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2014 Illinois State Redbirds football
2014 Illinois State Redbirds football
MVFC co-champion
NCAA Division I Championship Game, L 27–29 vs. North Dakota State
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 2
FCS Coaches	No. 2
Record	13–2 (7–1 MVFC)
Head coach	Brock Spack (6th season);
Offensive coordinator	Kurt Beathard (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Spence Nowinsky (1st season)
MVP	Tre Roberson, Mike Banks
Captain	Chris Highland, Dontae McCoy, Marshaun Coprich
Home stadium	Hancock Stadium
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2014 Illinois State Redbirds football team

American college football season

The 2014 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Brock Spack, the Redbirds compiled an overall record of 13–2 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, sharing the MVFC title with North Dakota State. Illinois State received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs. After a first-round bye, the Redbirds defeated Northern Iowa in the second round, Eastern Washington in the quarterfinals, and New Hampshire in the semifinals before losing to North Dakota State in the NCAA Division I Championship Game. The team played home games at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois.

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"Illinois State Redbirds Schedule 2014". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2022.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	6:30 pm	Mississippi Valley State*		Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	CSNC	W 62–0	10,243
September 13	12:00 pm	No. 25 Eastern Illinois*		Hancock Stadium Normal, IL (Mid-America Classic)	CSNC	W 34–15	12,570
September 27	6:30 pm	Austin Peay*	No. 23	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	RTV	W 55–6	8,443
October 4	2:00 pm	No. 9 South Dakota State	No. 22	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	RTV	W 45–10	10,919
October 11	2:00 pm	at No. 20 Indiana State	No. 15	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	CSNC	W 20–18	7,534
October 18	3:00 pm	at Western Illinois	No. 10	Hanson Field Macomb, IL	WIUtv3	W 37–34	4,641
October 25	6:00 pm	Missouri State	No. 9	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	RTV	W 21–7	10,164
November 1	4:00 pm	at No. 22 Northern Iowa	No. 7	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	RTV	L 28–42	12,154
November 8	1:00 pm	No. 10 Youngstown State	No. 12	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	RTV	W 35–21	8,271
November 15	1:00 pm	at South Dakota	No. 8	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	RTV	W 45–26	6,712
November 22	1:00 pm	Southern Illinois	No. 8	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	CSNC	W 44–29	7,295
December 6	1:00 pm	No. 10 Northern Iowa*	No. 7	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL (NCAA Division I Second Round)	ESPN3	W 41–21	5,575
December 13	3:00 pm	at No. 4 Eastern Washington*	No. 7	Roos Field Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)	ESPN3	W 59–46	6,239
December 20	1:00 pm	at No. 1 New Hampshire*	No. 7	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (NCAA Division I Semifinal)	ESPNU	W 21–18	9,497
January 10	12:00 pm	vs. No. 2 North Dakota State	No. 7	Toyota Stadium Frisco, TX (NCAA Division I Championship Game)	ESPN2	L 27–29	20,918
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Sports Network	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	22	15	10	9	7	12	8	8	7	2
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	24	22	22	15	9	9	6	12	7	7	7	2

Draft Year	Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL Team
2015	James O'Shaughnessy	TE	5	173	Kansas City Chiefs

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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 North Dakota State +^	7	–	1	15	–	1
No. 2 Illinois State +^	7	–	1	13	–	2
No. 10 Northern Iowa ^	6	–	2	9	–	5
No. 12 South Dakota St. ^	5	–	3	9	–	5
No. 19 Indiana State ^	4	–	4	8	–	6
No. 22 Youngstown State	4	–	4	7	–	5
Southern Illinois	3	–	5	6	–	6
Western Illinois	3	–	5	5	–	7
Missouri State	1	–	7	4	–	8
South Dakota	0	–	8	2	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll