2017 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

2017 Northern Iowa Panthers football
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATS No. 19
FCS Coaches No. 19
2017 record 8–5 (6–2 MVFC)
Head coach Mark Farley (17th season)
Offensive coordinator Bill Salmon
Offensive scheme Multiple
Defensive coordinator Jeremiah Johnson
Base defense 3–4
Home stadium UNI-Dome (c. 16,324, Field-Turf)
2017 MVFC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State$^  7 1     14 1  
No. 3 South Dakota State^  6 2     11 3  
No. 19 Northern Iowa ^  6 2     8 5  
No. 13 Western Illinois ^  5 3     8 4  
No. 15 South Dakota ^  4 4     8 5  
Illinois State  4 4     6 5  
Youngstown State  4 4     6 5  
Southern Illinois  2 6     4 7  
Missouri State  2 6     3 8  
Indiana State  0 8     0 11  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2017 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Mark Farley in his 17th season and played their home games in the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa as members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for second place. The Panthers received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Monmouth[1][2] in the first round before losing in the second round to South Dakota State.[3][4]

Previous season

The Panthers finished the 2016 season 5–6, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for fourth place.

Coaching staff

NamePositionYear at
Northern Iowa
Alma Mater (Year)
Mark FarleyHead Coach17thNorthern Iowa (1987)

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 7:00 p.m. at Iowa State* No. 18 Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA Cyclones.tv L 24–42   61,500
September 9 4:00 p.m. Cal Poly* No. 21 UNI-DomeCedar Falls, IA PSN[lower-alpha 1]
ESPN3
W 45–38 OT  10,246
September 16 7:00 p.m. at Southern Utah* No. 21 Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT Pluto TV L 21–24   8,841
September 30 6:00 p.m. at Southern Illinois Saluki StadiumCarbondale, IL ESPN3 W 24–17   9,112
October 7 4:00 p.m. No. 15 Western Illinois UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA PSN
ESPN3
L 29–38   12,642
October 14 2:00 p.m. at No. 7 South Dakota State Dana J. Dykhouse StadiumBrookings, SD ESPN3 W 38–18   14,347
October 21 1:00 p.m. No. 9 Youngstown Statedagger UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA PSN
ESPN3
W 19–14   12,146
October 28 2:30 p.m. at No. 2 North Dakota State FargodomeFargo, ND ESPN3 L 14–30   18,687
November 4 1:00 p.m. No. 6 South Dakota UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA PSN
ESPN3
W 34–29   10,814
November 11 2:00 p.m. at Missouri State No. 25 Robert W. Plaster StadiumSpringfield, MO ESPN3 W 25–10   6,157
November 18 4:00 p.m. Indiana State No. 24 UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA PSN
ESPN3
W 41–3   8,232
November 25 4:00 p.m. Monmouth* No. 20 UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA (FCS Playoffs First Round) ESPN3 W 46–7   4,095
December 2 4:00 p.m. at No. 6 South Dakota State* No. 20 Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD (FCS Playoffs Second Round) ESPN3 L 22–37   7,518
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS at time of game. All times are in Central Time.
  1. Panther Sports Network involves these channels (CFU Ch. 15/HD415; KCRG-TV Ch. 9.2; WHO-DT Ch. 13.2; KGCW Ch. 26, (NBC Sports Chicago or NBC Sports Chicago Plus, KSMO/Charter Kansas City Ch. 62.1 (for KSMO))

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 18 21 21 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 24 20 19 
Coaches 20 21–T 18 24 20 21 RV RV 25 RV RV RV 21 19

Panthers drafted

Draft Year Player Position Round Overall NFL Team
2018Daurice FountainWR5159Indianapolis Colts

References

  1. "Monmouth vs. Northern Iowa - Game Recap - November 25, 2017 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  2. Courier, JIM NELSON Waterloo. "UNI romps to playoff victory over Monmouth". The Quad-City Times. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  3. "FCS playoffs: South Dakota State Jackrabbits beat Northern Iowa 37-22". Argus Leader. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  4. "Northern Iowa vs. South Dakota State - Game Recap - December 2, 2017 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
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