2011 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

2011 Northern Iowa Panthers football
Missouri Valley Football Conference Co–Champions
FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals vs Montana, L 10–48
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports Network #6
FCS Coaches #5
2011 record 10–3 (7–1 MVFC)
Head coach Mark Farley (11th year)
Defensive coordinator Jovan Dewitt
Home stadium UNI-Dome (c. 16,324, Field-Turf)
2011 MVFC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#4 North Dakota State +^   7 – 1         14 – 1  
#2 Northern Iowa +^   7 – 1         10 – 3  
#18 Illinois State   5 – 3         7 – 4  
Indiana State   4 – 4         6 – 5  
South Dakota State   4 – 4         5 – 6  
Youngstown State   4 – 4         6 – 5  
Southern Illinois   2 – 6         4 – 7  
Missouri State   2 – 6         2 – 9  
Western Illinois   1 – 7         2 – 9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2011 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers were coached by Mark Farley and played their home games at the UNI-Dome. They are members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 10–3, 7–1 in MVFC play to share the conference championship with North Dakota State. They received an at-large bid into the FCS playoffs where they defeated Wofford in the second round before falling to Montana in the quarterfinals.

Season

L.J. Fort was named MVFC defensive player of the year.[1]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 6:00 pm at Iowa State* #7 Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA L 19–20   54,672
September 10 6:00 pm at #16 Stephen F. Austin* #4 Homer Bryce Stadium • Nacogdoches, TX W 34–23   8,741
September 24 4:00 pm Western Illinois #2 UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA W 38–10   16,059
October 1 1:00 pm at Missouri State #2 Plaster Sports Complex • Springfield, MO W 42–7   14,827
October 8 4:00 pm #17 Indiana Statedagger #2 UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA W 23–9   16,890
October 15 6:00 pm at South Dakota State #2 Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD ESPN3 W 31–14   11,131
October 22 4:00 pm Southern Illinois #2 UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA Panther Sports Network W 17–10   15,265
October 29 3:00 pm at #3 North Dakota State #2 Fargodome • Fargo, ND FCS L 19–27   18,886
November 5 4:00 pm Youngstown State #6 UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA Panther Sports Network W 21–17   11,523
November 12 6:00 pm Southern Utah* #5 UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA W 34–21   12,480[2]
November 19 11:00 am at #14 Illinois State #4 Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL ESPN3[3] W 23–20 2OT  6,092
December 3 4:00 pm[4] #12 Wofford* #2 UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA (FCS Playoffs Second Round) ESPN3 W 28–21   6,915
December 10 7:05 pm at #5 Montana* #2 Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals) ESPN L 10–48   23,049
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network at time of game. All times are in Central Time.

Game summaries

Game 1: vs. Iowa State Cyclones

Game One: Northern Iowa Panthers at Iowa State Cyclones – Game summary[5]
1 2 34Total
Panthers 3 3 7619
Cyclones 0 7 01320

at Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, Iowa

  • Date: September 3
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: Temperature: 71 • Wind: W 5-10 • Weather: humid, scat. showers
  • Game attendance: 54,672
  • Referee: Referee: Greg Burks • Umpire: Scott Campbell • Linesman: George Gusman • Line judge: Doug Moore • Back judge: Brian Ernest • Field judge: Nick Lave • Side judge: Gene Semko • Scorer: Shuey/Pope
Game information
First quarter
  • UNI - 12:09 Tyler Sievertsen 42 yd field goal (UNI 3-0)
Second quarter
  • UNI - 08:55 Tyler Sievertsen 24 yd field goal (UNI 6-0)
  • ISU - 00:00 Steele Jantz 1 yd run, Zach Guyer XP good (ISU 7-6)
Third quarter
  • UNI - 02:30 David Johnson 1 yd run, Tyler Sievertsen XP good (UNI 13-7)
Fourth quarter
  • ISU - 04:30 John Lenz 27 yd pass from Steele Jantz, Zach Guyer XP good (ISU 14-13)
  • UNI - 04:17 David Johnson 80 yd pass from Tirrell Rennie, Tirrell Rennie pass failed (UNI 19-14)
  • ISU - 00:40 Steele Jantz 1 yd run, Steele Jantz pass intercepted (ISU 20-19)
Top passers
  • UNI – Tirrell Rennie 15/32, 181 yards, 1 TD
  • ISU – Steele Jantz 18/40, 187 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT's
Top rushers
  • UNI – Tirrell Rennie 18 attempts, 127 yards
  • ISU – Steele Jantz 20 attempts, 80 yards
Top receivers
  • UNI – David Johnson 2 receptions, 83 yards, 1 TD
  • ISU – Aaron Horne 7 receptions, 69 yards
Top tacklers
  • UNI – L.J. Fort 13 tackles
  • ISU – Jake Knott 15 tackles

Personnel

Roster

Coaching staff

Name Position Year at
Northern Iowa 		Alma Mater (Year)
Mark Farley Head Coach 11th Northern Iowa (1987)
Rick Nelson Recruiting Coordinator
Offensive Line 		12th Northern Iowa (1984)
Bill Salmon Associate Head Coach
Offensive Coordinator
Receivers 		11th Northern Iowa (1980)
Mario Verduzco Co-Offensive Coordinator
Quarterbacks 		11th San José State (1988)
Jeremiah Johnson Recruiting Coordinator/Asst. Defensive Coach 5th Kansas (2000)
Dan Clark Tight Ends 2nd Simpson (1995)
Jovan Dewitt Defensive Coordinator
Linebackers 		3rd Northern Michigan (1999)
Matt Entz Defensive Line 2nd Wartburg (1995)
Eric Sanders Running Backs 2nd Northern Iowa (2008)
Blue Adams Defensive Backs 1st Cincinnati (2003)

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 Wk 13 Final
The Sports Network 7 4 2[6] 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 5[7] 4 2[8] 6
FCS Coaches 7 T-3 2[9] 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 5[10] 4 3 5

References

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