2024 Illinois State Redbirds football team

2024 Illinois State Redbirds football
2024 Illinois State Redbirds football
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 21
FCS Coaches	No. 22
Record	0–1 (0–0 MVFC)
Head coach	Brock Spack (16th season);
Offensive coordinator	Tony Petersen (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Travis Niekamp (7th season)
Home stadium	Hancock Stadium
	Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 Illinois State Redbirds football team will represent Illinois State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They will be led by 16th-year head coach Brock Spack.^[1] Illinois State will play home games at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois.

2024 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Northern Iowa	0	–	0	1	–	0
No. 6 South Dakota	0	–	0	1	–	0
No. 21 Illinois State	0	–	0	0	–	1
Indiana State	0	–	0	0	–	1
Missouri State*	0	–	0	0	–	1
Murray State	0	–	0	0	–	1
No. 23 North Dakota	0	–	0	0	–	1
No. 2 North Dakota State	0	–	0	0	–	1
No. 1 South Dakota State	0	–	0	0	–	1
No. 10 Southern Illinois	0	–	0	0	–	1
No. 25 Youngstown State	0	–	0	0	–	1
* Ineligible for 2024 FCS playoffs due to transition to the FBS

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant As of September 3, 2024 Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	11:00 a.m.	at No. 25 (FBS) Iowa*	No. 19	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	Big Ten Network	L 0–40	69,250
September 7	6:00 p.m.	at North Alabama*	No. 21	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	ESPN+
September 14	12:00 p.m.	Western Illinois*		Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	ESPN+
September 21	6:00 p.m.	Eastern Illinois*		Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	ESPN+
September 28	2:00 p.m.	North Dakota State		Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	ESPN+
October 5	6:00 p.m.	at Southern Illinois		Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	TBD
October 12	12:00 p.m.	Missouri State		Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	ESPN+
October 19	2:00 p.m.	at Murray State		Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	TBD
November 2	2:00 p.m.	Youngstown State		Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	ESPN+
November 9	1:00 p.m.	at Northern Iowa		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	TBD
November 16	12:00 p.m.	at Indiana State		Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+
November 23	12:00 p.m.	North Dakota		Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	ESPN+
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Game One – No. 19 Illinois State Redbirds (0-0) at No. 25 (FBS) Iowa Hawkeyes (0-0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 19 Illinois State	0	0	0	0	0
No. 25 Iowa (FBS)	3	3	13	21	40

Date: Saturday August 31, 2024
Game time: 11:00 AM CST
Game weather: Sunny; 76 °F (24 °C); Wind: 4 mph NW
Game attendance: 69,250
Referee: Mark Kluczynski
TV announcers (BTN): Mark Followill (play-by-play), Anthony Herron (analyst), and Melanie Ricks (sideline)

Game information

5:35 Iowa – Drew Stevens 41-yard field goal (Drive: 4 plays, 6 yards, 1:31; Iowa 3–0)

1:00 Iowa – Drew Stevens 28-yard field goal (Drive: 10 plays, 49 yards, 2:48; Iowa 6–0)

11:32 Iowa – Reece Vander Zee 7-yard pass from Cade McNamara (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed) (Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:28; Iowa 12–0)
7:46 Iowa – Jacob Gill 31-yard pass from Cade McNamara (Drew Stevens kick) (Drive: 5 plays, 66 yards, 2:27; Iowa 19–0)

14:54 Iowa – Reece Vander Zee 19-yard pass from Cade McNamara (Drew Stevens kick) (Drive: 4 plays, 62 yards, 1:39; Iowa 26–0)
11:09 Iowa – Kaleb Johnson 64-yard run (Drew Stevens kick) (Drive: 4 plays, 77 yards, 2:04; Iowa 33–0)
5:48 Iowa – Kaleb Johnson 18-yard run (Drew Stevens kick) (Drive: 5 plays, 34 yards, 3:11; Iowa 40–0)

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Illinois State	Passing	Tommy Rittenhouse	10/20, 119 yards, INT
	Rushing	Wenkers Wright	9 carries, 36 yards
	Receiving	Xavier Loyd	4 receptions, 53 yards
Iowa	Passing	Cade McNamara	21/31, 251 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Kaleb Johnson	11 carries, 119 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Reece Vander Zee	5 receptions, 66 yards, 2 TD

Game Two – No. 21 Illinois State Redbirds (0–1) vs North Alabama Lions (0–2) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 21 Illinois State	0	0	0	0	0
North Alabama	0	0	0	0	0

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

^ "Football Coaches". Illinois State University Athletics. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
^ "2024 Illinois State Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
^ "2024 Football Schedule". Illinois State Athletics. Retrieved March 9, 2024.

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