American college football season
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.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 3 | 7:00 pm | at Iowa State* | No. 5 | | Cyclones.tv | W 25–20 | 60,629 |
| September 10 | 4:00 pm | No. 14 Montana* | No. 3 | | PSN
ESPN3 | L 14–20 | 12,346 |
| September 17 | 6:00 pm | at No. 8 Eastern Washington* | No. 10 | | SWX
CSNC+ | L 30–34 | 9,111 |
| October 1 | 4:00 pm | Southern Illinois | No. 12 | | PSN
ESPN3 | W 42–21 | 13,710 |
| October 8 | 2:00 pm | at South Dakota | No. 11 | | ESPN3 | L 25–28 | 10,221 |
| October 15 | 6:00 pm | at No. 14 Youngstown State | No. 21 | | ESPN3 | L 10–14 | 13,373 |
| October 22 | 1:00 pm | Missouri State | | | PSN
ESPN3 | W 61–7 | 12,014 |
| October 29 | 6:00 pm | No. 4 North Dakota State | | | PSN
ESPN3 | L 20–24 | 12,032 |
| November 5 | 12:00 pm | at Indiana State | | | ESPN3 | W 39–6 | 3,409 |
| November 12 | 1:00 pm | at No. 19 Western Illinois | | | ESPN3 | W 30–23 | 3,412 |
| November 19 | 4:00 pm | No. 8 South Dakota State | | | ESPN3 | L 24–45 | 10,511 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
| #5 Panthers
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0
|
16
|
3
|
6 |
25 |
| Cyclones
|
7
|
6
|
0
|
7 |
20 |
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|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| #14 Grizzlies
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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
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0
|
7
|
14
|
13 |
34 |
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Salukis
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0
|
14
|
7
|
0 |
21 |
| #12 Panthers
|
14
|
21
|
0
|
7 |
42 |
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| #11 Panthers
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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
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0
|
10
|
0
|
0 |
10 |
| #14 Penguins
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0
|
0
|
0
|
14 |
14 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Bears
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0
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
| Panthers
|
17
|
17
|
20
|
7 |
61 |
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|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| #4 Bison
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7
|
7
|
7
|
3 |
24 |
| Panthers
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0
|
6
|
7
|
7 |
20 |
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Panthers
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13
|
14
|
6
|
6 |
39 |
| Sycamores
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0
|
3
|
3
|
0 |
6 |
At Western Illinois
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1
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2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Panthers
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7
|
6
|
7
|
10 |
30 |
| #19 Leathernecks
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0
|
3
|
6
|
14 |
23 |
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|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| #8 Jackrabbits
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14
|
7
|
7
|
17 |
45 |
| Panthers
|
14
|
3
|
7
|
0 |
24 |
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes | Week |
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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| STATS FCS | 5 | 3 (5) | 10 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 21 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |
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| Coaches | 5 | 3–T | 11 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 21 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |
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