2015 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

American college football season

2015 Northern Iowa Panthers football

FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals, L 13–23 vs. North Dakota State

Conference| Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATS| No. 8
FCS Coaches| No. 6
Record| 9–5 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach|

* Mark Farley (15th season)

Offensive coordinator| Bill Salmon (15th season)
Offensive scheme| Multiple
Defensive coordinator| Jeremiah Johnson
Base defense| 3–4
Home stadium| UNI-Dome

Seasons

<- 2014

2016 ->

2015 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

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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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September 5| 7:00 pm| at Iowa State*| No. 10|

* Jack Trice Stadium
* Ames, IA

| Cyclones.tv| L 7–31| 61,500| [1]
September 12| 1:00 pm| No. 7 Eastern Washington*| No. 14|

* UNI-Dome
* Cedar Falls, IA

| ESPN3| W 38–35| 12,292|
September 19| 9:30 pm| at No. 17 Cal Poly*| No. 9|

* Alex G. Spanos Stadium
* San Luis Obispo, CA

| ASN| W 34–20| 11,075|
October 3| 12:00 pm| at No. 4 Illinois State| No. 7|

* Hancock Stadium
* Normal, IL

| MVC TV/ESPN3| L 13–21| 13,391|
October 10| 1:00 pm| at No. 3 North Dakota State| No. 10|

* Fargodome
* Fargo, ND

| ESPN3| L 28–31| 18,954|
October 17| 4:00 pm| Western Illinois| No. 12|

* UNI-Dome
* Cedar Falls, IA

| ESPN3| L 19–24| 16,324|
October 24| 2:00 pm| at No. 6 South Dakota State| No. 22|

* Coughlin–Alumni Stadium
* Brookings, SD

| ESPN3| W 10–7| 16,042|
October 31| 1:00 pm| South Dakota| No. 18|

* UNI-Dome
* Cedar Falls, IA

| ESPN3| W 20–7| 10,476|
November 7| 4:00 pm| No. 23 Indiana State| No. 17|

* UNI-Dome
* Cedar Falls, IA

| ESPN3| W 59–13| 13,224|
November 14| 2:00 pm| at Missouri State| No. 17|

* Plaster Sports Complex
* Springfield, MO

| ESPN3| W 41–0| 5,223|
November 21| 4:00 pm| Southern Illinois| No. 15|

* UNI-Dome
* Cedar Falls, IA

| MVC TV/ESPN3| W 49–28| 9,915|
November 28| 5:00 pm| No. 24 Eastern Illinois*| No. 15|

* UNI-Dome
* Cedar Falls, IA (FCS Playoffs First Round)

| ESPN3| W 53–17| 7,062|
December 5| 9:00 pm| at No. 5 Portland State*| No. 15|

* Providence Park
* Portland, OR (FCS Playoffs Second Round)

| ESPN3| W 29–17| 8,022|
December 12| 11:00 am| at No. 2 North Dakota State*| No. 15|

* Fargodome
* Fargo, ND (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)

| ESPN| L 13–23| 18,041|

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from STATS FCS at time of game Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Central time

* Source: Schedule

## Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes| Week

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Poll| Pre| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| Final
STATS FCS| 10| 14| 9| 7| 7 (1)| 10| 12| 22| 18| 17| 17| 15| 15| 8
Coaches| 10| 14| 11| 6| 6| 10| 14| 25| 21| 20| 19| 15| 14| 6

## References

[edit]

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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* O. R. Latham Stadium (1936–1975)
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