2022 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

The 2022 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers competed as members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference and were led by 22nd-year head coach Mark Farley. They played their home games at UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

2022 Northern Iowa Panthers football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Record6–5 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorRyan Clanton (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorBodie Reeder (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorRandall McCray (1st season)
Home stadiumUNI-Dome
(capacity: 16,324)
2022 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 South Dakota State $^  8 0   14 1  
No. 2 North Dakota State ^  7 1   12 3  
No. 20 North Dakota ^  5 3   7 5  
Youngstown State  5 3   7 4  
Northern Iowa  5 3   6 5  
Illinois State  4 4   6 5  
Southern Illinois  4 4   5 6  
Missouri State  3 5   5 6  
South Dakota  2 6   3 8  
Indiana State  1 7   2 9  
Western Illinois  0 8   0 11  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
As of May 13, 2023
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Panthers finished the 2021 season with an overall record of 6–6 and a mark of 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in sixth. They received an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs, where they lost in the first round to Eastern Washington.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 312:00 p.m.at Air Force*No. 21AltitudeL 17–4831,180
September 103:00 p.m.at North DakotaNo. 24ESPN3L 27–299,940
September 174:00 p.m. No. 8 Sacramento State*ESPN+L 21–378,818
September 243:00 p.m.at Western IllinoisESPN+W 52–174,500
October 14:00 p.m.Indiana State
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
ESPN+W 20–146,830
October 84:00 p.m.Illinois Statedagger
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
ESPN+L 21–239,306
October 154:00 p.m.Utah Tech*
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
ESPN+W 41–146,942
October 224:00 p.m.Missouri State
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
ESPN+W 41–208,809
October 292:00 p.m.at No. 20 Southern IllinoisESPN3W 37–366,155
November 54:00 p.m. No. 1 South Dakota State
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
ESPN+L 28–319,449
November 191:00 p.m.at South DakotaESPN+W 58–145,490
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

2022 Northern Iowa Panthers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

At Air Force

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 21 Panthers 3 0 0 14 17
Falcons 14 13 14 7 48

North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 24 Panthers 3 7 3 14 27
Fighting Hawks 7 0 7 15 29

No. 8 Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 8 Hornets 7 17 3 10 37
Panthers 7 0 14 0 21

At Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0 17 21 14 52
Leathernecks 0 3 7 7 17

Indiana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 0 3 3 8 14
Panthers 7 3 7 3 20

Illinois State

1 2 3 4 Total
Redbirds 10 10 3 0 23
Panthers 7 7 0 7 21

Utah Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Trailblazers 0 7 0 7 14
Panthers 10 24 7 0 41

Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 7 7 6 20
Panthers 14 10 7 10 41

At No. 20 Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 7 21 3 6 37
No. 20 Salukis 10 7 12 7 36

No. 1 South Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 1 Jackrabbits 3 17 8 3 31
Panthers 0 14 7 7 28

At South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0
Coyotes 0

References

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