2011 Northern Iowa Panthers football team
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| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 6 |
| FCS Coaches | No. 5 |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 North Dakota State +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 14 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Northern Iowa +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Illinois State | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youngstown State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri State | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2011 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers were coached by Mark Farley and played their home games at the UNI-Dome. They are members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 10–3, 7–1 in MVFC play to share the conference championship with North Dakota State. They received an at-large bid into the FCS playoffs where they defeated Wofford in the second round before falling to Montana in the quarterfinals.
Season
L.J. Fort was named MVFC defensive player of the year.[1]
Schedule
September 36:00 pmat Iowa State*No. 7
L 19–2054,672 September 106:00 pmat No. 16 Stephen F. Austin*No. 4
W 34–238,741 September 244:00 pmWestern IllinoisNo. 2
W 38–1016,059 October 11:00 pmat Missouri StateNo. 2
W 42–714,827
October 84:00 pmNo. 17 Indiana State
No. 2
W 23–916,890 October 156:00 pmat South Dakota StateNo. 2
ESPN3W 31–1411,131 October 224:00 pmSouthern IllinoisNo. 2
Panther Sports NetworkW 17–1015,265 October 293:00 pmat No. 3 North Dakota StateNo. 2
FCSL 19–2718,886 November 54:00 pmYoungstown StateNo. 6
Panther Sports NetworkW 21–1711,523 November 126:00 pmSouthern Utah*No. 5
W 34–2112,480[2] November 1911:00 amat No. 14 Illinois StateNo. 4
ESPN3[3]W 23–20 2OT6,092 December 34:00 pm[4]No. 12 Wofford*No. 2
ESPN3W 28–21 6,915 December 107:05 pmat No. 5 Montana*No. 2
ESPNL 10–48 23,049
Game summaries
Game 1: vs. Iowa State Cyclones
| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Panthers | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| Cyclones | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 20 |
at Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, Iowa
- Date: September 3
- Game time: 6:00 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: Temperature: 71 • Wind: W 5-10 • Weather: humid, scat. showers
- Game attendance: 54,672
- Referee: Referee: Greg Burks • Umpire: Scott Campbell • Linesman: George Gusman • Line judge: Doug Moore • Back judge: Brian Ernest • Field judge: Nick Lave • Side judge: Gene Semko • Scorer: Shuey/Pope
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Personnel
Roster
Coaching staff
| Name | Position | Year at Northern Iowa |
Alma Mater (Year) |
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| Mark Farley | Head Coach | 11th | Northern Iowa (1987) |
| Rick Nelson | Recruiting Coordinator Offensive Line |
12th | Northern Iowa (1984) |
| Bill Salmon | Associate Head Coach Offensive Coordinator Receivers |
11th | Northern Iowa (1980) |
| Mario Verduzco | Co-Offensive Coordinator Quarterbacks |
11th | San José State (1988) |
| Jeremiah Johnson | Recruiting Coordinator/Asst. Defensive Coach | 5th | Kansas (2000) |
| Dan Clark | Tight Ends | 2nd | Simpson (1995) |
| Jovan Dewitt | Defensive Coordinator Linebackers |
3rd | Northern Michigan (1999) |
| Matt Entz | Defensive Line | 2nd | Wartburg (1995) |
| Eric Sanders | Running Backs | 2nd | Northern Iowa (2008) |
| Blue Adams | Defensive Backs | 1st | Cincinnati (2003) |
Rankings
| Poll | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Final |
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| The Sports Network | 7 | 4 | 2[6] | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5[7] | 4 | 2[8] | 6 |
| FCS Coaches | 7 | T-3 | 2[9] | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5[10] | 4 | 3 | 5 |
References
- ^ http://www.unipanthers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26200&ATCLID=205337992
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-02-14. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
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