1991 Illinois State Redbirds football team

1991 Illinois State Redbirds football
ConferenceGateway Collegiate Athletic Conference
Record5–6 (1–5 GCAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHancock Stadium
1991 Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Northern Iowa $^ 5 1 011 2 0
No. 14 Western Illinois ^ 4 2 07 4 1
Southern Illinois 4 2 07 4 0
Southwest Missouri State 3 3 06 4 1
Indiana State 2 4 05 6 0
Eastern Illinois 2 4 04 7 0
Illinois State 1 5 05 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1991 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University as a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (GCAC) during the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fourth year under head coach Jim Heacock, the Redbirds compiled an overall record of 5–6, with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, and finished seventh in the GCAC. Illinois State played home games at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois.