2015 Northern Iowa Panthers football team
Appearance
2015 Northern Iowa Panthers football | |
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FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals, L 13–23 vs. North Dakota State | |
Conference | Missouri Valley Football Conference |
Ranking | |
STATS | No. 8 |
FCS Coaches | No. 6 |
Record | 9–5 (5–3 MVFC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Bill Salmon (15th season) |
Offensive scheme | Multiple |
Defensive coordinator | Jeremiah Johnson |
Base defense | 3–4 |
Home stadium | UNI-Dome |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 North Dakota State +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 13 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 Illinois State +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Northern Iowa ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 South Dakota State ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana State | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youngstown State | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Dakota | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri State | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2015 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team is coached by Mark Farley in his 15th season and played their home games in the UNI-Dome. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 9–5, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a three–way tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Eastern Illinois in the first round and Portland State in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to North Dakota State.
Schedule
[edit]Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 5 | 7:00 pm | at Iowa State* | No. 10 | Cyclones.tv | L 7–31 | 61,500 | [1] | |
September 12 | 1:00 pm | No. 7 Eastern Washington* | No. 14 | ESPN3 | W 38–35 | 12,292 | ||
September 19 | 9:30 pm | at No. 17 Cal Poly* | No. 9 | ASN | W 34–20 | 11,075 | ||
October 3 | 12:00 pm | at No. 4 Illinois State | No. 7 | MVC TV/ESPN3 | L 13–21 | 13,391 | ||
October 10 | 1:00 pm | at No. 3 North Dakota State | No. 10 | ESPN3 | L 28–31 | 18,954 | ||
October 17 | 4:00 pm | Western Illinois | No. 12 |
| ESPN3 | L 19–24 | 16,324 | |
October 24 | 2:00 pm | at No. 6 South Dakota State | No. 22 | ESPN3 | W 10–7 | 16,042 | ||
October 31 | 1:00 pm | South Dakota | No. 18 |
| ESPN3 | W 20–7 | 10,476 | |
November 7 | 4:00 pm | No. 23 Indiana State | No. 17 |
| ESPN3 | W 59–13 | 13,224 | |
November 14 | 2:00 pm | at Missouri State | No. 17 | ESPN3 | W 41–0 | 5,223 | ||
November 21 | 4:00 pm | Southern Illinois | No. 15 |
| MVC TV/ESPN3 | W 49–28 | 9,915 | |
November 28 | 5:00 pm | No. 24 Eastern Illinois* | No. 15 |
| ESPN3 | W 53–17 | 7,062 | |
December 5 | 9:00 pm | at No. 5 Portland State* | No. 15 | ESPN3 | W 29–17 | 8,022 | ||
December 12 | 11:00 am | at No. 2 North Dakota State* | No. 15 |
| ESPN | L 13–23 | 18,041 | |
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Ranking movements
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
STATS FCS | 10 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 7 (1) | 10 | 12 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 8 |
Coaches | 10 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 6 |
References
[edit]- ^ Logue, Andrew (September 5, 2015). "Iowa State Opens Remodeled Stadium with Win Over UNI". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved September 6, 2015.