2017 Northern Iowa Panthers football team
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| Ranking | |
| STATS | No. 19 |
| FCS Coaches | No. 19 |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 North Dakota State $^ | 7 | – | 1 | 14 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 South Dakota State ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Northern Iowa ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Western Illinois ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 South Dakota ^ | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youngstown State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri State | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Mark Farley in his 17th season and played their home games in the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa as members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for second place. The Panthers received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Monmouth[1][2] in the first round before losing in the second round to South Dakota State.[3][4]
Previous season
The Panthers finished the 2016 season 5–6, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for fourth place.
Coaching staff
| Name | Position | Year at Northern Iowa |
Alma Mater (Year) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Farley | Head Coach | 17th | Northern Iowa (1987) |
Schedule
September 27:00 p.m.at Iowa State*No. 18
Cyclones.tvL 24–4261,500 September 94:00 p.m.Cal Poly*No. 21
PSN[a]
ESPN3W 45–38 OT10,246
September 167:00 p.m.at Southern Utah*No. 21
Pluto TVL 21–248,841 September 306:00 p.m.at Southern Illinois
ESPN3W 24–179,112 October 74:00 p.m.No. 15 Western Illinois
- UNI-Dome
- Cedar Falls, IA
PSN
ESPN3L 29–3812,642
October 142:00 p.m.at No. 7 South Dakota State
ESPN3W 38–1814,347
October 211:00 p.m.No. 9 Youngstown State
- UNI-Dome
- Cedar Falls, IA
PSN
ESPN3W 19–1412,146
October 282:30 p.m.at No. 2 North Dakota State
ESPN3L 14–3018,687 November 41:00 p.m.No. 6 South Dakota
- UNI-Dome
- Cedar Falls, IA
PSN
ESPN3W 34–2910,814
November 112:00 p.m.at Missouri StateNo. 25
ESPN3W 25–106,157 November 184:00 p.m.Indiana StateNo. 24
- UNI-Dome
- Cedar Falls, IA
PSN
ESPN3W 41–38,232
November 254:00 p.m.Monmouth*No. 20
- UNI-Dome
- Cedar Falls, IA (FCS Playoffs First Round)
ESPN3W 46–74,095 December 24:00 p.m.at No. 6 South Dakota State*No. 20
- Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
- Brookings, SD (FCS Playoffs Second Round)
ESPN3L 22–377,518
- Source: Schedule
- ^ Panther Sports Network involves these channels (CFU Ch. 15/HD415; KCRG-TV Ch. 9.2; WHO-DT Ch. 13.2; KGCW Ch. 26, (NBC Sports Chicago or NBC Sports Chicago Plus, KSMO/Charter Kansas City Ch. 62.1 (for KSMO))
Ranking movements
| Week | ||||||||||||||
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| STATS FCS | 18 | 21 | 21 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 24 | 20 | 19 |
| Coaches | 20 | 21–T | 18 | 24 | 20 | 21 | RV | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV | 21 | 19 |
Panthers drafted
| Draft Year | Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Daurice Fountain | WR | 5 | 159 | Indianapolis Colts |
References
- ^ "Monmouth vs. Northern Iowa - Game Recap - November 25, 2017 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
- ^ Courier, JIM NELSON Waterloo. "UNI romps to playoff victory over Monmouth". The Quad-City Times. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
- ^ "FCS playoffs: South Dakota State Jackrabbits beat Northern Iowa 37-22". Argus Leader. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
- ^ "Northern Iowa vs. South Dakota State - Game Recap - December 2, 2017 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-01-17.