2017 Illinois State Redbirds football team

2017 Illinois State Redbirds football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Record6–5 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorDan Clark (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorBilly Dicken (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorSpence Nowinsky (4th season)
MVPDalton Keene, James Robinson
CaptainJake Kolbe, Dalton Keene, Brannon Barry
Home stadiumHancock Stadium
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 North Dakota State $^   7 1     14 1  
No. 3 South Dakota State ^   6 2     11 3  
No. 19 Northern Iowa ^   6 2     8 5  
No. 13 Western Illinois ^   5 3     8 4  
No. 15 South Dakota ^   4 4     8 5  
Illinois State   4 4     6 5  
Youngstown State   4 4     6 5  
Southern Illinois   2 6     4 7  
Missouri State   2 6     3 8  
Indiana State   0 8     0 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Brock Spack, the Redbirds compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for fifth in the MVFC. Illinois State played home games at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois.