2011 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

The 2011 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers were coached by Mark Farley and played their home games at the UNI-Dome. They are members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 10–3, 7–1 in MVFC play to share the conference championship with North Dakota State. They received an at-large bid into the FCS playoffs where they defeated Wofford in the second round before falling to Montana in the quarterfinals.

2011 Northern Iowa Panthers football
MVFC co-champion
NCAA Division I Quarterfinal, L 10–48 vs. Montana
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 6
FCS CoachesNo. 5
2011 record10–3 (7–1 MVFC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorJovan Dewitt
Home stadiumUNI-Dome (c. 16,324, Field-Turf)
2011 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 4 North Dakota State +^  7 1     14 1  
No. 2 Northern Iowa +^  7 1     10 3  
No. 18 Illinois State  5 3     7 4  
Indiana State  4 4     6 5  
Youngstown State  4 4     6 5  
South Dakota State  4 4     5 6  
Southern Illinois  2 6     4 7  
Missouri State  2 6     2 9  
Western Illinois  1 7     2 9  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Season

L. J. Fort was named MVFC defensive player of the year.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:00 pmat Iowa State*No. 7L 19–2054,672
September 106:00 pmat No. 16 Stephen F. Austin*No. 4W 34–238,741
September 244:00 pmWestern IllinoisNo. 2W 38–1016,059
October 11:00 pmat Missouri StateNo. 2W 42–714,827
October 84:00 pmNo. 17 Indiana StateNo. 2W 23–916,890
October 156:00 pmat South Dakota StateNo. 2ESPN3W 31–1411,131
October 224:00 pmSouthern IllinoisNo. 2Panther Sports NetworkW 17–1015,265
October 293:00 pmat No. 3 North Dakota StateNo. 2FCSL 19–2718,886
November 54:00 pmYoungstown StateNo. 6Panther Sports NetworkW 21–1711,523
November 126:00 pmSouthern Utah*No. 5W 34–2112,480
November 1911:00 amat No. 14 Illinois StateNo. 4ESPN3W 23–20 2OT6,092
December 34:00 pmNo. 12 Wofford*No. 2ESPN3W 28–216,915
December 107:05 pmat No. 5 Montana*No. 2ESPNL 10–4823,049

Game summaries

Game 1: vs. Iowa State Cyclones

Game One: Northern Iowa Panthers at Iowa State Cyclones – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Panthers 3 3 7619
Cyclones 0 7 01320

at Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, Iowa

  • Date: September 3
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: Temperature: 71 • Wind: W 5-10 • Weather: humid, scat. showers
  • Game attendance: 54,672
  • Referee: Referee: Greg Burks • Umpire: Scott Campbell • Linesman: George Gusman • Line judge: Doug Moore • Back judge: Brian Ernest • Field judge: Nick Lave • Side judge: Gene Semko • Scorer: Shuey/Pope
Game information

Personnel

Roster

Coaching staff

NamePositionYear at
Northern Iowa
Alma Mater (Year)
Mark FarleyHead Coach11thNorthern Iowa (1987)
Rick NelsonRecruiting Coordinator
Offensive Line
12thNorthern Iowa (1984)
Bill SalmonAssociate Head Coach
Offensive Coordinator
Receivers
11thNorthern Iowa (1980)
Mario VerduzcoCo-Offensive Coordinator
Quarterbacks
11thSan José State (1988)
Jeremiah JohnsonRecruiting Coordinator/Asst. Defensive Coach5thKansas (2000)
Dan ClarkTight Ends2ndSimpson (1995)
Jovan DewittDefensive Coordinator
Linebackers
3rdNorthern Michigan (1999)
Matt EntzDefensive Line2ndWartburg (1995)
Eric SandersRunning Backs2ndNorthern Iowa (2008)
Blue AdamsDefensive Backs1stCincinnati (2003)

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 12Wk 13Final
The Sports Network 7 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 5 4 2 6
FCS Coaches 7 T-3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 5[1] 4 3 5

References

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