2010 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

2010 Northern Iowa Panthers football
Missouri Valley Football Conference Champions
FCS Playoffs First Round vs Lehigh, L 7–14
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Coaches #18
AP #19
2010 record 7–5 (6–2 MVFC)
Head coach Mark Farley (10th year)
Home stadium UNI-Dome (c. 16,324, astro-turf)
2010 MVFC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#19 Northern Iowa $^   6 – 2         7 – 5  
#17 Western Illinois ^   5 – 3         8 – 5  
#9 North Dakota State ^   4 – 4         8 – 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 FCS 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 7–14.

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.

Season

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 11 6:30 pm North Dakota State #14 UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA KWWL/KCWI W 16–9   14,422
September 18 4:05 pm Stephen F. Austin* #13 UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA L 20–22   12,260
September 25 6:00 pm at Iowa State* #15 Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA Mediacom L 0–27   48,874
October 2 4:05 pm South Dakota State #17 UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA Mediacom/CFU Ch. 15 W 24–14   14,686
October 9 2:00 pm at Southern Illinois #15 Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL MVFC-TV L 38–45 OT  13,356
October 16 4:05 pm at South Dakota* #22 DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD W 19–14   9,169
October 23 4:05 pm Illinois Statedagger #19 UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA KWWL/KCWI W 42–14   15,730
October 30 1:00 pm at Youngstown State #19 Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH W 34–30   13,039
November 6 3:05 pm at Indiana State #17 Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN W 30–20   6,038
November 13 6:00 pm Missouri State #16 UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA Mediacom/CFU Ch. 15 W 38–14   14,892
November 20 1:00 pm at Western Illinois #13 Hanson Field • Macomb, IL L 14–30   8,217
November 27 12:00 pm Lehigh* #16 UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA (FCS Playoffs–First Round) L 7–14   5,990
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network at time of game. All times are in Central Time.

Personnel

Roster

Coaching staff

Name Position Year at
Northern Iowa 		Alma Mater (Year)
Mark Farley Head Coach 10th Northern Iowa (1987)
Rick Nelson Recruiting Coordinator
Offensive Line 		11th Northern Iowa (1984)
Bill Salmon Associate Head Coach
Offensive Coordinator
Receivers 		10th Northern Iowa (1980)
Mario Verduzco Co-Offensive Coordinator
Quarterbacks 		10th San José State (1988)
Dedric Ward Wide Receivers 1st University of Northern Iowa (1997)
Chris Klieman Defensive Coordinator
Secondary 		5th Northern Iowa (1990)
Dan Clark Tight Ends 1st Simpson (1995)
Jeremiah Johnson Recruiting Coordinator/Asst. Defensive Coach 4th Kansas (2000)
Jovan Dewitt Linebackers 2nd Northern Michigan (1999)
Eric Sanders Asst. Wide Receivers 1st Northern Iowa (2008)
Matt Entz Defensive Line 1st Wartburg (1995)

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.
Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Final
The Sports Network 14 14 13 15 17 15 22 19 19 17 16 13 16 19[1]
FCS Coaches 13[2] 13[3] 10[4] 15[5] 22[6] 18[7] 24[8] 22[9] 19[10] 17[11] 16[12] 12[13] 16[14] 18

References

  1. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20110503204524/http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/TSN-DIV-1AA-POLL.htm
  2. ↑ "2010 NCAA Football Rankings - Week Pre (Aug. 23, 2010)" (PDF). Southern Conference. 2010-08-23. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  3. ↑ "2010 NCAA Football Rankings - Week 1 (Sept. 06, 2010)" (PDF). Southern Conference. September 6, 2010. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  4. ↑ "2010 NCAA Football Rankings - Week 2 (Sept. 13, 2010)" (PDF). Southern Conference. September 13, 2010. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  5. ↑ "2010 NCAA Football Rankings - Week 3 (Sept. 20, 2010)" (PDF). Southern Conference. September 20, 2010. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  6. ↑ "2010 NCAA Football Rankings - Week 4 (Sept. 27, 2010)" (PDF). Southern Conference. September 27, 2010. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  7. ↑ "2010 NCAA Football Rankings - Week 5 (Oct. 4, 2010)" (PDF). Southern Conference. October 4, 2010. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  8. ↑ "2010 NCAA Football Rankings - Week 6 (Oct. 11, 2010)" (PDF). Southern Conference. October 11, 2010. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  9. ↑ "2010 NCAA Football Rankings - Week 7 (Oct. 18, 2010)" (PDF). Southern Conference. October 18, 2010. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  10. ↑ "2010 NCAA Football Rankings - Week 8 (Oct. 25, 2010)" (PDF). Southern Conference. October 25, 2010. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  11. ↑ "2010 NCAA Football Rankings - Week 9 (Nov. 01, 2010)" (PDF). Southern Conference. November 1, 2010. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  12. ↑ "2010 NCAA Football Rankings - Week 10 (Nov. 08, 2010)" (PDF). Southern Conference. November 8, 2010. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  13. ↑ "2010 NCAA Football Rankings - Week 11 (Nov. 15, 2010)" (PDF). Southern Conference. November 15, 2010. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  14. ↑ "2010 NCAA Football Rankings - Week 12 (Nov. 22, 2010)" (PDF). Southern Conference. November 22, 2010. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
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