Redbirds are 6-5 overall and 4-4 in MVC
W50-13 at home over Valparaiso
W9-7 at Northwestern (B10)
L21-244 at home to Eastern Illinois
L31-34 at Indiana State
L10-31 at North Dakota State (seeded playoff team)
L6-20 at home to Youngstown State (playoff team)
W31-28 at home over Southern Illinois
L24-27 at South Dakota
W38-21 at home over South Dakota State (impressive win) (seeded playoff team)
W31-26 at Western Illinois
W37-0 at home over Missouri State
Game vs SDSU may be best game to look at. Held Jackrabbits to 105 gross rushing and 83 net. ISU ran for 230 gross and 209 net.
SDSU passed for only 430 (33-63) with 3 INTs. ISU threw for 138 but no INTs.
Punted for 38 yd avg but two inside 20.
SDSU was 11/19 3rd downs, 2/4 4th and 2/5 redzone scores. Redbirds were 5/13, 0/0 and 4/4.
http://goredbirds.com/boxscore.aspx?path=football&id=8356For the season, avg 26 points and gave up 21.
Rushed for 4.5 per carry and gave up only 3.4
Had 7 INTs and 8 lost fumbles while opponents were 12 and 2....ISU was only +1.
FGs were 15/19 (11 of last 13) and 33/35 PATs.......3 over 40 including one at 50.......80% redzone scores and 50% RZ TDs
Pretty balanced scoring per quarter with Q2 the most.
Top 4 RBs avg 4.9+ per carry. Top 3 receivers had 46+ catches each and 15 TDs between them and combined 175 yds per game.
Defense had 25 sacks BUT offense gave up 34......61 TFLs but gave up 79
Top 2 tacklers were 85+
http://goredbirds.com/documents/2016/11/12/ILS_Season_Stats.pdfTrivia: Bears played ISU at Normal on 9/6/06 in the first game vs a D1 team while in transition........Redbirds won 18-3 (heard that game on radio) in routine control the ball game.......Bears had 9 FDs, 63 rush yards but decent 256 passing.......Ross brown led Bear RBs with 39 yards and Aaron Fairooz had 8/146......ISU pounded it out as their top RB carried 27/141.......