2014 Illinois State Redbirds football team


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. Illinois State was a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Thee Redbirds finished the season 13–2 overall and 7–1 in MVFC play to share 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. There they lost conference foe North Dakota State to finish as national runner-up.

Schedule

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

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