2017 Northern Iowa Panthers football team
American college football season
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 |
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September 2 | 7:00 p.m. | at Iowa State* | No. 18 | | Cyclones.tv | L 24–42 | 61,500 |
September 9 | 4:00 p.m. | Cal Poly* | No. 21 | | PSN[a] ESPN3 | W 45–38 OT | 10,246 |
September 16 | 7:00 p.m. | at Southern Utah* | No. 21 | | Pluto TV | L 21–24 | 8,841 |
September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | at Southern Illinois | | | ESPN3 | W 24–17 | 9,112 |
October 7 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 15 Western Illinois | | | PSN ESPN3 | L 29–38 | 12,642 |
October 14 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 7 South Dakota State | | | ESPN3 | W 38–18 | 14,347 |
October 21 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 9 Youngstown State | | | PSN ESPN3 | W 19–14 | 12,146 |
October 28 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 2 North Dakota State | | | ESPN3 | L 14–30 | 18,687 |
November 4 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 6 South Dakota | | | PSN ESPN3 | W 34–29 | 10,814 |
November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | at Missouri State | No. 25 | | ESPN3 | W 25–10 | 6,157 |
November 18 | 4:00 p.m. | Indiana State | No. 24 | | PSN ESPN3 | W 41–3 | 8,232 |
November 25 | 4:00 p.m. | Monmouth* | No. 20 | | ESPN3 | W 46–7 | 4,095 |
December 2 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 6 South Dakota State* | No. 20 | | ESPN3 | L 22–37 | 7,518 |
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Ranking movements
Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | 18 | 21 | 21 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 24 | 20 | 19 |
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Coaches | 20 | 21–T | 18 | 24 | 20 | 21 | RV | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV | 21 | 19 |
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Panthers drafted
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