2019 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

The 2019 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by Mark Farley in his 19th season and played their home games in the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 10–5, 6–2 in MVFC play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated San Diego and South Dakota State to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to James Madison.

2019 Northern Iowa Panthers football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 5
FCS CoachesNo. 5
2019 record10–5 (6–2 MVFC)
Head coachMark Farley (19th as HC, 30 overall season)
Home stadiumUNI-Dome
(Capacity: 16,324)
2019 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State $^  8 –0     16 –0  
No. 5 Northern Iowa ^  6 –2     10 –5  
No. 7 Illinois State ^  5 –3     10 –5  
No. 10 South Dakota State ^  5 –3     8 –5  
Southern Illinois  5 –3     7 –5  
South Dakota  4 –4     5 –7  
Indiana State  3 –5     5 –7  
Youngstown State  2 –6     6 –6  
Missouri State  1 –7     1 –10  
Western Illinois  1 –7     1 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season
Main article: 2018 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

They finished the 2018 season 7–6, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they defeated Lamar in the first round before losing to UC Davis in the second round.

Preseason

MVFC poll

In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Panthers were predicted to finish in fifth place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1North Dakota State392 (32)
2South Dakota State348 (4)
3Illinois State289 (3)
4Indiana State279 (1)
5Northern Iowa266
6South Dakota176
7Youngstown State153
8Western Illinois128
9Southern Illinois89
10Missouri State80

Preseason All–MVFC team

The Panthers had three players selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.[2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 31 11:00 a.m. at No. 21 FBS Iowa State* No. 18
FS1 L 26–29 3OT 61,500
September 7 4:00 p.m. Southern Utah* No. 11
PSN[lower-alpha 1]/ESPN3 W 34–14 9,241
September 21 4:00 p.m. Idaho State* No. 9
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
PSN/ESPN+ W 13–6 8,339
September 28 7:00 p.m. at No. 5 Weber State* No. 9
Pluto TV L 17–29 6,582
October 5 4:00 p.m. No. 18 Youngstown State No. 13
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
PSN/ESPN3 W 21–14 10,137
October 12 1:00 p.m. at No. 1 North Dakota State No. 10
ESPN+ L 14–46 18,178
October 19 4:00 p.m. South Dakota No. 14
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
PSN/ESPN+ W 42–27 10,201
October 26 2:00 p.m. at Missouri State No. 11
ESPN+ W 29–6 6,583
November 2 12:00 p.m. at No. 7 Illinois State No. 9
NBCCH/ESPN+ W 27–10 6,705
November 9 4:00 p.m. Indiana State No. 5
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
PSN/ESPN+ W 17–9 8,442
November 16 2:00 p.m. at No. 8 South Dakota State No. 4
ESPN3 L 7–38 7,317
November 23 1:00 p.m. Western Illinois No. 9
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
ESPN3 W 38–7 8,920
November 30 1:00 p.m. San Diego* No. 6
ESPN3 W 17–3 3,743
December 7 1:00 p.m. at No. 10 South Dakota State* No. 6
ESPN3 W 13–10 4,102
December 13 6:00 p.m. at No. 2 James Madison* No. 6
ESPN2 L 0–17 8,741
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[3][4]

  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 Iowa State
1 2 3 4OT2OT3OT Total
No. 18 Panthers 0 0 13 0373 26
No. 21 (FBS) Cyclones 3 0 7 3376 29
See also: 2019 Iowa State Cyclones football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–22–3 2017 L, 24–42

Southern Utah
1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 0 0 7 7 14
No. 11 Panthers 7 17 10 0 34
See also: 2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–1 2017 L, 21–24

Idaho State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 3 3 0 0 6
No. 9 Panthers 0 3 0 10 13
See also: 2019 Idaho State Bengals football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0 1992 W, 49–11

at Weber State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 9 Panthers 3 7 0 7 17
No. 5 Wildcats 20 7 2 0 29
See also: 2019 Weber State Wildcats football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–1 1991 FCS Playoffs W, 38–21

Youngstown State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 18 Penguins 0 7 7 0 14
No. 13 Panthers 7 14 0 0 21
See also: 2019 Youngstown State Penguins football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
21–9 2018 L, 10–31

at North Dakota State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Panthers 0 14 0 0 14
No. 1 Bison 15 3 7 21 46
See also: 2019 North Dakota State Bison football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
26–26 2018 L, 31–56

South Dakota
1 2 3 4 Total
Coyotes 21 3 3 0 27
No. 14 Panthers 14 7 14 7 42
See also: 2019 South Dakota Coyotes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
29–19–1 2018 W, 42–28

at Missouri State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Panthers 0 19 10 0 29
Bears 0 0 0 6 6
See also: 2019 Missouri State Bears football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
34–5 2018 W, 37–0

at Illinois State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 9 Panthers 7 7 0 13 27
No. 7 Redbirds 0 7 3 0 10
See also: 2019 Illinois State Redbirds football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
21–12 2018 W, 26–16

Indiana State
1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 3 3 3 0 9
No. 5 Panthers 7 10 0 0 17
See also: 2019 Indiana State Sycamores football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
27–5 2018 W, 33–0

at South Dakota State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Panthers 0 0 7 0 7
No. 8 Jackrabbits 0 7 10 21 38
See also: 2019 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
31–21–2 2018 W, 24–9

Western Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
Leathernecks 7 0 0 0 7
No. 9 Panthers 7 10 14 7 38
See also: 2019 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
31–16 2018 L, 17–37

FCS Playoffs

The Panthers were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against San Diego.[5]

San Diego–First Round
1 2 3 4 Total
Toreros 0 3 0 0 3
No. 6 Panthers 7 0 0 10 17
See also: 2019 San Diego Toreros football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at South Dakota State–Second Round
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Panthers 0 3 7 3 13
No. 10 Jackrabbits 10 0 0 0 10
See also: 2019 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
31–22–2 2019 L, 7–38

at James Madison–Quarterfinals
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Panthers 0 0 0 0 0
No. 2 Dukes 7 3 0 7 17
See also: 2019 James Madison Dukes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final 
STATS FCS 18 11 11 9 9 13 10 14 11 9 5 4 9 6 5 
Coaches 20 12 10 8 7 13 10 15 12 10 7 5 10 6 5

References
  1. "North Dakota State Picked to Win Missouri Valley Football Crown". www.valleynewslive.com. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  2. "MVFC Announces Preseason All-Conference Team". valley-football.org. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  3. "2019 Northern Iowa Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  4. "2019 Football Schedule". UNI Athletics. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  5. "FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship". ncaa.com. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
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