2016 Northern Iowa Panthers football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Record5–6 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorBill Salmon (16th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorRyan Mahaffey (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJeremiah Johnson
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumUNI-Dome
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.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 37:00 pmat Iowa State*No. 5
Cyclones.tvW 25–2060,629
September 104:00 pmNo. 14 Montana*No. 3
PSN
ESPN3		L 14–2012,346
September 176:00 pmat No. 8 Eastern Washington*No. 10
SWX
CSNC+		L 30–349,111
October 14:00 pmSouthern IllinoisdaggerNo. 12
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
PSN
ESPN3		W 42–2113,710
October 82:00 pmat South DakotaNo. 11
ESPN3L 25–2810,221
October 156:00 pmat No. 14 Youngstown StateNo. 21
ESPN3L 10–1413,373
October 221:00 pmMissouri 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

1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Panthers 0 16 3 6 25
Cyclones 7 6 0 7 20

Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
#14 Grizzlies 10 10 0 0 20
#3 Panthers 7 0 0 7 14

At Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
#10 Panthers 10 14 0 6 30
#8 Eagles 0 7 14 13 34

Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Salukis 0 14 7 0 21
#12 Panthers 14 21 0 7 42

At South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
#11 Panthers 14 3 0 8 25
Coyotes 14 7 7 0 28

At Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
#21 Panthers 0 10 0 0 10
#14 Penguins 0 0 0 14 14

Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 7 0 0 7
Panthers 17 17 20 7 61

North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
#4 Bison 7 7 7 3 24
Panthers 0 6 7 7 20

At Indiana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 13 14 6 6 39
Sycamores 0 3 3 0 6

At Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 7 6 7 10 30
#19 Leathernecks 0 3 6 14 23

South Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
#8 Jackrabbits 14 7 7 17 45
Panthers 14 3 7 0 24

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 FCS53 (5)1014121121RVRVRVRVRVRV
Coaches53–T1114121121RVRVRVRVRVRV

References

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