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 season)
Co-offensive coordinator Bill Salmon (16th season)
Co-offensive coordinator Ryan Mahaffey (1st season)
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 
#3 North Dakota State +^  7 –1     12 –2  
#6 South Dakota State +^  7 –1     9 –4  
#2 Youngstown State ^  6 –2     12 –4  
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 were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for fourth place.

Personnel

Roster

Coaching staff

NamePositionYear at
Northern Iowa		Alma Mater (Year)
Mark FarleyHead Coach16thNorthern 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 Illinoisdagger 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. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS at time of game. All times are in Central Time.

Game summaries

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 RV RV RV  
Coaches 5 3–T 11 14 12 11 21 RV RV RV RV RV RV

References

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