoisHancock StadiumNormal, ILCSN CHW 31–2810,211
October 222:00 pmat South DakotaDakotaDomeVermillion, SDESPN3L 24–277,416
October 292:00 pmNo. 7 South Dakota StateHancock StadiumNormal, ILCSN CHW 38–217,595
November 51:00 pmat No. 12 Western IllinoisHanson FieldMacomb, ILESPN3W 31–263,589
November 1212:00 pmMissouri StateHancock StadiumNormal, ILESPN3W 37–07,144
November 262:00 pmat No. 14 Central Arkansas*Estes StadiumConway, AR (NCAA Division I First Round)ESPN3L 24–313,165
*Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time
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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.

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