2010 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

The 2010 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers are a members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference, were coached by Mark Farley and played their home games in the UNI-Dome. They finished the season 7–5, 6–2 in MVFC play to claim the conference championship. They earned an automatic berth in the FCS playoffs, where they lost in the first round to Lehigh, 14–7.

2010 Northern Iowa Panthers football
MVFC champion
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 7–14 vs. Lehigh
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 19
2010 record7–5 (6–2 MVFC)
Head coach
Home stadiumUNI-Dome (c. 16,324, astro-turf)
2010 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 19 Northern Iowa $^  6 2     7 5  
No. 17 Western Illinois ^  5 3     8 5  
No. 9 North Dakota State ^  4 4     9 5  
Indiana State  4 4     6 5  
Illinois State  4 4     6 5  
South Dakota State  4 4     5 6  
Missouri State  4 4     5 6  
Southern Illinois  4 4     5 6  
Youngstown State  1 7     3 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Preseason

Northern Iowa was picked to finish fourth in the Missouri Valley Football Conference preseason poll. Running back Carols Anderson and tight end Schuylar Oordt were each named to the preseason all-conference team. Tight end Ryan Mahaffey and place kicker Billy Hallgren were each honorable mentions.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 116:30 pmNorth Dakota StateNo. 14KWWL/KCWIW 16–914,422
September 184:05 pmStephen F. Austin*No. 13
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
L 20–2212,260
September 256:00 pmat Iowa State*No. 15MediacomL 0–2748,874
October 24:05 pmSouth Dakota StateNo. 17
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
Mediacom/CFU Ch. 15W 24–1414,686
October 92:00 pmat Southern IllinoisNo. 15MVFC-TVL 38–45 OT13,356
October 164:05 pmat South Dakota*No. 22W 19–149,169
October 234:05 pmIllinois StateNo. 19
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
KWWL/KCWIW 42–1415,730
October 301:00 pmat Youngstown StateNo. 19W 34–3013,039
November 63:05 pmat Indiana StateNo. 17W 30–206,038
November 136:00 pmMissouri StateNo. 16
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
Mediacom/CFU Ch. 15W 38–1414,892
November 201:00 pmat Western IllinoisNo. 13L 14–308,217
November 2712:00 pmLehigh*No. 16
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA (FCS Playoffs–First Round)
L 7–145,990

Personnel

Roster

Coaching staff

NamePositionYear at
Northern Iowa
Alma Mater (Year)
Mark FarleyHead Coach10thNorthern Iowa (1987)
Rick NelsonRecruiting Coordinator
Offensive Line
11thNorthern Iowa (1984)
Bill SalmonAssociate Head Coach
Offensive Coordinator
Receivers
10thNorthern Iowa (1980)
Mario VerduzcoCo-Offensive Coordinator
Quarterbacks
10thSan José State (1988)
Dedric WardWide Receivers1stUniversity of Northern Iowa (1997)
Chris KliemanDefensive Coordinator
Secondary
5thNorthern Iowa (1990)
Dan ClarkTight Ends1stSimpson (1995)
Jeremiah JohnsonRecruiting Coordinator/Asst. Defensive Coach4thKansas (2000)
Jovan DewittLinebackers2ndNorthern Michigan (1999)
Eric SandersAsst. Wide Receivers1stNorthern Iowa (2008)
Matt EntzDefensive Line1stWartburg (1995)

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.
PollPreWk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10Wk 11Wk 12Final
The Sports Network 14 14 13 15 17 15 22 19 19 17 16 13 16 19[1]
FCS Coaches 13[2] 13[3] 10[4] 15[5] 22[6] 18[7] 24[8] 22[9] 19[10] 17[11] 16[12] 12[13] 16[14] 18

References

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