2012 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

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2012 Northern Iowa Panthers football
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record5–6 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Matt Entz (1st season)
Home stadium UNI-Dome (c. 16,324, Field-Turf)
Seasons
  2011
2013  
2012 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State $^  7 1   14 1  
No. 14 South Dakota State ^  6 2   9 4  
No. 8 Illinois State ^  5 3   9 4  
Indiana State  5 3   7 4  
Southern Illinois  5 3   6 5  
Youngstown State  4 4   7 4  
Northern Iowa  4 4   5 6  
Missouri State  3 5   3 8  
Western Illinois  1 7   3 8  
South Dakota  0 8   1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2012 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Mark Farley and played their home games in the UNI-Dome. They are 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 sixth place.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 12:30 pmat No. 12 (FBS) Wisconsin *No. 9 BTN L 21–2679,568
September 86:00 pm Central State (OH) *No. 8Panther Sports NetworkW 59–012,012
September 152:30 pmat Iowa *No. 7BTNL 16–2770,585
September 227:00 pmat No. 4 Youngstown State No. 8 ESPN3 L 35–4219,277
September 296:00 pmNo. 1 North Dakota State No. 14
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
Panther Sports NetworkL 21–3316,008
October 132:00 pmat Southern Illinois L 31–3410,575
October 204:00 pmNo. 20 South Dakota State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
MVFC TVW 27–613,067
October 274:00 pmNo. 17 Illinois State
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
Comcast Illinois L 21–339,946
November 31:00 pmat Western Illinois MVFC TVW 40–03,094
November 1012:00 pmat South Dakota MVFC TV/ESPN3W 24–218,476
November 174:00 pm Missouri State
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
W 38–138,493

Game summaries

Personnel

Roster

Coaching staff

NamePositionYear at
Northern Iowa
Alma Mater (Year)
Mark Farley Head Coach12th Northern Iowa (1987)
Rick NelsonOffensive Line13th Northern Iowa (1984)
Bill SalmonAssociate Head Coach
Offensive Coordinator
12th Northern Iowa (1980)
Mario VerduzcoCo-Offensive Coordinator
Quarterbacks
12th San José State (1988)
Jeremiah JohnsonDefensive Backs6th Kansas (2000)
Dan ClarkTight Ends3rd Simpson (1995)
Travis WilliamsLinebackers1st Auburn (2005)
Matt Entz Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line3rd Wartburg (1995)
Todd Blythe Offensive Assistant1st Iowa State (2008)
Daniel Bullocks Defensive Assistant1st Nebraska (2005)
D. J. HordGraduate Assistant1st Notre Dame (2009)

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
The Sports Network9 [1] [2] 8781422RVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV [3]
College Sports Journal Poll9 [4]
FCS Coaches7 [5] [6] 7681725RVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV

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