2008 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

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2008 Northern Iowa Panthers football
MVFC co-champion
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 4 [1]
FCS CoachesNo. 4 [2]
Record9–3 (7–1 MVFC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorBill Salmon (8th season)
Co-offensive coordinator Mario Verduzco (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinator Scott Frost (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator Chris Klieman (1st season)
Home stadium UNI-Dome
Seasons
←  2007
2009  →
2008 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Northern Iowa +^  7 –1   12 –3  
No. 11 Southern Illinois +^  7 –1   9 –3  
South Dakota State  6 –2   7 –5  
Western Illinois  4 –4   6 –5  
North Dakota State  4 –4   6 –5  
Missouri State  3 –5   4 –7  
Youngstown State  3 –5   4 –8  
Illinois State  2 –6   3 –8  
Indiana State  0 –8   0 –12  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2008 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The previous year's team finished first (of nine) in the Gateway Football Conference. The Gateway Football Conference was renamed the Missouri Valley Football League in June 2008. [3] The team was coached by Mark Farley and played their home games in the UNI-Dome. On November 14, Northern Iowa won its first back-to-back conference championships since the 1995 and 1996 seasons. Northern Iowa was awarded the third seed in the 2008 FCS playoffs.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 305:00 pmat No. 16 BYU *No. 3
 mtn L 17–4164,108
September 64:05 pm South Dakota *No. 9
CFUW 24–1312,904
September 204:05 pmNo. 12 South Dakota State No. 8
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
CFU/Mediacom W 34–2015,136
September 276:00 pmat No. 15 Southern Illinois No. 5
MediacomL 24–2714,427 [4]
October 26:35 pm Nicholls State *No. 10
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
 ESPNU W 34–149,028
October 114:05 pm Illinois State Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 10
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
CFU/MediacomW 31–1716,100 [5]
October 184:05 pmNo. 20 North Dakota State No. 6
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
 KFXA/Missouri Valley FB TVW 23–1313,416 [6]
October 253:00 pmat Youngstown State No. 5
W 21–2015,937
November 112:05 pmat No. 12 Western Illinois No. 5
W 30–610,258 [7]
November 84:05 pm Missouri State No. 4
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
CFU/MediacomW 42–013,426 [8]
November 1511:00 amat Indiana State No. 4
W 28–02,381
November 222:00 pmat Southern Utah *No. 4
W 34–243,145
November 294:05 pmNo. 21 Maine *No. 4
W 40–158,477
December 66:00 pmNo. 10 New Hampshire *No. 4
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)
 ESPN360 W 36–349,055
December 133:00 pmNo. 7 Richmond *No. 4
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA (NCAA Division I Semifinal)
 ESPN L 20–2112,062

Coaching staff

NamePositionYear at
Northern Iowa		 Alma mater (Year)
Mark Farley Head coach8th Northern Iowa (1987)
Rick NelsonRecruiting coordinator
Offensive Line		9th Northern Iowa (1984)
Bill SalmonAssociate head coach
Offensive coordinator
Receivers		8th Northern Iowa (1980)
Mario Verduzco Co-offensive coordinator
Quarterbacks		8th San José State (1988)
Atif AustinRunning backs4th Iowa State (2003)
Scott Frost Co-defensive coordinator
Linebackers		2nd Nebraska (1997)
Chris Klieman Co-defensive coordinator
Secondary		3rd Northern Iowa (1990)
Jerry Montgomery Defensive line3rd Iowa (2001)
Erik Chinander Tight ends5th Iowa (2003)
Bill WiltDefensive line1st Eureka College (1977)

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
The Sports Network39985101065544444
FCS Coaches4587510844444444

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The 2007 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Mark Farley and played their home games in the UNI-Dome. The Panthers clinched a share of the Gateway Football Conference and a playoff berth with a win against Missouri State on November 3.

The 2005 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The previous year's team finished first in the Gateway Football Conference. The team was coached by fifth year head coach Mark Farley and played their home games in the UNI-Dome.

The 2009 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The previous year's team finished tied for first in the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVC). The team was coached by Mark Farley and played their home games in the UNI-Dome. The team finished with a record of 7–4.

The 1993 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Terry Allen, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 8–4 with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, winning the Gateway title for the fourth consecutive season. Northern Iowa advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they lost in the first round to Boston University. Panthers offense scored 350 points while the defense allowed 238 points. Quarterback Kurt Warner was in his senior season with the Panthers.

The 1989 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa as a member of the Gateway Football Conference the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Terry Allen, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 8–3 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for second in the Gateway. Northern Iowa played home games at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

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.

The 2006 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by fifth-year head coach Mark Farley and played their home games in the UNI-Dome.

The 2002 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by second-year head coach Mark Farley, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 2–5 in conference play.

The 2003 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by third-year head coach Mark Farley, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 10–3 with a mark of 6–1 in conference play, winning the Gateway title. Northern Iowa advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they beat Montana State in the first round before falling to eventual national champion Delaware in the quarterfinals.

The 2000 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Gateway Football Conference. Led by Mike Dunbar in his fourth and final season as head coach, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, placing fourth in the Gateway.

The 1985 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (GCAC) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by third-year head coach Al Molde, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the GCAC. Eastern Illinois played their home games at O'Brien Stadium in Charleston, Illinois.

The 1973 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa as a member of the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1973 NCAA Division II football season. Led by 14th-year head coach Stan Sheriff, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 2–5 in conference play, placing seventh in the NCC. Northern Iowa played home games at O. R. Latham Stadium in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

The 1978 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa during the 1978 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Association of Mid-Continent Universities. Led by 19th-year head coach Stan Sheriff, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 2–9 and a mark of 0–5 in conference play, placing last out of six teams in the conference.

The 1992 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Terry Allen, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 12–2 with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, winning the Gateway title for the third consecutive season. Northern Iowa advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they beat Eastern Washington in the first round and McNeese State in the quarterfinals before falling to Youngstown State in the semifinals.

The 2004 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Mark Farley, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 5–2 record in conference play, placing third in the Gateway. Northern Iowa played home games at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

The 1985 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa as a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (GCAC) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by third-year head coach Darrell Mudra, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 11–2 with a mark of 5–0 in conference play, winning the GCAC title. Northern Iowa advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where, after a first-round bye, the Panthers defeated Eastern Washington in the quarterfinals before losing to the evenutal national champion, Georgia Southern in the semifinals.

The 1987 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa as a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (GCAC) during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season.

The 1998 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by second-year head coach Mike Dunbar, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for third in the Gateway Football Conference. Northern Iowa played home games at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

The 1990 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa as a member of the Gateway Football Conference (GFC) during the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by second-year head coach Terry Allen, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 8–4, with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, and finished as GFC co-champion. Northern Iowa advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA First Round and were defeated by Boise State.

The 1988 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa as a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (GCAC) during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Earle Bruce in his first and only season as head coach, Panthers compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, placing fourth in the GCAC. Northern Iowa played home games at UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

References

  1. ↑ Sports Network's Final 2008 FCS College Football Poll Archived May 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "2008 FCS Coaches Poll". Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Gateway Football Conference Changes Its Name". Gateway Football Conference. June 6, 2008. Archived from the original on November 21, 2020. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  4. ↑ Ecker, Jim (September 28, 2008). "Panthers fall short". The Gazette . p. 12C. Retrieved December 12, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Gray, Rob (October 12, 2008). "Unlikely Reception Sparks Panthers". The Des Moines Register . p. 1C. Retrieved October 10, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
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