2010 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

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2010 Northern Iowa Panthers football
MVFC champion
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 7–14 vs. Lehigh
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 19
Record7–5 (6–2 MVFC)
Head coach
Home stadium UNI-Dome (c. 16,324, astro-turf)
Seasons
←  2009
2011  →
2010 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 19 Northern Iowa $^  6 –2   7 –5  
No. 17 Western Illinois ^  5 –3   8 –5  
No. 9 North Dakota State ^  4 –4   9 –5  
Indiana State  4 –4   6 –5  
Illinois State  4 –4   6 –5  
South Dakota State  4 –4   5 –6  
Missouri State  4 –4   5 –6  
Southern Illinois  4 –4   5 –6  
Youngstown State  1 –7   3 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

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.

Contents

Preseason

Northern Iowa was picked to finish fourth in the Missouri Valley Football Conference preseason poll. Running back Carols Anderson and tight end Schuylar Oordt were each named to the preseason all-conference team. Tight end Ryan Mahaffey and place kicker Billy Hallgren were each honorable mentions.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 116:30 pm North Dakota State No. 14
 KWWL/KCWI W 16–914,422 [1]
September 184:05 pm Stephen F. Austin *No. 13
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
L 20–2212,260
September 256:00 pmat Iowa State *No. 15
MediacomL 0–2748,874
October 24:05 pm South Dakota State No. 17
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
Mediacom/CFU Ch. 15W 24–1414,686
October 92:00 pmat Southern Illinois No. 15
MVFC-TVL 38–45 OT13,356
October 164:05 pmat South Dakota *No. 22
W 19–149,169
October 234:05 pm Illinois State Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 19
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
KWWL/KCWIW 42–1415,730
October 301:00 pmat Youngstown State No. 19
W 34–3013,039
November 63:05 pmat Indiana State No. 17
W 30–206,038
November 136:00 pm Missouri State No. 16
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
Mediacom/CFU Ch. 15W 38–1414,892
November 201:00 pmat Western Illinois No. 13
L 14–308,217
November 2712:00 pm Lehigh *No. 16
L 7–145,990 [2]

Personnel

Roster

Coaching staff

NamePositionYear at
Northern Iowa		 Alma Mater (Year)
Mark Farley Head coach10th Northern Iowa (1987)
Rick NelsonRecruiting coordinator
Offensive Line		11th Northern Iowa (1984)
Bill SalmonAssociate head coach
Offensive coordinator
Receivers		10th Northern Iowa (1980)
Mario VerduzcoCo-offensive coordinator
Quarterbacks		10th San José State (1988)
Dedric Ward Wide receivers1st University of Northern Iowa (1997)
Chris Klieman Defensive coordinator
Secondary		5th Northern Iowa (1990)
Dan ClarkTight ends1st Simpson (1995)
Jeremiah JohnsonRecruiting coordinator/Asst. Defensive Coach4th Kansas (2000)
Jovan Dewitt Linebackers2nd Northern Michigan (1999)
Eric SandersAsst. Wide Receivers1st Northern Iowa (2008)
Matt Entz Defensive line1st Wartburg (1995)

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
The Sports Network1414131517152219191716131619 [3]
FCS Coaches13 [4] 13 [5] 10 [6] 15 [7] 22 [8] 18 [9] 24 [10] 22 [11] 19 [12] 17 [13] 16 [14] 12 [15] 16 [16] 18

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