2014 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

The 2014 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Mark Farley and played their home games in the UNI-Dome. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 9–5, 6–2 in MVFC play to finish in third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Stephen F. Austin in the first round before losing in the second round to Illinois State.

2014 Northern Iowa Panthers football
FCS Playoffs Second Round vs. Illinois State, L 21–41
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 10
FCS Coaches	No. 10
2014 record	9–5 (6–2 MVFC)
Head coach	Mark Farley (14th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Bill Salmon
Co-offensive coordinator	Mario Verduzco
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jeremiah Johnson
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	UNI-Dome (c. 16,324, Field-Turf)

2014 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 North Dakota State +^		7	–	1					15	–	1
No. 2 Illinois State +^		7	–	1					13	–	2
No. 10 Northern Iowa ^		6	–	2					9	–	5
No. 12 South Dakota St. ^		5	–	3					9	–	5
No. 19 Indiana State ^		4	–	4					8	–	6
No. 22 Youngstown State		4	–	4					7	–	5
Southern Illinois		3	–	5					6	–	6
Western Illinois		3	–	5					5	–	7
Missouri State		1	–	7					4	–	8
South Dakota		0	–	8					2	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Personnel

Roster

• 2014 Roster

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Year at Northern Iowa	Alma Mater (Year)
Mark Farley	Head Coach	14th	Northern Iowa (1987)

Season

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	11:00 AM	at Iowa*	No. 9	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	BTN	L 23–31	66,805
September 13	11:00 PM	at Hawaii*	No. 10	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI		L 24–27	24,999
September 20	4:00 PM	Northern Colorado*	No. 11	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	PSN	W 46–7	15,227
September 27	4:00 PM	Tennessee Tech*	No. 10	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	PSN	W 50–7	9,621
October 4	2:00 PM	at No. 25 Indiana State	No. 10	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN		L 19–20	4,291
October 11	3:00 PM	at South Dakota	No. 21	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	ESPN3	W 27–16	10,219
October 18	4:00 PM	No. 18 South Dakota State	No. 20	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	PSN	L 28–31	15,049
October 25	1:00 PM	at Western Illinois	No. 23	Hanson Field Macomb, IL		W 27–13	2,588
November 1	4:00 PM	No. 7 Illinois State	No. 22	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	PSN	W 42–28	12,154
November 8	4:00 PM	No. 1 North Dakota State	No. 19	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	PSN	W 23–3	14,777
November 15	2:00 PM	at Southern Illinois	No. 11	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN3	W 40–21	5,589
November 22	4:00 PM	Missouri State	No. 11	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	PSN	W 38–24	10,298
November 29	7:00 PM	Stephen F. Austin*	No. 10	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 44–10[1]	10,307
December 6	1:00 PM	at No. 7 Illinois State*	No. 10	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	L 21–41	5,575
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network at time of game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

• Source: Schedule

Media

The Panther Sports Network broadcast all home games live on television, marking the first time UNI had all home games on television.[2] PSN affiliates for the 2014 season are:

• CFU Channel 15
• KCRG-TV Local 9.2 (Cedar Rapids)
• WOI-DT Channel 5 D-2 (Ames/Des Moines)
• KCAU-TV Channel 9 D-2 (Sioux City)
• KGCW Channel 26 (Davenport)

The flagship radio station is 1540 AM KXEL in Waterloo, broadcasting all home and away games on an 11-station network.[3]

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Sports Network	9	8	10	11	10	10	21	20	23	22	19	11	11	10	10
Coaches	15	12	11	11	10	10	21	21	23	22	20	12	11	10	10

References

1. "Stephen F. Austin vs UNI". University of Northern Iowa Department of Athletics. November 29, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-12-04. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
2. "UNI Adds Radio, TV Affiliates for 2014-15 FB, MBB". University of Northern Iowa Department of Athletics. July 29, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
3. "Panther Sports Radio Network". University of Northern Iowa Department of Athletics. Retrieved November 23, 2014.