Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State Redbirds football team is back to their winning ways after they defeated the Missouri State Bears in a shootout. The final score of the game was 36-35, and the Redbirds were able to improve their record to 5-4. Meanwhile, the Bears fell to a record of 3-6. With just over three minutes left in the game, Celdon Manning went […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics The Illinois State Redbirds football team is halfway through their 2023 campaign. Brock Spack and his side currently hold a record of 4-2 and are 25th in the FCS rankings. The Redbirds started off the season red-hot as they decimated Dayton and Western Illinois. Then, Eastern Illinois edged out a close contest against ISU. After that, they would trounce Lindenwood, just to get crushed by […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics Each year, Illinois State University Head Football Coach Brock Spack chooses Illinois State football student-athletes for prestigious endowed scholarships, and this year Coach handed out four. The winners of these endowed scholarships; runningbacks Wenkers Wright and Cole Mueller, Tight End Max Ziebarth, and quarterback Zach Annexstad (pictured above). Wright was awarded the W.F. Ruebush Endowed Scholarship, a redshirt sophomore running back from Floyds Knobs, Indiana, […]
The Illinois State Redbirds could not have had a much better start to their season as they defeated the Dayton Flyers 41-0. It was an impressive performance in all aspects of the game for Brock Spack’s team. The team combined for 280 passing yards, 193 passing yards, and no points allowed. Senior Zack Annexstad had a great start to his season. The Minnesota native went 23/30, 255 passing yards, and […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State Redbirds took on the Southern Illinois Salukis to kick off October, the Redbirds sporting a 2-1 record coming into the contest and the Salukis coming in with an even 2-2 record after starting their season off 0-2. It was the Salukis in the end who took home the 19-14 win despite a valiant effort by the Redbirds in the […]
