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2014 Illinois State Redbirds football team

2014 Illinois State Redbirds football
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MVFC co-champion
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports Network No. 2
FCS Coaches No. 2
2014 record 13–2 (7–1 MVFC)
Head coach Brock Spack (6th year)
Offensive coordinator Kurt Beathard
Defensive coordinator Spence Nowinsky
Home stadium Hancock Stadium
(Capacity: 13,391)
Seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 MVFC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#1 North Dakota St. +^   7 1         15 1  
#2 Illinois State +^   7 1         13 2  
#10 Northern Iowa ^   6 2         9 5  
#12 South Dakota St. ^   5 3         9 5  
#19 Indiana State ^   4 4         8 6  
#22 Youngstown State   4 4         7 5  
Southern Illinois   3 5         6 6  
Western Illinois   3 5         5 7  
Missouri State   1 7         4 8  
South Dakota   0 8         2 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2014 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-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 13–2, 7–1 in MVFC play to win a share of the conference title with North Dakota State. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Northern Iowa, Eastern Washington, and New Hampshire to advance to the FCS National Championship game where they lost to fellow MVFC member North Dakota State to finish as national runner-up.

The Illinois State Redbird Football program averaged 10,497 fans for the 2014 home football games.



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