1947 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football | |
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Conference | Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Record | 4–3–2 (1–1–2 IIAC) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Walter Laitas |
Home stadium | McCormick Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois State | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State Normal | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Illinois | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1947 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football team represented Illinois State Normal University—now known as Illinois State University—as a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1947 college football season. The team was led by third-year head coach Edwin Struck and played its home games at McCormick Field. The Redbirds finished the season with a 4–3–2 overall record and a 1–1–2 record in conference play, placing third in the IIAC.[1]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 27 | Indiana State* |
| W 20–7 | [2] | ||
October 3 | at Michigan State Normal* |
| W 6–0 | [3] | ||
October 11 | at Loras* | Dubuque, IA | L 7–20 | [4] | ||
October 18 | Northern Illinois State |
| T 7–7 | [5] | ||
October 25 | at Eastern Illinois |
| L 6–13 | [6] | ||
November 1 | 2:00 p.m. | Washington University* |
| L 13–14 | 5,000 | [7][8] |
November 8 | Southern Illinois |
| T 6–6 | 600 | [9] | |
November 15 | at Western Illinois |
| W 26–0 | [10] | ||
November 22 | Illinois Wesleyan* |
| W 12–3 | [11] | ||
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