2017 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

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2017 Northern Iowa Panthers football
UNI wordmark.png
FCS Playoffs Second Round, L 22–37 vs. South Dakota State
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 19
FCS CoachesNo. 19
2017 record8–5 (6–2 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBill Salmon
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJeremiah Johnson
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumUNI-Dome (c. 16,324, Field-Turf)
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
  • v
  • t
 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 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[]

Name Position Year at
Northern Iowa		 Alma Mater (Year)
Mark Farley Head Coach 17th Northern Iowa (1987)

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 p.m.at Iowa State*No. 18
Cyclones.tvL 24–4261,500
September 94:00 p.m.Cal Poly*No. 21
PSN[a]
ESPN3		W 45–38 OT10,246
September 167:00 p.m.at Southern Utah*No. 21
Pluto TVL 21–248,841
September 306:00 p.m.at Southern Illinois
ESPN3W 24–179,112
October 74:00 p.m.No. 15 Western Illinois
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
PSN
ESPN3		L 29–3812,642
October 142:00 p.m.at No. 7 South Dakota State
ESPN3W 38–1814,347
October 211:00 p.m.No. 9 Youngstown Statedagger
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
PSN
ESPN3		W 19–1412,146
October 282:30 p.m.at No. 2 North Dakota State
ESPN3L 14–3018,687
November 41:00 p.m.No. 6 South Dakota
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
PSN
ESPN3		W 34–2910,814
November 112:00 p.m.at Missouri StateNo. 25
ESPN3W 25–106,157
November 184:00 p.m.Indiana StateNo. 24
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
PSN
ESPN3		W 41–38,232
November 254:00 p.m.Monmouth*No. 20
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA (FCS Playoffs First Round)
ESPN3W 46–74,095
December 24:00 p.m.at No. 6 South Dakota State*No. 20
  • Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
  • Brookings, SD (FCS Playoffs Second Round)
ESPN3L 22–377,518
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS FCS at time of game 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, 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. 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 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
2018 Daurice Fountain WR 5 159 Indianapolis 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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