2018 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

2018 Northern Iowa Panthers football
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
2018 record 2–3 (1–1 MVFC)
Head coach Mark Farley (18th season)
Offensive coordinator John Bond
Defensive coordinator Jeremiah Johnson
Home stadium UNI-Dome (c. 16,324, Field-Turf)
2018 MVFC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State  2 –0     5 –0  
No. 24 South Dakota  2 –0     3 –2  
No. 12 Illinois State  1 –1     4 –1  
No. 2 South Dakota State  1 –1     3 –1  
Missouri State  1 –1     3 –2  
Northern Iowa  1 –1     2 –3  
Western Illinois  1 –1     2 –3  
Youngstown State  1 –1     2 –3  
Indiana State  0 –2     2 –3  
Southern Illinois  0 –2     1 –4  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represents the University of Northern Iowa in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team is coached by Mark Farley in his 18th season and play their home games in the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa as members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

Previous season

The Panthers finished the 2017 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]

Preseason

Preseason MVFC poll

The MVFC released their preseason poll on July 29, 2018, with the Panthers predicted to finish in third place.[5]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1North Dakota State390 (39)
2South Dakota State270
3Northern Iowa258
4Youngstown State248
5Illinois State248
6South Dakota206
7Western Illinois163
8Southern Illinois139
9Missouri State90
10Indiana State41

Preseason All-MVFC Teams

The Panthers placed six players on the preseason all-MVFC teams.[6]

Personnel

Roster

2018 Northern Iowa Panthers Football

Quarterback

  • 11 Colton Howell - Senior (6'0, 213)
  • 14 Eli Dunne - Senior (6'5, 238)
  • 15 Jacob Keller - Freshman (6'1, 206)
  • 17 Christian Ellsworth - Sophomore (6'2, 210)
  • 18 John Sullivan - Freshman (6'1, 204)

Runningback

  • 8 Marcus Weymiller - Senior (5'10, 204)
  • 13 Jon Nzombo - Senior (5'7, 205)
  • 21 Christian Jegen - Junior (5'11, 205)
  • 25 Trevor Allen - Junior (5'10, 203)
  • 30 Alphonso Soko - Freshman (5'7, 179)
  • 31 Tyler Hoosman - Freshman (6'0, 201)
  • 32 Jack Wegher - Sophomore (5'10, 205)

Wide Receiver

  • 6 Terrell Carey - Freshman (5'10, 211)
  • 35 Nick Phillips - Sophomore (5'7, 188)
  • 37 Aaron Graham - Junior (5'11, 201)
  • 80 Isaiah Weston - Sophomore (6'4, 207)
  • 82 Nick Fossey - Sophomore (6'1, 199)
  • 83 Jaylin James - Junior (6'3, 202)
  • 87 Jalen Rima - Junior (6'0, 192)

Placekicker

  • 58 Austin Errthum - Senior (5'10, 180)
  • 62 Sam Drysdale - Junior (6'4, 180)
  • 63 Nate Murphy - Freshman (6'0, 166)

Tight End

  • 85 Elias Nissen - Senior (6'4, 243)
  • 86 Briley Moore - Junior (6'3, 242)
  • 89 Trey Recknor - Sophomore (6'0, 230)
  • Taylor Otterstatter - Sophomore (6'5, 251)
  

Offensive Lineman

  • 55 Colton Lueck - Junior (6'4, 286)
  • 59 Max Erpelding - Sophomore (6'0, 260)
  • 61 Matthew Vanderslice - Sophomore (6'7, 257)
  • 65 John Yount - Freshman (6'2, 295)
  • 66 Philip Arendt - Sophomore (6'1, 303)
  • 67 Erik Sorensen - Freshman (6'6, 320)
  • 68 William Blaser - Sophomore (6'1, 281)
  • 69 Tyus Phillips - Freshman (6'7, 285)
  • 70 Trevor Penning - Freshman (6'6, 289)
  • 71 Nick Ellis - Sophomore (6'4, 308)
  • 72 Justin Peine - Freshman (6'5, 293)
  • 73 Mason Beisen - Freshman (6'4, 329)
  • 74 Jackson Scott-Brown - Junior (6'4, 312)
  • 75 Cal Twait - Senior (6'5, 305)
  • 76 Spencer Brown - Sophomore (6'8, 290)
  • 78 Tyler Putney - Senior (6'6, 302)
  • 79 Ezrah Szczyrbak - Senior (6'4, 299)

Defensive Lineman

  • 44 Jared Brinkman - Sophomore (5'11, 290)
  • 47 Elerson G. Smith - Sophomore (6'5, 230)
  • 49 Desmond Chapple - Sophomore 6'3, 235)
  • 64 Hezekiah Applegate - Junior (6'2, 285)
  • 91 Brawntae Wells - Sophomore (6'2, 261)
  • 94 Tim Butcher - Sophomore (6'2, 300)
  • 95 Seth Thomas - Junior (6'5, 262)
  • 97 Marcel Minniefield - Junior (6'2, 282)
  • 98 Bryce Douglas - Senior (6'0, 304)

