American college football season
2016 Northern Iowa Panthers football |
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Conference | Missouri Valley Football Conference |
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Record | 5–6 (4–4 MVFC) |
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Head coach | - Mark Farley (16th season)
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Co-offensive coordinator | Bill Salmon (16th season) |
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Co-offensive coordinator | Ryan Mahaffey (1st season) |
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Offensive scheme | Multiple |
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Defensive coordinator | Jeremiah Johnson |
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Base defense | 3–4 |
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Home stadium | UNI-Dome |
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The 2016 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Mark Farley in his sixteenth season and played their home games in the UNI-Dome. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for fourth place.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 7:00 pm | at Iowa State* | No. 5 | | Cyclones.tv | W 25–20 | 60,629 |
September 10 | 4:00 pm | No. 14 Montana* | No. 3 | | PSN ESPN3 | L 14–20 | 12,346 |
September 17 | 6:00 pm | at No. 8 Eastern Washington* | No. 10 | | SWX CSNC+ | L 30–34 | 9,111 |
October 1 | 4:00 pm | Southern Illinois![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 12 | | PSN ESPN3 | W 42–21 | 13,710 |
October 8 | 2:00 pm | at South Dakota | No. 11 | | ESPN3 | L 25–28 | 10,221 |
October 15 | 6:00 pm | at No. 14 Youngstown State | No. 21 | | ESPN3 | L 10–14 | 13,373 |
October 22 | 1:00 pm | Missouri State | | | PSN ESPN3 | W 61–7 | 12,014 |
October 29 | 6:00 pm | No. 4 North Dakota State | | | PSN ESPN3 | L 20–24 | 12,032 |
November 5 | 12:00 pm | at Indiana State | | | ESPN3 | W 39–6 | 3,409 |
November 12 | 1:00 pm | at No. 19 Western Illinois | | | ESPN3 | W 30–23 | 3,412 |
November 19 | 4:00 pm | No. 8 South Dakota State | | | ESPN3 | L 24–45 | 10,511 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Game summaries
At Iowa State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#5 Panthers | 0 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 25 |
Cyclones | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
Montana
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#14 Grizzlies | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
#3 Panthers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
At Eastern Washington
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#10 Panthers | 10 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 30 |
#8 Eagles | 0 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 34 |
Southern Illinois
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Salukis | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
#12 Panthers | 14 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 42 |
At South Dakota
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#11 Panthers | 14 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 25 |
Coyotes | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
At Youngstown State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#21 Panthers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
#14 Penguins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
Missouri State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Panthers | 17 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 61 |
North Dakota State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#4 Bison | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
Panthers | 0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
At Indiana State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Panthers | 13 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 39 |
Sycamores | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
At Western Illinois
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Panthers | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
#19 Leathernecks | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 |
South Dakota State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#8 Jackrabbits | 14 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 45 |
Panthers | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | 5 | 3 (5) | 10 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 21 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |
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Coaches | 5 | 3–T | 11 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 21 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |
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