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2016 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

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2016 Northern Iowa Panthers football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Record5–6 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTodd Sturdy (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorBill Salmon (16th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorRyan Mahaffey (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJeremiah Johnson
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumUNI-Dome
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
2016 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
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

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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. 10SWX
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. 11ESPN3L 25–2810,221
October 156:00 pmat No. 14 Youngstown StateNo. 21ESPN3L 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 StateESPN3W 39–63,409
November 121:00 pmat No. 19 Western IllinoisESPN3W 30–233,412
November 194:00 pmNo. 8 South Dakota State
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
ESPN3L 24–4510,511
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Game summaries

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At Iowa State

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

Montana

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

At Eastern Washington

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

Southern Illinois

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

At South Dakota

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

At Youngstown State

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

Missouri State

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

North Dakota State

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

At Indiana State

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

At Western Illinois

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

South Dakota State

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

Ranking movements

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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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