2011 Northern Iowa Panthers football team
| 2011 Northern Iowa Panthers football | |
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Missouri Valley Football Conference Co–Champions | |
FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals vs Montana, L 10–48 | |
| Conference | Missouri Valley Football Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 6 |
| FCS Coaches | No. 5 |
| 2011 record | 10–3 (7–1 MVFC) |
| Head coach | Mark Farley (11th year) |
| Defensive coordinator | Jovan Dewitt |
| Home stadium | UNI-Dome (c. 16,324, Field-Turf) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #4 North Dakota State +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 14 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #2 Northern Iowa +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #18 Illinois State | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youngstown State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 3 | 6:00 pm | at Iowa State* | No. 7 | Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA | L 19–20 | 54,672 | |||
| September 10 | 6:00 pm | at No. 16 Stephen F. Austin* | No. 4 | Homer Bryce Stadium • Nacogdoches, TX | W 34–23 | 8,741 | |||
| September 24 | 4:00 pm | Western Illinois | No. 2 | UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA | W 38–10 | 16,059 | |||
| October 1 | 1:00 pm | at Missouri State | No. 2 | Plaster Sports Complex • Springfield, MO | W 42–7 | 14,827 | |||
| October 8 | 4:00 pm | No. 17 Indiana State |
No. 2 | UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA | W 23–9 | 16,890 | |||
| October 15 | 6:00 pm | at South Dakota State | No. 2 | Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD | ESPN3 | W 31–14 | 11,131 | ||
| October 22 | 4:00 pm | Southern Illinois | No. 2 | UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA | Panther Sports Network | W 17–10 | 15,265 | ||
| October 29 | 3:00 pm | at No. 3 North Dakota State | No. 2 | Fargodome • Fargo, ND | FCS | L 19–27 | 18,886 | ||
| November 5 | 4:00 pm | Youngstown State | No. 6 | UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA | Panther Sports Network | W 21–17 | 11,523 | ||
| November 12 | 6:00 pm | Southern Utah* | No. 5 | UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA | W 34–21 | 12,480[2] | |||
| November 19 | 11:00 am | at No. 14 Illinois State | No. 4 | Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL | ESPN3[3] | W 23–20 2OT | 6,092 | ||
| December 3 | 4:00 pm[4] | No. 12 Wofford* | No. 2 | UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA (FCS Playoffs Second Round) | ESPN3 | W 28–21 | 6,915 | ||
| December 10 | 7:05 pm | at No. 5 Montana* | No. 2 | Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals) | ESPN | L 10–48 | 23,049 | ||
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network at time of game. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||
Game summaries
Game 1: vs. Iowa State Cyclones
Game One: Northern Iowa Panthers at Iowa State Cyclones – Game summary[5]
| 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./pdf8/797423.pdf?ATCLID=205332709&SPSID=626866&SPID=90703&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=26200
- ↑ http://www.unipanthers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=626866&SPID=90703&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=26200&ATCLID=205312586
- ↑ http://www.unipanthers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26200&ATCLID=205337711
- ↑ http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/26200/Stats/Football/2011/HTML/unifb01.htm
- ↑ http://www.unipanthers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26200&ATCLID=205270373
- ↑ http://www.soconsports.com//pdf8/796352.pdf
- ↑ http://www.unipanthers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26200&ATCLID=205336500
- ↑ http://www.unipanthers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26200&ATCLID=205270373
- ↑ http://www.soconsports.com//pdf8/796352.pdf
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