2017 SCHEDULE
NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State football fans will have the opportunity to see their Redbirds up close and personal five times in 2017, as five home games grace the schedule with game times now set for each contest.
The 2017 season opener will take place Saturday, Sept. 2, when the Redbirds host Butler from the Pioneer League at 6:30 p.m. After a bye week, the Redbirds will then travel to face Eastern Illinois for the 106th meeting of the Mid-America Classic, which is set to be played on Sept. 16 at O'Brien Field in Charleston, Illinois. The game will continue the oldest FCS football rivalry in Illinois and the 13th-oldest at the FCS level, with the Redbirds leading the all-time series 54-42-9.
ISU will then begin MVFC play with a Sept. 23 contest at Missouri State, followed by a home game against Indiana State Sept. 30 for CommUniversity Day at 6:30 p.m. A road game at Northern Arizona in the Walkup Skydome will follow Oct. 7, with a road contest at Southern Illinois to take place the following week on Oct. 14. The 2017 Homecoming game against South Dakota will take place on Oct. 21 at 2 p.m., and will be followed by a trip to Youngstown State to end the month on Oct. 28.
The Redbirds will play two of their final three games at home, beginning on Nov. 4 against Western Illinois on Family Weekend at noon and ending on Nov. 18, when ISU hosts the Bison from North Dakota State on Senior Day at noon as well. A road contest at South Dakota State on Nov. 11 will round out the 2017 slate for the Redbirds.
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