1953 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football | |
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Conference | Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Record | 5–4 (3–3 IIAC) |
Head coach |
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MVP | Milt Kadlec |
Captain | Gene Hoffman, Jim Fox |
Home stadium | McCormick Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Michigan $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State Normal | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State Normal | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Illinois | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1953 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football team represented Illinois State Normal University—now known as Illinois State University—as a member of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1953 college football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Edwin Struck, the Redbirds compiled an overall record of 5–4 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, placing fourth in the IIAC. [1] Illinois State Normal played home games at McCormick Field in Normal, Illinois.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 26 | at Bradley * |
| L 0–13 | [2] | |
October 3 | Southern Illinois |
| W 27–20 | 3,000 | [3] |
October 10 | Beloit * |
| W 10–6 | [4] | |
October 16 | at Western Illinois | L 7–20 | [5] | ||
October 24 | at Northern Illinois State | W 39–0 | [6] | ||
October 31 | Central Michigan ![]() |
| L 19–29 | [7] | |
November 7 | at Michigan State Normal |
| L 6–27 | [8] | |
November 14 | Eastern Illinois |
| W 20–0 | [9] | |
November 21 | Illinois Wesleyan * |
| W 13–6 | 4,000 | [10] |
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