2001 Illinois State Redbirds football team

The 2001 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The team was led by second-year head coach Denver Johnson and played their home games at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois. The Redbirds finished the season with an overall record of 2–9 and a record of 2–5 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the Gateway.^[1]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 30	at Western Michigan*	No. 16	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	L 7–48	33,976	[2]
September 8	at Murray State*	No. 21	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	L 17–32	2,661	[3]
September 15	No. 11 Eastern Illinois*		Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	Canceled		[4]
September 22	Southeast Missouri State*		Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	L 33–38	7,027	[5]
September 29	No. 19 Southwest Texas State*		Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	L 13–20	12,461	[6]
October 6	at Southern Illinois		McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	L 17–23	9,830	[7]
October 13	No. 14 Western Illinois		Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	L 23–33	6,777	[8]
October 20	at No. 5 Youngstown State		Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	L 30–44	19,171	[9]
October 27	No. 11 Northern Iowa		Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	W 42–14	10,173	[10]
November 3	No. 7 Western Kentucky		Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	L 14–58	6,493	[11]
November 10	Indiana State		Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	W 31–17	5,669	[12]
November 17	at Plaster Sports Complex Springfield	L 31–48	5,540	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

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