Long Snappers

  • 57 Joe Friedrich - Junior (6'0, 206)
  • 96 Nick Simpson - Freshman (5'8, 203)
  

Linebacker

  • 7 Rickey Neal Jr. - Senior (6'1', 241)
  • 33 Jake Hartford - Sophomore (6'3, 226)
  • 39 Duncan Ferch - Senior (6'1, 234)
  • 40 Alfonzo Lambert - Sophomore (6'0, 209)
  • 41 Blake Thomas - Senior (6'1, 224)
  • 42 Kendrick Suntken - Senior (6'0, 240)
  • 43 Cristian Perez - Senior (6'1, 246)
  • 45 Brock Hadachek - Freshman (6'2, 208)
  • 48 Chris Kolarevic - Freshman (6'0, 223)
  • 50 Bryce Flater - Freshman (6'1, 224)
  • 51 Riley Van Whye - Freshman (6'2, 215)
  • 52 Zac Ebeling - Sophomore (6'0, 220)
  • 53 Weston Schultz - Sophomore (6'3, 215)
  • 56 Ricky Grimes - Junior (6'1, 228)
  • Jesse Cardenas - Sophomore (6'2, 225)

Defensive Back

  • 9 Xavior Williams - Sophomore (5'11, 175)
  • 19 Suni Lane - Sophomore (6'3, 203)
  • 22 Max Steffen - Sophomore (5'1, 185)
  • 23 A.J. Allen - Senior (6'0, 215)
  • 24 Nikholi Jaghai - Junior (5'7, 181)
  • 26 Isaiah Nimmers - Sophomore ( 5'9, 185)
  • 27 Austin Evans - Sophomore (6'0, 189)
  • 29 Roosevelt Lawrence - Sophomore (6'0, 170)
  • 36 Korby Sander - Sophomore (6'0, 212)
  • 38 Zac Kibby - Sophomore (5'11, 203)

Punter

  • 88 Michael Kuntz - Senior (5'11, 188)

[7]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 18:00 p.m.at No. 24 Montana*No. 13
PSN[lower-alpha 1]L 23–2625,018
September 156:30 p.m.at Iowa*No. 21
BTNL 14–3869,250
September 224:00 p.m.Hampton*No. 25
PSN/ESPN3W 44–09,116
September 276:00 p.m.at Indiana StateNo. 23
ESPN3W 33–05,487
October 61:00 p.m.No. 1 North Dakota StateNo. 22
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
PSN/ESPN+L 31–569,899
October 136:00 p.m.at No. 24 South Dakota
ESPN+
October 204:00 p.m.South Dakota Statedagger
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
ESPN3
October 271:00 p.m.at Western Illinois
ESPN+
November 31:00 p.m.Illinois State
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
PSN/ESPN+
November 1011:00 a.m.at Youngstown State
ESPN+
November 174:00 p.m.Missouri State
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
PSN/ESPN+
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the 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)

Game summaries

at Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Panthers 0 0 7 16 23
No. 24 Grizzlies 16 10 0 0 26
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–6 2016 MONT, 20–14

at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 21 Panthers 0 0 0 14 14
Hawkeyes 7 14 17 0 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–16 2014 IOWA, 31–23

Hampton

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 0 0 0 0 0
No. 25 Panthers 10 10 21 3 44
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Indiana State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Panthers 3 6 14 10 33
Sycamores 0 0 0 0 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
26–5 2017 UNI, 41–3

North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 1 Bison 7 14 7 28 56
No. 22 Panthers 14 10 7 0 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
26–25 2017 NDSU, 30–14

at South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0
No. 24 Coyotes 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
28–19–1 2017 UNI, 34–29

South Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
Jackrabbits 0
Panthers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
30–21–2 2017 FCS Playoffs SDSU, 37–22

at Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0
Leathernecks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
31–15 2017 WIU, 38–29

Illinois State

1 2 3 4 Total
Redbirds 0
Panthers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–12 2015 ILST, 21–13

at Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0
Penguins 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
21–8 2017 UNI, 19–14

Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0
Panthers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
33–5 2017 UNI, 25–10

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 13 21 21 25 23 22 RV  
Coaches 12 18 18–T 22 21 22 RV

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.
  5. ↑ http://www.valley-football.org/news/2018/7/19/football-north-dakota-state-tabbed-as-favorite-to-win-2018-mvfc-title.aspx
  6. ↑ http://valley-football.org/documents/2018/7/31//2018_MVFC_Preseason_Team_and_Poll.pdf?id=41
  7. ↑ "2018 Football Roster". UNI Athletics. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
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