2015 Northern Iowa Panthers football team
The 2015 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team is coached by Mark Farley in his 15th season and played their home games in the UNI-Dome. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 9–5, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a three–way tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Eastern Illinois in the first round and Portland State in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to North Dakota State.
Personnel
Roster
Coaching staff
Season
Schedule
Date |
Time |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
September 5 |
7:00 PM |
at Iowa State* |
No. 10 |
Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA |
Cyclones.tv |
L 7–31 |
61,500 |
September 12 |
1:00 PM |
No. 7 Eastern Washington* |
No. 14 |
UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA |
ESPN3 |
W 38–35 |
12,292 |
September 19 |
9:30 PM |
at No. 17 Cal Poly* |
No. 9 |
Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA |
ASN |
W 34–20 |
11,075 |
October 3 |
12:00 PM |
at No. 4 Illinois State |
No. 7 |
Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL |
MVC TV/ESPN3 |
L 13–21 |
13,391 |
October 10 |
1:00 PM |
at No. 3 North Dakota State |
No. 10 |
Fargodome • Fargo, ND |
ESPN3 |
L 28–31 |
18,954 |
October 17 |
4:00 PM |
Western Illinois |
No. 12 |
UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA |
ESPN3 |
L 19–24 |
16,324 |
October 24 |
2:00 PM |
at No. 6 South Dakota State |
No. 22 |
Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD |
ESPN3 |
W 10–7 |
16,042 |
October 31 |
1:00 PM |
South Dakota |
No. 18 |
UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA |
ESPN3 |
W 20–7 |
10,476 |
November 7 |
4:00 PM |
No. 23 Indiana State |
No. 17 |
UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA |
ESPN3 |
W 59–13 |
13,224 |
November 14 |
2:00 PM |
at Missouri State |
No. 17 |
Plaster Sports Complex • Springfield, MO |
ESPN3 |
W 41–0 |
5,223 |
November 21 |
4:00 PM |
Southern Illinois |
No. 15 |
UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA |
MVC TV/ESPN3 |
W 49–28 |
9,915 |
November 28 |
5:00 PM |
No. 24 Eastern Illinois* |
No. 15 |
UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA (FCS Playoffs First Round) |
ESPN3 |
W 53–17 |
7,062 |
December 5 |
9:00 PM |
at No. 5 Portland State* |
No. 15 |
Providence Park • Portland, OR (FCS Playoffs Second Round) |
ESPN3 |
W 29–17 |
8,022 |
December 12 |
11:00 AM |
at No. 2 North Dakota State* |
No. 15 |
Fargodome • Fargo, ND (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals) |
ESPN |
L 13–23 |
18,041 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS at time of game. All times are in Central Time. |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
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Poll |
Pre |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Final |
STATS FCS |
10 |
14 |
9 |
7 |
7 (1) |
10 |
12 |
22 |
18 |
17 |
17 |
15 |
15 |
8 |
Coaches |
10 |
14 |
11 |
6 |
6 |
10 |
14 |
25 |
21 |
20 |
19 |
15 |
14 |
6 |
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