1981 Illinois State Redbirds football team

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1981 Illinois State Redbirds football
Conference Missouri Valley Conference
Record3–7 (0–5 MVC)
Head coach
MVPAnthony Office
CaptainWillie Boyd, Anthony Office, Wade Mauland
Home stadium Hancock Stadium
Seasons
  1980
1982 
1981 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Drake + 5 1 010 1 0
Tulsa + 5 1 06 5 0
Southern Illinois 5 2 07 4 0
West Texas State 3 3 07 4 0
Wichita State 3 3 14 6 1
Indiana State 2 4 15 5 1
New Mexico State 1 5 03 8 0
Illinois State 0 5 03 7 0
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1981 Illinois State Redbirds football team was an American football team that represented Illinois State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Bob Otolski, the Redbirds compiled an overall record of 3–7 with a mark of 0–5 in confernece play, placing last uot of eight teams in the MVC. Illinois State played home games at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 5 Western Illinois *W 31–79,179 [1]
September 19 Eastern Michigan *
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
W 28–713,824 [2]
September 26at Northern Illinois *L 7–4015,387 [3]
October 3at Southern Illinois *L 3–1414,900 [4]
October 10 Eastern Illinois *
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL (rivalry)
W 25–3 [5]
October 17 New Mexico State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
L 10–2011,134 [6]
October 24at Indiana State L 14–34 [7]
October 31at Wichita State L 7–288,120 [8]
November 14 Drake
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
L 10–137,514 [9]
November 21 Ball State *
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL
L 10–144,832 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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  10. "Ball State defense stiffens to secure a winning finale". The Muncie Star. November 22, 1981. Retrieved August 17, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
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