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2015 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

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2015 Northern Iowa Panthers football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 8
FCS CoachesNo. 6
Record9–5 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBill Salmon (15th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJeremiah Johnson
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumUNI-Dome
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →
2015 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 North Dakota State +^   7 – 1     13 – 2  
No. 5 Illinois State +^   7 – 1     10 – 3  
No. 8 Northern Iowa ^   5 – 3     9 – 5  
No. 15 South Dakota State ^   5 – 3     8 – 4  
Western Illinois ^   5 – 3     7 – 6  
Indiana State   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Youngstown State   3 – 5     5 – 6  
South Dakota   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Southern Illinois   2 – 6     3 – 8  
Missouri State   0 – 8     1 – 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team is coached by Mark Farley in his 15th season and played their home games in the UNI-Dome. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 9–5, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a three–way tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Eastern Illinois in the first round and Portland State in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to North Dakota State.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 57:00 pmat Iowa State*No. 10
Cyclones.tvL 7–3161,500[1]
September 121:00 pmNo. 7 Eastern Washington*No. 14
ESPN3W 38–3512,292
September 199:30 pmat No. 17 Cal Poly*No. 9
ASNW 34–2011,075
October 312:00 pmat No. 4 Illinois StateNo. 7
MVC TV/ESPN3L 13–2113,391
October 101:00 pmat No. 3 North Dakota StateNo. 10
ESPN3L 28–3118,954
October 174:00 pmWestern IllinoisNo. 12
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
ESPN3L 19–2416,324
October 242:00 pmat No. 6 South Dakota StateNo. 22
ESPN3W 10–716,042
October 311:00 pmSouth DakotaNo. 18
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
ESPN3W 20–710,476
November 74:00 pmNo. 23 Indiana StateNo. 17
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
ESPN3W 59–1313,224
November 142:00 pmat Missouri StateNo. 17
ESPN3W 41–05,223
November 214:00 pmSouthern IllinoisNo. 15
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
MVC TV/ESPN3W 49–289,915
November 285:00 pmNo. 24 Eastern Illinois*No. 15
ESPN3W 53–177,062
December 59:00 pmat No. 5 Portland State*No. 15
ESPN3W 29–178,022
December 1211:00 amat No. 2 North Dakota State*No. 15
ESPNL 13–2318,041

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS1014977 (1)10122218171715158
Coaches1014116610142521201915146

References

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  1. ^ Logue, Andrew (September 5, 2015). "Iowa State Opens Remodeled Stadium with Win Over UNI". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
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