2014 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

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2014 Northern Iowa Panthers football
Northern Iowa Panthers wordmark.svg
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 10
FCS CoachesNo. 10
Record9–5 (6–2 MVFC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorBill Salmon
Co-offensive coordinatorMario Verduzco
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJeremiah Johnson
Base defense3–4
Home stadium UNI-Dome (c. 16,324, Field-Turf)
Seasons
  2013
2015  
2014 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State +^  7 1   15 1  
No. 2 Illinois State +^  7 1   13 2  
No. 10 Northern Iowa ^  6 2   9 5  
No. 12 South Dakota St. ^  5 3   9 5  
No. 19 Indiana State ^  4 4   8 6  
No. 22 Youngstown State  4 4   7 5  
Southern Illinois  3 5   6 6  
Western Illinois  3 5   5 7  
Missouri State  1 7   4 8  
South Dakota  0 8   2 10  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2014 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Mark Farley 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, 6–2 in MVFC play to finish in third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Stephen F. Austin in the first round before losing in the second round to Illinois State.

Contents

Personnel

Roster

Coaching staff

NamePositionYear at
Northern Iowa
Alma Mater (Year)
Mark Farley Head Coach14th Northern Iowa (1987)

Season

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3011:00 amat Iowa *No. 9 BTN L 23–3166,805
September 1311:00 pmat Hawaii *No. 10L 24–2724,999
September 204:00 pm Northern Colorado *Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 11PSNW 46–715,227
September 274:00 pm Tennessee Tech *No. 10
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
PSNW 50–79,621
October 42:00 pmat No. 25 Indiana State No. 10L 19–204,291
October 113:00 pmat South Dakota No. 21 ESPN3 W 27–1610,219
October 184:00 pmNo. 18 South Dakota State No. 20
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
PSNL 28–3115,049
October 251:00 pmat Western Illinois No. 23W 27–132,588
November 14:00 pmNo. 7 Illinois State No. 22
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
PSNW 42–2812,154
November 84:00 pmNo. 1 North Dakota State No. 19
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
PSNW 23–314,777
November 152:00 pmat Southern Illinois No. 11ESPN3W 40–215,589
November 224:00 pm Missouri State No. 11
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
PSNW 38–2410,298
November 297:00 pm Stephen F. Austin *No. 10
ESPN3W 44–10 [1] 10,307
December 61:00 pmat No. 7 Illinois State*No. 10ESPN3L 21–415,575

Media

The Panther Sports Network broadcast all home games live on television, marking the first time UNI had all home games on television. [2] PSN affiliates for the 2014 season are:

The flagship radio station is 1540 AM KXEL in Waterloo, broadcasting all home and away games on an 11-station network. [3]

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
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Coaches 151211111010212123222012111010

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References

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  2. "UNI Adds Radio, TV Affiliates for 2014-15 FB, MBB". University of Northern Iowa Department of Athletics. July 29, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  3. "Panther Sports Radio Network". University of Northern Iowa Department of Athletics. Retrieved November 23, 2014.