Category: Missouri Valley Football Conference
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Understanding ‘the why’: SIU safety uses injury recovery to dig in to defensive scheme

Southern Illinois safety Matthew McClelland, who missed last season with a knee injury, grabbed his first interception of the season last weekend.
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Bye week evaluation: Redbirds regroup after early conference stumbles

After a 4-0 start to the season, Illinois State has lost its first two Missouri Valley Football Conference games. Following their bye week, the Redbirds play at 3 p.m. Oct. 17 at rival Southern Illinois.
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‘We weren’t good enough’: Offensive struggles too much for SIU to overcome

The Southern Illinois offense endured a number of struggles in Saturday’s home loss to Youngstown State.
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Ruffled Redbirds enter bye week reeling from consecutive conference losses

After winning its first four games, Illinois State has opened Missouri Valley Football Conference play with two losses.
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Redbird rewind: Game-changing plays spark South Dakota State past ISU

Illinois State lost its second straight Missouri Valley Football Conference game Saturday night in Normal.
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Saluki rewind: Second-half struggles cause Southern Illinois to stumble against YSU

Southern Illinois sputtered through the second half Saturday in Carbondale, dropping a 28-16 decision to Youngstown State.
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Boals, Redbirds seek bounceback victory as No. 2 South Dakota State visits Normal

Illinois State, South Dakota State meet in Top 10 at 6 pm. Saturday at Hancock Stadium.
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Multiple causes in ‘comedy of errors’ loss at unranked Northern Iowa, ISU head coach says

Head coach Brock Spack analyzes his team’s first loss of the season, which snapped an 11-game road winning streak
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From tackle to flag, former Illinois State LB McCoy embraces dual college coaching role

Former Illinois State linebacker LaVoise-Deontae McCoy is enjoying his first college coaching role as a defensive backs coach and head women’s flag football coach.
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Redbird rewind: Northern Iowa upsets nationally ranked ISU, snapping road win streak

Unranked Northern Iowa knocked off natinonally ranked Illinois State Saturday, snapping the Redbirds’ 11-game road winning streak.