2018 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

2018 Northern Iowa Panthers football
2018 Northern Iowa Panthers football
NCAA Division I Second Round, L 16–23 at UC Davis
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 23
Record	7–6 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach	Mark Farley (18th season);
Offensive coordinator	John Bond (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Jeremiah Johnson (6th season)
Home stadium	UNI-Dome
	Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by 18th-year head coach Mark Farley, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 7–6 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the MVFC. Northern Iowa received an at-large bid to NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where the Panthers defeated Lamar in the first round before losing to UC Davis in the second round. The team played home games at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

STATSNo. 23

Record7–6 (5–3 MVFC)

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2018 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 North Dakota State $^	8	–	0	15	–	0
No. 3 South Dakota State ^	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. 23 Northern Iowa ^	5	–	3	7	–	6
Indiana State	5	–	3	7	–	4
Western Illinois	4	–	4	5	–	6
Illinois State	3	–	5	6	–	5
Youngstown State	3	–	5	4	–	7
South Dakota	3	–	5	4	–	7
Missouri State	2	–	6	4	–	7
Southern Illinois	1	–	7	2	–	9

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

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	8:00 p.m.	at No. 24 Montana*	No. 13	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	PSN^[a]	L 23–26	25,018
September 15	6:30 p.m.	at Iowa*	No. 21	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	BTN	L 14–38	69,250
September 22	4:00 p.m.	Hampton*	No. 25	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	PSN, ESPN3	W 44–0	9,116
September 27	6:00 p.m.	at Indiana State	No. 23	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3	W 33–0	5,487
October 6	1:00 p.m.	No. 1 North Dakota State	No. 22	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	PSN, ESPN+	L 31–56	9,899
October 13	6:00 p.m.	at No. 24 South Dakota		DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	W 42–28	9,513
October 20	4:00 p.m.	No. 2 South Dakota State	No. 25	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN3	W 24–9	12,013
October 27	1:00 p.m.	at Western Illinois	No. 17	Hanson Field Macomb, IL	ESPN+	L 17–37	2,832
November 3	1:00 p.m.	No. 14 Illinois State		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	PSN, ESPN+	W 26–16	10,838
November 10	11:00 a.m.	at Youngstown State	No. 22	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	L 10–31	8,407
November 17	4:00 p.m.	Missouri State		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	PSN, ESPN+	W 37–0	10,072
November 24	4:00 p.m.	Lamar*		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN3	W 16–13	4,082
December 1	9:00 p.m.	at No. 7 UC Davis*		Aggie Stadium Davis, CA (NCAA Division Second Round)	ESPN3	L 16–23	8,306
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 21 Panthers	0	0	0	14	14
Hawkeyes	7	14	17	0	38

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	0	0	0	0	0
No. 25 Panthers	10	10	21	3	44

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 Panthers	3	6	14	10	33
Sycamores	0	0	0	0	0

Schedule

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	21	7	14	42
No. 24 Coyotes	3	10	8	7	28

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 14 Redbirds	3	0	0	13	16
Panthers	3	16	7	0	26

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	0	0	0
Panthers	10	10	7	10	37

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	13	0	0	0	13
Panthers	3	10	0	3	16