Image Courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - The Redbirds approach the final week of the regular season with high hopes for the playoffs, but they still have one more opponent to take care of before worrying about the Postseason. Following a 31-19 victory over Indiana State, Coach Spack embraced the microphone after dominating the Sycamores in the final 3 quarters of their victory last week. The Redbirds will […]
NORMAL, Ill. - Coming off a bye week, Illinois State football returned to Hancock Stadium for a military appreciation game. The Redbirds took on the Youngstown State Penguins. In the first quarter, both teams dominated on the defensive side of the ball, and neither team's offense was able to score a touchdown. The quarter ended with ISU leading 3-2. But in the second, the Redbirds scored their first touchdown and […]
Image Courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - This past Saturday, Illinois State took on Missouri State at Hancock Stadium. Last time out, the Redbirds picked up a huge win, 45-10, against Southern Illinois. At the beginning of the game, the Bears put points on the board first with a touchdown. The Redbirds dug themselves in a hole straight out of the game. They followed up with a fumble recovery […]
Image Courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - The Redbirds are coming off a key road win against SIU on Saturday night, and they are looking to re-ignite their previous win streak with winnable games ahead. Coach Spack was elated coming off a strong performance against SIU in a game that he and the rest of his staff figured to be close. This was an important road and conference win […]
Image Courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State Football traveled to Carbondale this past Saturday to take on Southern Illinois. The Redbirds were 3-2 coming into this game following a loss to North Dakota State. ISU would be the first team to score a touchdown this game after a 36-yard rush from quarterback Tommy Rittenhouse. The Salukis would respond in the second quarter with a touchdown of their […]
Image Courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL,Ill. - Illinois State Football took on #2 ranked North Dakota State. Coming into this homecoming game the Redbirds were 3-1 and on a three game winning streak. In the first quarter of this game the Bisons would score a touchdown first. To close out the first half the Bisons would score another touchdown to take a 14-0 lead. After a two yard run […]
NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State Football Coach, Brock Spack spoke with the Media on Tuesday following an offensively dominated game for the Redbirds coming out with a 31-7 victory over the Eastern Illinois Panthers. Spack touched on the game a bit saying, “I thought we were a pretty balanced team and played well in all phases.” Considering the huge offensive performance struggles still ensued in the Week 4 matchup against […]
Image Courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - This past Saturday, Illinois State Redbird Football took on Eastern Illinois at home. This would be their 112th matchup against each other in the Mid-America Classic. ISU leads 60-43-9 in the all-time series between the two teams. In the first quarter, both teams struggled to score points for most of it. But as the quarter came to a close, the Redbirds scored […]
Image Courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - Coming off their win last week against North Alabama, the Redbirds came into this game 1-1 on the season, ready to kick off their home opener for a family weekend, where they played Western Illinois. The Redbirds would start off this game by getting two unanswered touchdowns and going up 14-0. One of those touchdowns came on the ground by quarterback Tommy […]
