2017 Illinois State Redbirds football team

2017 Illinois State Redbirds football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Record6–5 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinators
Defensive coordinatorSpence Nowinsky (4th season)
MVPs
Captains
  • Jake Kolbe
  • Dalton Keene
  • Brannon Barry
Home stadiumHancock Stadium
2017 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State $^  7 1   14 1  
No. 3 South Dakota State ^  6 2   11 3  
No. 19 Northern Iowa ^  6 2   8 5  
No. 13 Western Illinois ^  5 3   8 4  
No. 15 South Dakota ^  4 4   8 5  
Illinois State  4 4   6 5  
Youngstown State  4 4   6 5  
Southern Illinois  2 6   4 7  
Missouri State  2 6   3 8  
Indiana State  0 8   0 11  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Brock Spack, the Redbirds compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for fifth in the MVFC. Illinois State played home games at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois.