2012 Illinois State Redbirds football team

2012 Illinois State Redbirds football

NCAA Division I Quarterfinal, L 35–51 vs. Eastern Washington
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 8
FCS Coaches	No. 9
Record	9–4 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach	Brock Spack (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Luke Huard (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Brock Spack (1st season)
MVP	Matt Brown, Colton Underwood
Captain	Matt Brown, Nate Palmer
Home stadium	Hancock Stadium
Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

2012 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 North Dakota State $^	7	–	1	14	–	1
No. 14 South Dakota State ^	6	–	2	9	–	4
No. 8 Illinois State ^	5	–	3	9	–	4
Indiana State	5	–	3	7	–	4
Southern Illinois	5	–	3	6	–	5
Youngstown State	4	–	4	7	–	4
Northern Iowa	4	–	4	5	–	6
Missouri State	3	–	5	3	–	8
Western Illinois	1	–	7	3	–	8
South Dakota	0	–	8	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2012 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Brock Spack, the Redbirds compiled an overall record of 9–4 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for third in the MVFC. Illinois State received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs. After a first-round bye, the Redbirds defeated Appalachian State in the second round before falling to Eastern Washington in the quarterfinals. The team played home games at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois.

Illinois State averaged 6,511 fans per home game in 2012 while the East Side of Hancock Stadium was being renovated. Two games were sold out, against Eastern Illinois and Southern Illinois.

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Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	12:00 pm	Dayton*	No. 19	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL		W 56–14	4,840
September 8	1:00 pm	at Eastern Michigan*	No. 18	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	CSNC	W 31–14	7,654
September 15	1:00 pm	Eastern Illinois*	No. 15	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL (Mid-America Classic)		W 54–51 ^2OT	7,700
September 22	3:00 pm	at Western Illinois	No. 15	Hanson Field Macomb, IL	CSNC	W 23–3	16,033
September 29	2:00 pm	at South Dakota	No. 13	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD		W 34–31	7,863
October 6	1:00 pm	Southern Illinois	No. 9	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	CSNC	L 0–17	8,000
October 13	1:00 pm	No. 8 Youngstown State	No. 14	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	CSNC	W 35–28	5,557
October 20	1:00 pm	Missouri State	No. 11	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL		L 17–24	6,180
October 27	4:00 pm	at Northern Iowa	No. 17	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	CSNC	W 33–21	9,946
November 3	1:00 pm	at No. 14 Indiana State	No. 17	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	CSNC	W 17–10	6,008
November 17	1:00 pm	No. 1 North Dakota State	No. 11	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	ESPN3	L 20–38	6,793	^[1]
December 1	1:00 pm	at No. 7 Appalachian State*	No. 16	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (NCAA Division I Second Round)	ESPN3	W 38–37 ^OT	16,719
December 8	5:00 pm	at No. 4 Eastern Washington*	No. 16	Roos Field Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)	ESPN3	L 35–51	7,512
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Sports Network	19	18	15	15	13	9	14	11	17	17	15	11	16	8
Coaches	20	19	17	15	12	11	16	13	17	15	15	11	15	9

Players drafted in the NFL

Draft year	Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL team
2013	Nate Palmer	LB	6	193	Green Bay Packers

References

^ "Bisons' 4th-quarter surge sinks Redbirds". The Pantagraph. November 28, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Illinois State Redbirds Schedule 2012". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
^ "2012 Football Schedule". Illinois State University. Retrieved November 29, 2022.

v t e Illinois State Redbirds football
Venues	Hancock Stadium (1963–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Eastern Illinois: Mid-America Classic
Culture & lore	Reggie Redbird "Go, You Redbirds"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
<span style="color:white">Seasons</span>	1887 1888–1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898–1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910–1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

v t e 2012 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants
Appalachian State Bethune-Cookman Cal Poly Central Arkansas Coastal Carolina Colgate Eastern Illinois Eastern Washington Georgia Southern Illinois State Montana State New Hampshire North Dakota State Old Dominion Sam Houston State South Dakota State Stony Brook Villanova Wagner Wofford
Champion – North Dakota State

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