2016 Illinois State Redbirds football team


The 2016 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-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 6–6, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Central Arkansas in the first round.

Schedule

Valparaiso

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–21948ILST, 16–14

@ Northwestern

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–12010NW, 37–3

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.

Eastern Illinois

Overall recordLast meetingResult
54–40–92015ILST, 34–31 OT

@ Indiana State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
36–29–22015ILST, 27–24

@ North Dakota State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–62014 FCS PlayoffsNDSU, 29–27

Youngstown State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
13–122015ILST, 31–29

Southern Illinois

Overall recordLast meetingResult
35–40–32015ILST, 42–21

@ South Dakota

Overall recordLast meetingResult
5–02015ILST, 46–0

South Dakota State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–32015SDSU, 25–20

@ Western Illinois

Overall recordLast meetingResult
45–50–32015 FCS PlayoffsILST, 36–19

Missouri State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
19–16–12015ILST, 38–2

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Central Arkansas

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–02006ILST, 18–3

Ranking movements