2011 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

2011 Northern Iowa Panthers football
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 season)
Defensive coordinator Jovan Dewitt
Home stadium UNI-Dome (c. 16,324, Field-Turf)
2011 MVFC football standings
Conf  Overall
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  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

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
September 3 6:00 pm at Iowa State* No. 7 Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA L 19–20   54,672
September 10 6:00 pm at No. 16 Stephen F. Austin* No. 4 Homer Bryce StadiumNacogdoches, TX W 34–23   8,741
September 24 4:00 pm Western Illinois No. 2 UNI-DomeCedar Falls, IA W 38–10   16,059
October 1 1:00 pm at Missouri State No. 2 Plaster Sports ComplexSpringfield, MO W 42–7   14,827
October 8 4:00 pm No. 17 Indiana Statedagger No. 2 UNI-DomeCedar Falls, IA W 23–9   16,890
October 15 6:00 pm at South Dakota State No. 2 Coughlin–Alumni StadiumBrookings, SD ESPN3 W 31–14   11,131
October 22 4:00 pm Southern Illinois No. 2 UNI-DomeCedar Falls, IA Panther Sports Network W 17–10   15,265
October 29 3:00 pm at No. 3 North Dakota State No. 2 FargodomeFargo, ND FCS L 19–27   18,886
November 5 4:00 pm Youngstown State No. 6 UNI-DomeCedar Falls, IA Panther Sports Network W 21–17   11,523
November 12 6:00 pm Southern Utah* No. 5 UNI-DomeCedar Falls, IA W 34–21   12,480[2]
November 19 11:00 am at No. 14 Illinois State No. 4 Hancock StadiumNormal, IL ESPN3[3] W 23–20 2OT  6,092
December 3 4:00 pm[4] No. 12 Wofford* No. 2 UNI-DomeCedar 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 StadiumMissoula, MT (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals) ESPN L 10–48   23,049
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #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 34Total
Panthers 3 3 7619
Cyclones 0 7 01320

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
Game information

Personnel

Roster

Coaching staff

NamePositionYear at
Northern Iowa
Alma Mater (Year)
Mark FarleyHead Coach11thNorthern Iowa (1987)
Rick NelsonRecruiting Coordinator
Offensive Line
12thNorthern Iowa (1984)
Bill SalmonAssociate Head Coach
Offensive Coordinator
Receivers
11thNorthern Iowa (1980)
Mario VerduzcoCo-Offensive Coordinator
Quarterbacks
11thSan José State (1988)
Jeremiah JohnsonRecruiting Coordinator/Asst. Defensive Coach5thKansas (2000)
Dan ClarkTight Ends2ndSimpson (1995)
Jovan DewittDefensive Coordinator
Linebackers
3rdNorthern Michigan (1999)
Matt EntzDefensive Line2ndWartburg (1995)
Eric SandersRunning Backs2ndNorthern Iowa (2008)
Blue AdamsDefensive Backs1stCincinnati (2003)

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.
PollPreWk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10Wk 11Wk 12Wk 13Final
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

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