American college football season
The 2019 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by Mark Farley in his 19th season and played their home games in the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 10–5, 6–2 in MVFC play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated San Diego and South Dakota State to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to James Madison.
Preseason[edit]
MVFC poll[edit]
In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Panthers were predicted to finish in fifth place.[1]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
1 | North Dakota State | 392 (32) |
2 | South Dakota State | 348 (4) |
3 | Illinois State | 289 (3) |
4 | Indiana State | 279 (1) |
5 | Northern Iowa | 266 |
6 | South Dakota | 176 |
7 | Youngstown State | 153 |
8 | Western Illinois | 128 |
9 | Southern Illinois | 89 |
10 | Missouri State | 80 |
Preseason All–MVFC team[edit]
The Panthers had three players selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.[2]
Offense Briley Moore – TE Jackson Scott-Brown – OL | Defense Xavior Williams – DB |
Schedule[edit]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 11:00 a.m. | at No. 21 FBS Iowa State* | No. 18 | | FS1 | L 26–29 3OT | 61,500 |
September 7 | 4:00 p.m. | Southern Utah* | No. 11 | | PSN[a]/ESPN3 | W 34–14 | 9,241 |
September 21 | 4:00 p.m. | Idaho State* | No. 9 | | PSN/ESPN+ | W 13–6 | 8,339 |
September 28 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 5 Weber State* | No. 9 | | Pluto TV | L 17–29 | 6,582 |
October 5 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 18 Youngstown State | No. 13 | | PSN/ESPN3 | W 21–14 | 10,137 |
October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 1 North Dakota State | No. 10 | | ESPN+ | L 14–46 | 18,178 |
October 19 | 4:00 p.m. | South Dakota | No. 14 | | PSN/ESPN+ | W 42–27 | 10,201 |
October 26 | 2:00 p.m. | at Missouri State | No. 11 | | ESPN+ | W 29–6 | 6,583 |
November 2 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 7 Illinois State | No. 9 | | NBCCH/ESPN+ | W 27–10 | 6,705 |
November 9 | 4:00 p.m. | Indiana State | No. 5 | | PSN/ESPN+ | W 17–9 | 8,442 |
November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 8 South Dakota State | No. 4 | | ESPN3 | L 7–38 | 7,317 |
November 23 | 1:00 p.m. | Western Illinois | No. 9 | | ESPN3 | W 38–7 | 8,920 |
November 30 | 1:00 p.m. | San Diego* | No. 6 | | ESPN3 | W 17–3 | 3,743 |
December 7 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 10 South Dakota State* | No. 6 | | ESPN3 | W 13–10 | 4,102 |
| 6:00 p.m. | at No. 2 James Madison* | No. 6 | | ESPN2 | L 0–17 | 8,741 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Game summaries[edit]
At Iowa State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | Total |
No. 18 Panthers | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 26 |
No. 21 (FBS) Cyclones | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 29 |
Southern Utah[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Thunderbirds | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
No. 11 Panthers | 7 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 34 |
Idaho State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bengals | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
No. 9 Panthers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 13 |
At Weber State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 9 Panthers | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
No. 5 Wildcats | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 29 |
Youngstown State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 18 Penguins | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
No. 13 Panthers | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
At North Dakota State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 10 Panthers | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
No. 1 Bison | 15 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 46 |
South Dakota[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Coyotes | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
No. 14 Panthers | 14 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
At Missouri State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 11 Panthers | 0 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 29 |
Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
At Illinois State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 9 Panthers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 27 |
No. 7 Redbirds | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Indiana State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Sycamores | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
No. 5 Panthers | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
At South Dakota State[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 4 Panthers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
No. 8 Jackrabbits | 0 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 38 |
Western Illinois[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Leathernecks | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
No. 9 Panthers | 7 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
FCS Playoffs[edit]
The Panthers were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against San Diego.[5]
San Diego–First Round[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Toreros | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
No. 6 Panthers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
At South Dakota State–Second Round[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 6 Panthers | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
No. 10 Jackrabbits | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
At James Madison–Quarterfinals[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 6 Panthers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. 2 Dukes | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
Ranking movements[edit]
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
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STATS FCS | 18 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
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Coaches | 20 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 5 |
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