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

Conference| Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports Network| No. 6
FCS Coaches| No. 5
Record| 10–3 (7–1 MVFC)
Head coach|

* Mark Farley (11th season)

Co-offensive coordinator| Bill Salmon (11th season)
Co-offensive coordinator| Mario Verduzco (6th season)
Defensive coordinator| Jovan Dewitt (1st season)
Home stadium| UNI-Dome

Seasons

<- 2010

2012 ->

2011 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

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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

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Date| Time| Opponent| Rank| Site| TV| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 3| 6:00 pm| at Iowa State*| No. 7|

* Jack Trice Stadium
* Ames, IA

| | L 19–20| 54,672|
September 10| 6:00 pm| at No. 16 Stephen F. Austin*| No. 4|

* Homer Bryce Stadium
* Nacogdoches, TX

| | W 34–23| 8,741|
September 24| 4:00 pm| Western Illinois| No. 2|

* UNI-Dome
* Cedar Falls, IA

| | W 38–10| 16,059|
October 1| 1:00 pm| at Missouri State| No. 2|

* Plaster Sports Complex
* Springfield, MO

| | W 42–7| 14,827|
October 8| 4:00 pm| No. 17 Indiana State| No. 2|

* UNI-Dome
* Cedar Falls, IA

| | W 23–9| 16,890|
October 15| 6:00 pm| at South Dakota State| No. 2|

* Coughlin–Alumni Stadium
* Brookings, SD

| ESPN3| W 31–14| 11,131|
October 22| 4:00 pm| Southern Illinois| No. 2|

* UNI-Dome
* Cedar Falls, IA

| Panther Sports Network| W 17–10| 15,265|
October 29| 3:00 pm| at No. 3 North Dakota State| No. 2|

* Fargodome
* Fargo, ND

| FCS| L 19–27| 18,886| [1]
November 5| 4:00 pm| Youngstown State| No. 6|

* UNI-Dome
* Cedar Falls, IA

| Panther Sports Network| W 21–17| 11,523|
November 12| 6:00 pm| Southern Utah*| No. 5|

* UNI-Dome
* Cedar Falls, IA

| | W 34–21| 12,480|
November 19| 11:00 am| at No. 14 Illinois State| No. 4|

* Hancock Stadium
* Normal, IL

| ESPN3| W 23–20 2OT| 6,092|
December 3| 4:00 pm| No. 12 Wofford*| No. 2|

* UNI-Dome
* Cedar Falls, IA (NCAA Division I Second Round)

| ESPN3| W 28–21| 6,915|
December 10| 7:05 pm| at No. 5 Montana*| No. 2|

* Washington–Grizzly Stadium
* Missoula, MT (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)

| ESPN| L 10–48| 23,049|

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Central time

## Game summaries

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### Game 1: vs. Iowa State Cyclones

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

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Panthers | 3 | 3 | 7| 6| 19
Cyclones | 0 | 7 | 0| 13| 20

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

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## Personnel

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### Roster

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* 2011 Roster

### Coaching staff

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Name | Position | Year at
Northern Iowa | Alma Mater (Year)

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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

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below| Week

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Poll| Pre| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| Final
The Sports Network| 7| 4| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 6| 5| 4| 2| 6
FCS Coaches| 7| T-3| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 6| 5[2]| 4| 3| 5

## References

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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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Gateway Football Conference / Missouri Valley Football Conference champions

* Northern Iowa (1985)
* Eastern Illinois (1986)
* Northern Iowa (1987)
* Western Illinois (1988)
* Southwest Missouri State (1989)
* Southwest Missouri State & Northern Iowa (1990)
* Northern Iowa (1991)
* Northern Iowa (1992)
* Northern Iowa (1993)
* Northern Iowa (1994)
* Eastern Illinois & Northern Iowa (1995)
* Northern Iowa (1996)
* Western Illinois (1997)
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* Northern Iowa (2001)
* Western Illinois & Western Kentucky (2002)
* Northern Iowa & Southern Illinois (2003)
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* Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois & Youngstown State (2005)
* Youngstown State (2006)
* Northern Iowa (2007)
* Northern Iowa & Southern Illinois (2008)
* Southern Illinois (2009)
* Northern Iowa (2010)
* North Dakota State & Northern Iowa (2011)
* North Dakota State (2012)
* North Dakota State (2013)
* Illinois State & North Dakota State (2014)
* Illinois State & North Dakota State (2015)
* North Dakota State & South Dakota State (2016)
* North Dakota State (2017)
* North Dakota State (2018)
* North Dakota State (2019)
* Missouri State & South Dakota State (2020)
* North Dakota State (2021)
* South Dakota State (2022)
* South Dakota State (2023)
* North Dakota State, South Dakota & South Dakota State (2024)

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