2017 Illinois State Redbirds football team
The 2017 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Brock Spack and played their home games at Hancock Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.

Schedule

Source: Schedule

Game summaries

Butler

at Eastern Illinois

at Missouri State

Indiana State

at Northern Arizona

at Southern Illinois

South Dakota

at Youngstown State

Western Illinois

at South Dakota State

North Dakota State

Redbirds drafted

Ranking movements