2017 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

American college football season

2017 Northern Iowa Panthers football

NCAA Division I Second Round, L 22–37 vs. South Dakota State
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 19
FCS Coaches	No. 19
Record	8–5 (6–2 MVFC)
Head coach	Mark Farley (17th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bill Salmon (17th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jeremiah Johnson (5th season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	UNI-Dome
Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 North Dakota State $^	7	–	1	14	–	1
No. 3 South Dakota State ^	6	–	2	11	–	3
No. 19 Northern Iowa ^	6	–	2	8	–	5
No. 13 Western Illinois ^	5	–	3	8	–	4
No. 15 South Dakota ^	4	–	4	8	–	5
Illinois State	4	–	4	6	–	5
Youngstown State	4	–	4	6	–	5
Southern Illinois	2	–	6	4	–	7
Missouri State	2	–	6	3	–	8
Indiana State	0	–	8	0	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Mark Farley in his 17th season and played their home games in the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa as members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for second place. The Panthers received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Monmouth^[1]^[2] in the first round before losing in the second round to South Dakota State.^[3]^[4]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 p.m.	at Iowa State*	No. 18	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	Cyclones.tv	L 24–42	61,500
September 9	4:00 p.m.	Cal Poly*	No. 21	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	PSN^[a] ESPN3	W 45–38 ^OT	10,246
September 16	7:00 p.m.	at Southern Utah*	No. 21	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	Pluto TV	L 21–24	8,841
September 30	6:00 p.m.	at Southern Illinois		Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN3	W 24–17	9,112
October 7	4:00 p.m.	No. 15 Western Illinois		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	PSN ESPN3	L 29–38	12,642
October 14	2:00 p.m.	at No. 7 South Dakota State		Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD	ESPN3	W 38–18	14,347
October 21	1:00 p.m.	No. 9 Youngstown State		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	PSN ESPN3	W 19–14	12,146
October 28	2:30 p.m.	at No. 2 North Dakota State		Fargodome Fargo, ND	ESPN3	L 14–30	18,687
November 4	1:00 p.m.	No. 6 South Dakota		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	PSN ESPN3	W 34–29	10,814
November 11	2:00 p.m.	at Missouri State	No. 25	Robert W. Plaster Stadium Springfield, MO	ESPN3	W 25–10	6,157
November 18	4:00 p.m.	Indiana State	No. 24	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	PSN ESPN3	W 41–3	8,232
November 25	4:00 p.m.	Monmouth*	No. 20	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 46–7	4,095
December 2	4:00 p.m.	at No. 6 South Dakota State*	No. 20	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	L 22–37	7,518
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS at time of game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^ Panther Sports Network involves these channels (CFU Ch. 15/HD415; KCRG-TV Ch. 9.2; WHO-DT Ch. 13.2; KGCW Ch. 26, (NBC Sports Chicago or NBC Sports Chicago Plus, KSMO/Charter Kansas City Ch. 62.1 (for KSMO))

Draft Year	Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL Team
2018	Daurice Fountain	WR	5	159	Indianapolis Colts

^ "Monmouth vs. Northern Iowa - Game Recap - November 25, 2017 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
^ Courier, JIM NELSON Waterloo. "UNI romps to playoff victory over Monmouth". The Quad-City Times. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
^ "FCS playoffs: South Dakota State Jackrabbits beat Northern Iowa 37-22". Argus Leader. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
^ "Northern Iowa vs. South Dakota State - Game Recap - December 2, 2017 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 17, 2018.

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

v t e 2017 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants
Central Arkansas Central Connecticut Elon Furman Jacksonville State James Madison Kennesaw State Lehigh Monmouth New Hampshire Nicholls State North Dakota State Northern Arizona Northern Iowa Sam Houston State Samford San Diego South Dakota South Dakota State Southern Utah Stony Brook Weber State Western Illinois Wofford
Champion – North Dakota State