2016 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

2016 Northern Iowa Panthers football
2016 Northern Iowa Panthers football
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record	5–6 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach	Mark Farley (16th season);
Offensive coordinator	Todd Sturdy (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Bill Salmon (16th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Ryan Mahaffey (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jeremiah Johnson
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	UNI-Dome
	Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
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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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 pm	at Iowa State*	No. 5	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	Cyclones.tv	W 25–20	60,629
September 10	4:00 pm	No. 14 Montana*	No. 3	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	PSN ESPN3	L 14–20	12,346
September 17	6:00 pm	at No. 8 Eastern Washington*	No. 10	Roos Field Cheney, WA	SWX CSNC+	L 30–34	9,111
October 1	4:00 pm	Southern Illinois	No. 12	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	PSN ESPN3	W 42–21	13,710
October 8	2:00 pm	at South Dakota	No. 11	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	ESPN3	L 25–28	10,221
October 15	6:00 pm	at No. 14 Youngstown State	No. 21	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	ESPN3	L 10–14	13,373
October 22	1:00 pm	Missouri State		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	PSN ESPN3	W 61–7	12,014
October 29	6:00 pm	No. 4 North Dakota State		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	PSN ESPN3	L 20–24	12,032
November 5	12:00 pm	at Indiana State		Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3	W 39–6	3,409
November 12	1:00 pm	at No. 19 Western Illinois		Hanson Field Macomb, IL	ESPN3	W 30–23	3,412
November 19	4:00 pm	No. 8 South Dakota State		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	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

Source: Schedule
PSN (CFU Ch. 15/HD415; KCRG-TV Ch. 9.2; WHO-DT Ch. 13.2; KGCW Ch. 26, Comcast SportsNet Chicago)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

v t e Northern Iowa Panthers football
Venues	O. R. Latham Stadium (1936–1975) UNI-Dome (1976–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Drake
Culture & lore	"UNI Fight"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906–1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025