1950 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football team

1950 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football
IIAC champion
ConferenceInterstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record7–1–2 (5–0–1 IIAC)
Head coach
MVPDean Burridge
CaptainDean Burridge, Ralph Lesnick
Home stadiumMcCormick Field
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Illinois State Normal $ 5 0 1 7 1 2
Western Illinois 4 1 0 7 1 0
Central Michigan 2 2 0 6 4 0
Eastern Illinois 2 2 0 5 3 0
Northern Illinois State 2 4 0 3 6 0
Southern Illinois 1 3 1 3 5 1
Michigan State Normal 0 4 0 3 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1950 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football team represented Illinois State Normal University—now known as Illinois State University—as a member of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1950 college football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Edwin Struck, the Redbirds compiled an overall record of 7–1–2 with a mark of 5–0–1 in conference play, winning the IIAC. Illinois State Normal lost to Missouri Mines in the postseason Corn Bowl.[1] The team played home games at McCormick Field in Normal, Illinois.

  1. ^ "2021 Redbird Football Media Guide" (PDF). Illinois State University Athletics Department. p. 65. Retrieved October 10, 2021.