2016 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

2016 Northern Iowa Panthers football

Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
2016 record	5–6 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach	Mark Farley (16th year)
Offensive coordinator	Bill Salmon
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jeremiah Johnson
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	UNI-Dome (c. 16,324, Field-Turf)

2016 MVFC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#4 North Dakota State +^		7	–	1		11	–	1
#7 South Dakota State +^		7	–	1		9	–	3
#13 Youngstown State ^		6	–	2		10	–	3
Illinois State ^		4	–	4		6	–	6
Northern Iowa		4	–	4		5	–	6
Western Illinois		3	–	5		6	–	5
South Dakota		3	–	5		4	–	7
Missouri State		2	–	6		4	–	7
Indiana State		2	–	6		4	–	7
Southern Illinois		2	–	6		4	–	7

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2016 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Mark Farley in his sixteenth season and played their home games in the UNI-Dome. They are a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in a two-way tie for fourth place.

Personnel

Roster

2016 Roster

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Year at Northern Iowa	Alma Mater (Year)
Mark Farley	Head Coach	16th	Northern Iowa (1987)

Season

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 PM	at Iowa State*	No. 5	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA	Cyclones.tv	W 25–20	60,629
September 10	4:00 PM	No. 14 Montana*	No. 3	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	PSN ESPN3	L 14–20	12,346
September 17	6:00 PM	at No. 8 Eastern Washington*	No. 10	Roos Field • Cheney, WA	SWX CSNC+	L 30–34	9,111
October 1	4:00 PM	Southern Illinois	No. 12	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	PSN ESPN3	W 42–21	13,710
October 8	2:00 PM	at South Dakota	No. 11	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN3	L 25–28	10,221
October 15	6:00 PM	at No. 14 Youngstown State	No. 21	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	ESPN3	L 10–14	13,373
October 22	1:00 PM	Missouri State		UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	PSN ESPN3	W 61–7	12,014
October 29	6:00 PM	No. 4 North Dakota State		UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	PSN ESPN3	L 20–24	12,032
November 5	12:00 PM	at Indiana State		Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3	W 39–6	3,409
November 12	1:00 PM	at No. 19 Western Illinois		Hanson Field • Macomb, IL	ESPN3	W 30–23	3,412
November 19	4:00 PM	No. 8 South Dakota State		UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN3	L 24–45	10,511
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS at time of game. All times are in Central Time.

Source: Schedule
PSN (CFU Ch. 15/HD415; KCRG-TV Ch. 9.2; WHO-DT Ch. 13.2; KGCW Ch. 26, Comcast SportsNet Chicago)

Game notes

at Iowa State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Panthers	0	16	3	6	25
Cyclones	7	6	0	7	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–21–3	2015	ISU, 31–7

Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
#14 Grizzlies	10	10	0	0	20
#3 Panthers	7	0	0	7	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–5	2011 FCS Playoffs	MONT, 48–10

at Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Panthers	10	14	0	6	30
#8 Eagles	0	7	14	13	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–0	2015	UNI, 38–35

Southern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	0	14	7	0	21
#12 Panthers	14	21	0	7	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–16	2015	UNI, 49–28

at South Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Panthers	14	3	0	8	25
Coyotes	14	7	7	0	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
27–18–1	2015	UNI, 20–7

at Youngstown State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Panthers	0	10	0	0	10
#14 Penguins	0	0	0	14	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–7	2013	UNI, 22–20

Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	7	0	0	7
Panthers	17	17	20	7	61

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
31–5	2015	UNI, 41–0

North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#4 Bison	7	7	7	3	24
Panthers	0	6	7	7	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–24	2015 FCS Playoffs	NDSU, 23–13

at Indiana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	13	14	6	6	39
Sycamores	0	3	3	0	6

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–5	2015	UNI, 59–13

at Western Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	7	6	7	10	30
#19 Leathernecks	0	3	6	14	23

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
30–14	2015	WIU, 24–19

South Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Jackrabbits	14	7	7	17	45
Panthers	14	3	7	0	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
29–19–2	2015	UNI, 10–7

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	5	3 (5)	10	14	12	11	21	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	5	3–T	11	14	12	11	21	RV	RV	RV

References

Northern Iowa Panthers football

Venues	O. R. Latham Stadium (1936–1975) UNI-Dome (1976–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games

Culture & lore	"UNI Fight"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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