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2023 Illinois State Redbirds football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Record6–5 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTony Petersen (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorTravis Niekamp (6th season)
Home stadiumHancock Stadium
Seasons
← 2022
2024 →
2023 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 South Dakota State $^   8 – 0     15 – 0  
No. 4 South Dakota ^   7 – 1     10 – 3  
No. 3 North Dakota State ^   5 – 3     11 – 4  
No. 19 Youngstown State ^   5 – 3     8 – 5  
No. 16 North Dakota ^   5 – 3     7 – 5  
Northern Iowa   5 – 3     6 – 5  
No. 12 Southern Illinois ^   4 – 4     8 – 5  
Illinois State   4 – 4     6 – 5  
Missouri State   3 – 5     4 – 7  
Murray State   1 – 7     2 – 9  
Indiana State   1 – 7     1 – 10  
Western Illinois   0 – 8     0 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
As of May 18, 2024
Rankings from STATS Poll
Illinois State Redbird Wordmark

The 2023 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 15th-year head coach Brock Spack. Illinois State played home games at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 212:00 p.m.Dayton*
Marquee/ESPN+W 41–06,740
September 93:00 p.m.at Western Illinois
ESPN+W 34–183,648
September 162:00 p.m.at Eastern Illinois*
ESPN+L 13–146,602
September 2312:00 p.m.Lindenwood*
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
ESPN+W 48–1713,391
October 76:00 p.m.No. 1 South Dakota State
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
Marquee/ESPN+L 21–408,272
October 142:00 p.m.Indiana Statedagger
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
Marquee/ESPN+W 44–79,135
October 211:00 p.m.No. 25 Youngstown State
ESPN+L 38–4110,022
October 2812:00 p.m.No. 23 Northern Iowa
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
ESPN+L 21–24N/A
November 42:00 p.m.at Missouri State
ESPN+W 36–357,700
November 1111:00 a.m.Murray State
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
Marquee/ESPN+W 44–75,623
November 181:00 p.m.at No. 13 North Dakota
ESPN+L 21–229,238
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[1][2]

Game summaries[edit]

No. 1 South Dakota State[edit]

See also: 2023 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team
No. 1 South Dakota State at Illinois State
1 234Total
• No. 1 Jackrabbits 20 1406 40
Redbirds 0 1470 21
  • Date: October 7
  • Location:
    Hancock Stadium
    Normal, IL
  • Game start: 6:05 p.m. CDT
  • Elapsed time: 2:54
  • Game attendance: 8,272
  • Game weather: 56 °F (13 °C), Cloudy, Wind SW 9 mph (14 km/h)
  • Referee: Gregory Gompf
  • Television network: ESPN+
  • Source:


Statistics SDSU ISU
First downs 25 18
Total yards 547 293
Rushing yards 374 122
Passing yards 173 171
Turnovers 1 2
Time of possession 35:45 24:15
Team Category Player Statistics
South Dakota State Passing Mark Gronowski 11/17, 171 yards, 3 TD
Rushing Isaiah Davis 20 carries, 197 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Jaxon Janke 5 receptions, 88 yards, TD
Illinois State Passing Zack Annexstad 26/33, 162 yards, TD
Rushing Mason Blakemore 6 carries, 57 yards, TD
Receiving Daniel Sobkowicz 7 receptions, 70 yards, TD

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2023 Illinois State Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
  2. ^ "2023 Football Schedule". Illinois State Athletics. Retrieved March 23, 2023.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Illinois_State_Redbirds_football_team

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