2025 Illinois State Redbirds football team
{{Short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2025
| team = Illinois State Redbirds
| sport = football
| image = Illinois State Redbirds Wordmark.png
| image_size = 175
| conference = Missouri Valley Football Conference
| short_conf = MVFC
| record = 0–0
| conf_record = 0–0
| STATSRank =
| FCSCoachRank =
| head_coach = Brock Spack
| hc_year = 17th
| off_coach = Tony Petersen
| oc_year = 4th
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = Travis Niekamp
| dc_year = 8th
| def_scheme =
| captain =
| stadium = Hancock Stadium
| bowl =
| bowl_result =
}}
{{2025 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings}}
The 2025 Illinois State Redbirds football team will represent Illinois State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2025 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They will be led by 17th-year head coach Brock Spack. The Redbirds will play their home games at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 2024
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS
| poll = STATS
| timezone = Central
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = August 30
| time = TBA
| w/l =
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank =
| opponent = Oklahoma
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Norman, OK
| tv = TBA
| score =
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 6
| time = TBA
| w/l =
| nonconf = y
| rank =
| opponent = Morehead State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Hancock Stadium
| site_cityst = Normal, IL
| tv = TBA
| score =
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 13
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| w/l =
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank =
| opponent = Eastern Illinois
| opprank =
| site_stadium = O'Brien Field
| site_cityst = Charleston, IL
| gamename = Mid-America Classic
| tv = TBA
| score =
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 20
| time = TBA
| w/l =
| nonconf = y
| rank =
| opponent = North Alabama
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Hancock Stadium
| site_cityst = Normal, IL
| tv = TBA
| score =
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| time = TBA
| w/l =
| rank =
| opponent = North Dakota State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Fargodome
| site_cityst = Fargo, ND
| tv = TBA
| score =
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 11
| time = TBA
| w/l =
| away = y
| rank =
| opponent = Murray State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Roy Stewart Stadium
| site_cityst = Murray, KY
| tv = TBA
| score =
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| time = TBA
| w/l =
| rank =
| opponent = Youngstown State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Stambaugh Stadium
| site_cityst = Youngstown, OH
| tv = TBA
| homecoming = y
| score =
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 25
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l =
| away = y
| rank =
| opponent = South Dakota
| opprank =
| site_stadium = DakotaDome
| site_cityst = Vermillion, SD
| tv = TBA
| score =
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 1
| time = TBA
| w/l =
| rank =
| opponent = Northern Iowa
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Hancock Stadium
| site_cityst = Normal, IL
| tv = TBA
| score =
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 8
| time = TBA
| w/l =
| away = y
| rank =
| opponent = Indiana State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Terre Haute, IN
| tv = TBA
| score =
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| time = TBA
| w/l =
| away = y
| rank =
| opponent = South Dakota State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
| site_cityst = Brookings, SD
| tv = TBA
| score =
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 22
| time = TBA
| w/l =
| rank =
| opponent = Southern Illinois
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Saluki Stadium
| site_cityst = Carbondale, IL
| tv = TBA
| score =
| attend =
}}
}}
{{cite web|url=https://goredbirds.com/sports/football/schedule/2025|title=2025 Football Schedule|website=goredbirds.com|publisher=Illinois State Athletics|access-date=March 27, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://fbschedules.com/2025-illinois-state-football-schedule/|title=2025 Illinois State Football Schedule|website=fbschedules.com|publisher=FBSchedules|access-date=March 27, 2025}}
References
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