The 2015 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Brock Spack, the Redbirds compiled an overall record of 10–3 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, sharing the MVFC title with North Dakota State for the second consecutive season. Illinois State received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs. After a first-round bye, the Redbirds defeated Western Illinois in the second round, before losing to Richmond in the quarterfinals. The team played home games at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois.
Schedule
Game summaries
@ Iowa
Morgan State
@ Eastern Illinois
Northern Iowa
@ Youngstown State
@ Missouri State
Western Illinois
Indiana State
@ South Dakota State
@ Southern Illinois
South Dakota
Western Illinois—NCAA Division I Second Round
Richmond—NCAA Division I Quarterfinal
Ranking movements
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