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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
MVFC poll
In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Panthers were predicted to finish in fifth place.[1]
Predicted finish
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Team
|
Votes (1st place)
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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
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Preseason All–MVFC team
The Panthers had three players selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.[2]
Offense
Briley Moore – TE
Jackson Scott-Brown – OL
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Defense
Xavior Williams – DB
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Schedule
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
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September 7 | 4:00 p.m. | Southern Utah* | No. 11 | | PSN[a]/ESPN3 | W 34–14 | 9,241
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September 21 | 4:00 p.m. | Idaho State* | No. 9 | | PSN/ESPN+ | W 13–6 | 8,339
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September 28 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 5 Weber State* | No. 9 | | Pluto TV | L 17–29 | 6,582
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October 5 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 18 Youngstown State | No. 13 | | PSN/ESPN3 | W 21–14 | 10,137
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October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 1 North Dakota State | No. 10 | | ESPN+ | L 14–46 | 18,178
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October 19 | 4:00 p.m. | South Dakota | No. 14 | | PSN/ESPN+ | W 42–27 | 10,201
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October 26 | 2:00 p.m. | at Missouri State | No. 11 | | ESPN+ | W 29–6 | 6,583
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November 2 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 7 Illinois State | No. 9 | | NBCCH/ESPN+ | W 27–10 | 6,705
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November 9 | 4:00 p.m. | Indiana State | No. 5 | | PSN/ESPN+ | W 17–9 | 8,442
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November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 8 South Dakota State | No. 4 | | ESPN3 | L 7–38 | 7,317
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November 23 | 1:00 p.m. | Western Illinois | No. 9 | | ESPN3 | W 38–7 | 8,920
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November 30 | 1:00 p.m. | San Diego* | No. 6 | | ESPN3 | W 17–3 | 3,743
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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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[3][4]
Game summaries
At Iowa State
|
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
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Thunderbirds
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
14 |
No. 11 Panthers
|
7
|
17
|
10
|
0 |
34 |
Idaho State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bengals
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0 |
6 |
No. 9 Panthers
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
10 |
13 |
At Weber State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 9 Panthers
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
17 |
No. 5 Wildcats
|
20
|
7
|
2
|
0 |
29 |
Youngstown State
|
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
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 10 Panthers
|
0
|
14
|
0
|
0 |
14 |
No. 1 Bison
|
15
|
3
|
7
|
21 |
46 |
South Dakota
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Coyotes
|
21
|
3
|
3
|
0 |
27 |
No. 14 Panthers
|
14
|
7
|
14
|
7 |
42 |
At Missouri State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 11 Panthers
|
0
|
19
|
10
|
0 |
29 |
Bears
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6 |
6 |
At Illinois State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 9 Panthers
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
13 |
27 |
No. 7 Redbirds
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
0 |
10 |
Indiana State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Sycamores
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
0 |
9 |
No. 5 Panthers
|
7
|
10
|
0
|
0 |
17 |
At South Dakota State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 4 Panthers
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
7 |
No. 8 Jackrabbits
|
0
|
7
|
10
|
21 |
38 |
Western Illinois
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Leathernecks
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
No. 9 Panthers
|
7
|
10
|
14
|
7 |
38 |
FCS Playoffs
The Panthers were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against San Diego.[5]
San Diego–First Round
|
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
|
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
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 6 Panthers
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
No. 2 Dukes
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
7 |
17 |
Ranking movements
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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