1953 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football team

1953 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football
ConferenceInterstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record5–4 (3–3 IIAC)
Head coach
MVPMilt Kadlec
Captains
  • Gene Hoffman
  • Jim Fox
Home stadiumMcCormick Field
1953 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion

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. Illinois State Normal played home games at McCormick Field in Normal, Illinois.