2020 Illinois State Redbirds football team
The 2020 Illinois State Redbirds football team will represent Illinois State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They will be led by twelfth-year head coach Brock Spack and play their home games at Hancock Stadium. They are a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.Previous season
The Redbirds finished the 2019 season 8–4, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Southeast Missouri State and Central Arkansas to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to North Dakota State.Schedule
Illinois State released their full schedule on July 15, 2019. The Redbirds football team had a game scheduled against Illinois on September 4, which was later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.