1984 Illinois State Redbirds football team

1984 Illinois State Redbirds football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record5–6 (3–2 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHancock Stadium
1984 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tulsa $ 5 0 0 6 5 0
No. 5 Indiana State ^ 4 1 0 9 3 0
Illinois State 3 2 0 5 6 0
West Texas State 2 3 0 3 8 0
Wichita State 2 3 0 2 9 0
Drake 2 3 0 4 7 0
Southern Illinois 0 5 0 3 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Indiana State's game against Louisville and West Texas State and Wichita State's games against New Mexico State counted in the conference standings. The conference was a hybrid of NCAA Division I-A and I-AA programs. Tulsa and Wichita State were I-A and the other teams were I-AA.
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1984 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 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fourth year under head coach Bob Otolski, the Redbirds compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 3–2 in conference play, placing third out of seven teams in the MVC. Illinois State played home games at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois.