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Illinois State Football 41 ALL-AMERICANS • 16 NFL DRAFT PICKS • 323 MVFC SELECTIONS • THREE-TIME MVFC CHAMPIONS • EIGHT FCS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES 2019 SCHEDULE No. 13 Illinois State at No. 1 North Dakota State Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Aug. 31 at Northern Illinois (ESPN+) L, 10-24 2019 NCAA FCS CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTERFINALS Sept. 7 MOREHEAD STATE (NBC/ESPN+) W, 42-14 Date: Dec. 14, 2019 Sept. 14 at Eastern Illinois (ESPN+) W, 21-3 Time: 11 a.m. CT Sept. 21 NORTHERN ARIZONA (ESPN+) W, 40-27 Site: Fargo, North Dakota Oct. 5 #1 NORTH DAKOTA STATE* (NBC/ESPN+) L, 3-37 Stadium: Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome Oct. 12 at Southern Illinois* (ESPN3) W, 21-7 Oct. 19 at Western Illinois* (ESPN+) W, 28-14 Capacity: 18,700 Oct. 26 INDIANA STATE* (ESPN3) W, 24-7 Series: NDSU leads 10-2 Nov. 2 #9 NORTHERN IOWA* (NBC/ESPN+) L, 10-27 Illinois State North Dakota State Last: NDSU won 37-3 (Oct. 5, 2019) Nov. 9 at #4 South Dakota State* (ESPN+) W, 27-18 10-4 Overall 13-0 Overall Watch: ESPN Nov. 16 MISSOURI STATE*(NBC/ESPN+) W, 17-12 5-3 MVFC 8-0 MVFC Listen: WJBC AM 1230 / 93.7 FM / TuneIn Nov. 23 at Youngstown State* (ESPN+) L, 3-21 Nov. 30 at #12 Southeast Missouri (ESPN3) W, 24-6 Dec. 7 at #9 Central Arkansas (ESPN3) W, 24-14 THE GAME Dec. 14 at #1 North Dakota State (ESPN) 11 a.m. For the second week in a row, senior All-American running back James Robinson rushed for over Home games in CAPS. All times Central. 200 yards and led the Redbirds (10-4, 5-3 MVFC) to a 24-14 win over No. 8 national seed Central * Missouri Valley Football Conference game Arkansas in the second round of the FCS playoffs. With the win, ISU now heads to Fargo to face NBC - Game broadcast on NBC Sports Chicago No. 1 North Dakota State (13-0, 8-0 MVFC) in the quarterfinals Saturday for the right to advance ESPN3/+ - Game streamed on ESPN3/ESPN+ to the semifinals. ILLINOIS STATE COACHES THE SERIES Illinois State and North Dakota State will square off for the 13th time, with the Bison holding a 10-2 Brock Spack (f) Head Coach advantage in the all-time series. The Redbirds picked up wins over the Bison in 2009 and 2010, Kurt Beathard (pb) Offensive Coordinator/QB Travis Niekamp (pb) Defensive Coordinator/ILB but have dropped eight straight games to NDSU since that time. The two teams have only met Mike Banks (pb) DB in the playoffs once previously: the 2014 FCS National Championship game that saw the Bison Ben Black (f) Def. GA come from behind to beat the Redbirds, 29-27. Cody Deti (f) S Jacob Donohoe (f) Off. GA THE COACHES Harold Etheridge (f) OL Illinois State: Brock Spack (Purdue, 1983) is in his 11th season as the head coach at Illinois Khenon Hall (f) RB State (84-49). Spack has led the Redbirds to five appearances in the FCS playoffs and guided the Brian Hendricks (f) DL Redbirds to back-to-back shares of the MVFC title in 2014-15. He is the second winningest coach CJ Irvin (f) TE/ST in ISU football history, trailing only Edwin Struck (86). Overall, Spack is 7-4 in the FCS playoffs. Ghaali Muhammad-Lankford (pb) WR Nick Meyer (pb) Quality Control Kye Stewart (f) OLB North Dakota State: Matt Entz (Wartburg College, 1995) is in his first season as the head Game location: f - field, pb - press box coach at North Dakota State (13-0) and was named the 2019 MVFC Coach of the Year. Entz spent the previous five seasons as the NDSU's defensive coordinator and has been part of six ESPN Broadcast MVFC championships and four NCAA national championships with the Bison. Jay Alter, play by play THE @REDBIRDFB PROGRAM Ray Bentley, analyst 8 FCS playoff appearances (1998, 1999, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019) 6-time FCS quarterfinalists (1999, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019) Redbird sports NETWORK 2-time FCS semifinalists (1999, 2014) 10-7 record all-time in the FCS playoffs Dick Luedke, play-by-play Ted Schmitz, analyst 3-time Missouri Valley Football Conference champions (1999, 2014, 2015) Craig Bertsche, sideline The team set a program-record cumulative GPA of 3.01 in the Spring 2019 semester Athletics communications HEAD COACH BROCK SPACK When Brock Spack was named the 20th head coach in Illinois ILLINOIS STATE YEAR-BY-YEAR Mike Williams (football contact) 2009.................................................................6-5 State football history prior to the 2009 season, it did not just mark 2010.................................................................6-5 Assistant Athletics Director/Communications 2011 .................................................................7-4 O: (309) 438-7748 | C: (309) 825-8828 the beginning of a new era in Redbird Football, but it also signaled 2012..................................9-4 (FCS quarterfinals) 2013.................................................................5-6 [email protected] | @ISU_mcwilli the beginning of an entirely new belief system for the type of football 2014....................................13-2 (FCS runner-up) 2015................................10-3 (FCS quarterfinals) program that Illinois State could fi eld. Since that time, the Redbirds have 2016..................................... 