2008 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

2008 Northern Iowa Panthers football

MVFC co-champion
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 4^[1]
FCS Coaches	No. 4^[2]
2008 record	12–3 (7–1 MVFC)
Head coach	Mark Farley (8th year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Bill Salmon
Co-offensive coordinator	Mario Verduzco
Home stadium	UNI-Dome (c. 16,324, astro-turf)

The 2008 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The previous year's team finished first (of nine) in the Gateway Football Conference. The Gateway Football Conference was renamed the Missouri Valley Football League in June 2008.^[3] The team is coached by Mark Farley and play their home games in the UNI-Dome. On November 14, 2008 Northern Iowa won its first back-to-back conference championships since the 1995 and 1996 seasons. Northern Iowa was awarded the third seed in the 2008 FCS playoffs.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	5:00 pm	at BYU*	No. 3	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	mtn	L 17–41	64,108
September 6	4:05 pm	South Dakota*	No. 9	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	CFU	W 24–13	12,904
September 20	4:05 pm	No. 12 South Dakota State	No. 8	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	CFU/Mediacom	W 34–20	15,136
September 27	6:00 pm	at No. 15 Southern Illinois	No. 5	McAndrew Stadium • Carbondale, IL	Mediacom	L 24–27	14,427
October 2	6:35 pm	Nicholls State*	No. 10	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	ESPNU	W 34–14	9,028
October 11	4:05 pm	Illinois State	No. 10	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	CFU/Mediacom	W 31–17	16,100
October 18	4:05 pm	No. 20 North Dakota State	No. 6	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	KFXA/Missouri Valley FB TV	W 23–13	13,416
October 25	3:00 pm	at Youngstown State	No. 5	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH		W 21–20	15,937
November 1	12:05 pm	at No. 14 Western Illinois	No. 5	Hanson Field • Macomb, IL		W 30–6	10,258
November 8	4:05 pm	Missouri State	No. 4	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	CFU/Mediacom	W 42–0	13,426
November 15	11:00 am	at Indiana State	No. 4	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN		W 28–0	2,381
November 22	2:00 pm	at Southern Utah*	No. 4	Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT		W 34–24	3,145
November 29	4:05 pm	No. 21 Maine*	No. 4	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA		W 40–15	8,477
December 6	6:00 pm	No. 10 New Hampshire*	No. 4	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN360	W 36–34	9,055
December 13	3:00 pm	No. 7 Richmond*	No. 4	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN	L 20–21	12,062
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network at time of game. All times are in Central Time.

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Year at Northern Iowa	Alma Mater (Year)
Mark Farley	Head Coach	8th	Northern Iowa (1987)
Rick Nelson	Recruiting Coordinator Offensive Line	9th	Northern Iowa (1984)
Bill Salmon	Associate Head Coach Offensive Coordinator Receivers	8th	Northern Iowa (1980)
Mario Verduzco	Co-Offensive Coordinator Quarterbacks	8th	San José State (1988)
Atif Austin	Running Backs	4th	Iowa State (2003)
Scott Frost	Co-Defensive Coordinator Linebackers	2nd	Nebraska (1997)
Chris Klieman	Co-Defensive Coordinator Secondary	3rd	Northern Iowa (1990)
Jerry Montgomery	Defensive Line	3rd	Iowa (2001)
Erik Chinander	Tight Ends	5th	Iowa (2003)
Bill Wilt	Defensive Line	1st	Eureka College (1977)

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Final
The Sports Network	3	9	9	8	5	10	10	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
FCS Coaches	4	5	8	7	5	10	8	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

References

↑ Sports Network's Final 2008 FCS College Football Poll Archived May 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ 2008 FCS Coaches Poll
↑ "Gateway Football Conference Changes Its Name". Gateway Football Conference. 2008-06-06. Retrieved 2008-10-12.

Northern Iowa Panthers football

Venues	O. R. Latham Stadium (1936–1975) UNI-Dome (1976–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games

Culture & lore	"UNI Fight"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

2008 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Appalachian State Cal Poly Colgate Eastern Kentucky James Madison Maine Montana New Hampshire Northern Iowa Richmond South Carolina State Southern Illinois Texas State Villanova Weber State Wofford

Champion – Richmond Spiders

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