2016 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

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2016 Northern Iowa Panthers football
Northern Iowa Panthers wordmark.svg
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record5–6 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorBill Salmon (16th season)
Co-offensive coordinator Ryan Mahaffey (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJeremiah Johnson
Base defense3–4
Home stadium UNI-Dome (c. 16,324, Field-Turf)
Seasons
  2015
2017  
2016 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 North Dakota State +^  7 1   12 2  
No. 6 South Dakota State +^  7 1   9 4  
No. 2 Youngstown State ^  6 2   12 4  
Illinois State ^  4 4   6 6  
Northern Iowa  4 4   5 6  
Western Illinois  3 5   6 5  
South Dakota  3 5   4 7  
Indiana State  2 6   4 7  
Missouri State  2 6   4 7  
Southern Illinois  2 6   4 7  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2016 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Mark Farley in his sixteenth season and played their home games in the UNI-Dome. They were 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 fourth place.

Contents

Personnel

Roster

Coaching staff

NamePositionYear at
Northern Iowa
Alma Mater (Year)
Mark Farley Head Coach16th Northern Iowa (1987)

Season

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 37:00 pmat Iowa State *No. 5Cyclones.tvW 25–2060,629
September 104:00 pmNo. 14 Montana *No. 3PSN
ESPN3
L 14–2012,346
September 176:00 pmat No. 8 Eastern Washington *No. 10 SWX
CSNC+
L 30–349,111
October 14:00 pm Southern Illinois Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 12
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
PSN
ESPN3
W 42–2113,710
October 82:00 pmat South Dakota No. 11ESPN3L 25–2810,221
October 156:00 pmat No. 14 Youngstown State No. 21ESPN3L 10–1413,373
October 221:00 pm Missouri State
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
PSN
ESPN3
W 61–712,014
October 296:00 pmNo. 4 North Dakota State
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
PSN
ESPN3
L 20–2412,032
November 512:00 pmat Indiana State ESPN3W 39–63,409
November 121:00 pmat No. 19 Western Illinois ESPN3W 30–233,412
November 194:00 pmNo. 8 South Dakota State
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
ESPN3L 24–4510,511

Game summaries

At Iowa State

1234Total
#5 Panthers0163625
Cyclones760720

Montana

1234Total
#14 Grizzlies10100020
#3 Panthers700714

At Eastern Washington

1234Total
#10 Panthers10140630
#8 Eagles07141334

Southern Illinois

1234Total
Salukis0147021
#12 Panthers14210742

At South Dakota

1234Total
#11 Panthers1430825
Coyotes1477028

At Youngstown State

1234Total
#21 Panthers0100010
#14 Penguins0001414

Missouri State

1234Total
Bears07007
Panthers171720761

North Dakota State

1234Total
#4 Bison777324
Panthers067720

At Indiana State

1234Total
Panthers13146639
Sycamores03306

At Western Illinois

1234Total
Panthers7671030
#19 Leathernecks0361423

South Dakota State

1234Total
#8 Jackrabbits14771745
Panthers1437024

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS 53 (5)1014121121RVRVRVRVRVRV
Coaches 53–T1114121121RVRVRVRVRVRV

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