6-6 (FCS first round) 2017.................................................................6-5 posted nine .500 or better campaigns, including a 13-2 record in 2014 2018.................................................................6-5 on way to the FCS National Championship game. Spack guided the 2019................................10-4 (FCS quarterfinals) TOTAL ...............................................84-49 (.631) Redbirds to three-straight playoff appearances from 2014-16 and fi ve in WINS BREAKDOWN the past eight seasons overall. Spack, who is in his 11th season, ranks Home ...........................................................52-14 Away ............................................................32-34 second in ISU program history in wins (84) and has the best winning Neutral .............................................................0-1 Conference (regular season) .......................53-35 percentage among coaches with more than one year. Non-Conference (regular season) ...............24-10 FCS Playoffs ....................................................7-4 2019 ILLINOIS STATE REDBIRD FOOTBALL GAME NOTES // #BACKTHEBIRDS MEDIA INFORMATION GAME 15 // at North Dakota State // Dec. 14, 2019 // PAGE 2 QUICK FACTS THE GAME WEEK SCHEDULE Institution .........................................Illinois State University A quick look at Illinois State's media availability on game week. All appointments can be made by calling the athletics Location ..............................................................Normal, Ill. communications offi ce at (309) 438-7748. Founded ...................................................................... 1857 NORTH DAKOTA STATE GAME WEEK SCHEDULE Enrollment ................................................................ 20,635 Nickname ...............................................................Redbirds Sunday 1234567Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Colors ............................................Red (PMS 186) & White Film Study and OFF DAY Player/Coach Player/Coach Player/Coach Travel Day Illinois State at Practice Interviews Interviews Interviews No player/coach North Dakota State Mascot ........................................................ Reggie Redbird No player/coach Available after practice Available after practice No player/coach availability Affi liation .....................................................NCAA Division I availability (approx. 12:30 p.m.) (approx. 12:30 p.m.) availability ....................Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Press Conference Conference .....................................Missouri Valley Football Kaufman Football Facility .....................................................Hancock Stadium Building – 2 p.m. Capacity .................................................................... 13,391 Brock Spack Show University President ......................................Dr. Larry Dietz Schooners 6-7 p.m. Director of Athletics ............................................Larry Lyons NCAA Faculty Representative ......................Dr. Jeri Beggs CLEAR BAG POLICY COACHING STAFF The Illinois State Athletics Department will continue its clear bag safety policy for fans and patrons attending games at Hancock Stadium during the 2019 season. Ensuring the safety of Redbird fans and guests is a Head Coach ........................Brock Spack, 84-49 (11th Year) Alma Mater .....................................................Purdue, 1983 top priority for ISU Athletics, and this new policy falls in line with similar safety measures instituted all over Offensive Coordinator ............................Kurt Beathard (QB) the country in collegiate and professional athletic venues. Media members MAY STILL BRING IN BAGS, Defensive Coordinator .........................Travis Niekamp (ILB however they MUST check in at the designated GATE 5 media entrance on game day and have their bag Assistant Coaches ....................................Mike Banks (DB) checked and tagged. .......................................................Ben Black (Off. GA) .................................................................Cody Deti (S) ..............................................Jacob Donohoe (Off. GA) REDBIRD SPORTS NETWORK ...................................................Harold Etheridge (OL) WJBC (AM 1230, FM 93.7), the fl agship station of Illinois State athletics, will serve as the host of the ........................................