2011 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

American college football season

2011 Northern Iowa Panthers football
MVFC co-champion
NCAA Division I Quarterfinal, L 10–48 vs. Montana
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 6
FCS CoachesNo. 5
Record10–3 (7–1 MVFC)
Head coach
  • Mark Farley (11th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorBill Salmon (11th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorMario Verduzco (6th season)
Defensive coordinatorJovan Dewitt (1st season)
Home stadiumUNI-Dome
Seasons
← 2010
2012 →
2011 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
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 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 North Dakota State +^   7 – 1     14 – 1  
No. 6 Northern Iowa +^   7 – 1     10 – 3  
No. 20 Illinois State   5 – 3     7 – 4  
Indiana State   4 – 4     6 – 5  
Youngstown State   4 – 4     6 – 5  
South Dakota State   4 – 4     5 – 6  
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 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.

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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 36:00 pmat Iowa State*No. 7L 19–2054,672
September 106:00 pmat No. 16 Stephen F. Austin*No. 4W 34–238,741
September 244:00 pmWestern IllinoisNo. 2W 38–1016,059
October 11:00 pmat Missouri StateNo. 2W 42–714,827
October 84:00 pmNo. 17 Indiana StatedaggerNo. 2
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
W 23–916,890
October 156:00 pmat South Dakota StateNo. 2ESPN3W 31–1411,131
October 224:00 pmSouthern IllinoisNo. 2
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
Panther Sports NetworkW 17–1015,265
October 293:00 pmat No. 3 North Dakota StateNo. 2FCSL 19–2718,886[1]
November 54:00 pmYoungstown StateNo. 6
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
Panther Sports NetworkW 21–1711,523
November 126:00 pmSouthern Utah*No. 5
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
W 34–2112,480
November 1911:00 amat No. 14 Illinois StateNo. 4ESPN3W 23–20 2OT6,092
December 34:00 pmNo. 12 Wofford*No. 2
ESPN3W 28–216,915
December 107:05 pmat No. 5 Montana*No. 2
ESPNL 10–4823,049

Game summaries

Game 1: vs. Iowa State Cyclones

Game One: Northern Iowa Panthers at Iowa State Cyclones – Game summary
Period 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

  • 2011 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 movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
The Sports Network742222222265426
FCS Coaches7T-32222222265[2]435

References

  1. ^ "UNI gets Buffaloed". The Courier. October 30, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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