2020 Illinois State Redbirds football team

2020 Illinois State Redbirds football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 22
Record1–3 (1–3 MVFC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorC. J. Irvin (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorGhaali Muhammad-Lankford (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorTravis Niekamp (3rd season)
CaptainDrew Himmelman, Zeke Vandenburgh , JT Bohlken
Home stadiumHancock Stadium
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 South Dakota State +^   5 1     8 2  
No. 12 Missouri State +^   5 1     5 5  
No. 7 North Dakota ^   4 1     5 2  
No. 6 North Dakota State ^   5 2     7 3  
No. 14 Southern Illinois ^   3 3     6 4  
Northern Iowa   3 4     3 4  
South Dakota   1 3     1 3  
Illinois State   1 3     1 3  
Western Illinois   1 5     1 5  
Youngstown State   1 6     1 6  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Note: Indiana State opted out of the spring season.
    † – Illinois State and Western Illinois opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 21 and April 5, 2021, respectively.
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by 12th-year head coach Brock Spack, the Redbirds compiled an overall record of 1–3 with an identical in conference play, tying for seventh place in the MVFC. Illinois State played home games at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois.

On March 21, 2021, Illinois State announced that it would opt out of the remainder of the 2021 spring season due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

  1. ^ "Illinois State football abandons remainder of 2021 spring season". 247Sports. Retrieved March 23, 2021.