2000 Northern Iowa Panthers football team
American college football season
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The 2000 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Gateway Football Conference. Led by Mike Dunbar in his fourth and final season as head coach, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, placing fourth in the Gateway. Northern Iowa played home games at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
ConferenceGateway Football Conference
Sports NetworkNo. 19
Record7–4 (3–3 Gateway)
Headcoach
- Mike Dunbar (4th season)
| 2000 Northern Iowa Panthers football | |
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| Conference | Gateway Football Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 19 |
| Record | 7–4 (3–3 Gateway) |
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| Defensive coordinator | Jay Niemann (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | UNI-Dome |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Western Illinois $^ | 5 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Youngstown State ^ | 4 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Illinois State | 4 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Northern Iowa | 3 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwest Missouri State | 2 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| August 31 | 7:05 p.m. | Morningside* | No. 10 | W 47–14 | 10,173 | |||
| September 9 | 8:05 p.m. | at Boise State* | No. 11 | L 17–42 | 26,490 | |||
| September 16 | 12:30 p.m. | at Southern Illinois | No. 16 | Gateway TV | L 14–34 | 4,500 | [1] | |
| September 23 | 4:05 p.m. | No. 10 Stephen F. Austin* |
| W 37–30 | 12,206 | [2] | ||
| September 30 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 23 Illinois State | No. 25 |
| Gateway TV | W 34–28 | 13,088 | [3] |
| October 14 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 3 Youngstown State | No. 23 | L 24–28 | 21,119 | |||
| October 21 | 2:00 p.m. | at Indiana State | W 49–17 | 5,473 | ||||
| October 28 | 4:05 p.m. | Southwest Missouri State |
| W 31–13 | 10,687 | |||
| November 4 | 3:00 p.m. | at Cal Poly* | No. 24 | W 43–41 | 4,135 | |||
| November 11 | 7:05 p.m. | Prairie View A&M* | No. 23 |
| W 60–14 | 10,263 | [4] | |
| November 18 | 7:05 p.m. | No. 6 Western Illinois | No. 18 |
| L 41–44 | 14,128 | [5] | |
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