2005 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

The 2005 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The previous year's team finished first (of nine) in the Gateway Football Conference.[2] The team was coached by fifth year head coach Mark Farley and played their home games in the UNI-Dome.

2005 Northern Iowa Panthers football
Gateway co-champion
ConferenceGateway Football Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 2[1]
2005 record11–4 (5–2 Gateway)
Head coach
Home stadiumUNI-Dome (c. 16,324, astro-turf)
2005 Gateway Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Northern Iowa +^  5 –2   11 –4  
No. 7 Southern Illinois +^  5 –2   9 –4  
No. 14 Youngstown State +  5 –2   8 –3  
No. 22 Illinois State  4 –3   7 –4  
Western Kentucky  4 –3   6 –5  
Western Illinois  3 –4   5 –6  
Missouri State  2 –5   4 –6  
Indiana State  0 –7   0 –11  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 17:05 pmDrake*No. 12
KFXA/KDSMW 52–1710,385
September 107:05 pmMinnesota Duluth*No. 12
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
W 49–148,893
September 172:30 pmat No. 22 (I–A) Iowa*No. 9
ESPN+L 21–4570,585
October 11:05 pmat Western IllinoisNo. 8
W 41–2414,603[3]
October 82:00 pmat Missouri StateNo. 7
L 21–2410,778
October 154:05 pmIndiana StateNo. 14
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
W 31–1012,449
October 221:30 pmat Illinois StateNo. 13
L 3–3812,626
October 293:05 pmNo. 11 Youngstown StateNo. 21
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
KFXA/KDSM/FCSW 21–711,242
November 54:05 pmat No. 6 Western KentuckyNo. 17
FSNMW 23–20 2OT12,364
November 125:05 pmNo. 4 Southern IllinoisNo. 14
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
W 25–2415,536[4]
November 195:05 pmNorthern Arizona*No. 10
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
W 41–178,142
November 267:05 pmNo. 15 Eastern Washington*No. 7
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
W 41–387,746
December 310:00 amat No. 1 New Hampshire*No. 7
ESPNGPW 24–218,448
December 97:05 pmat No. 4 Texas State*No. 7
ESPN2W 40–37 OT15,712[5]
December 167:00 pmvs. No. 5 Appalachian State*No. 7
ESPN2L 16–2120,236

Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
The Sports Network12[6]129108714132117141072[1]

Roster
2005 Northern Iowa Panthers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 8 Nick Nelson Fr
OT 77 Chad Rinehart So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Coaching staff
NamePositionYear at
Northern Iowa		Alma Mater (Year)
Mark FarleyHead Coach5thNorthern Iowa (1987)

References
  1. "Sports Network's Final 2005 FCS College Football Poll". Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
  2. "YEAR-BY-YEAR STANDINGS" (PDF). Missouri Valley Football Conference. October 20, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2008.
  3. Ecker, Jim (October 2, 2005). "UNI's Sanders too much for W. Illinois". The Gazette. p. 16C. Retrieved January 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Newhoff, Doug (November 13, 2005). "Unbelieva-ball!". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. p. C1. Retrieved December 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "UNI captures OT thriller". The Muscatine Journal. December 10, 2005. Retrieved March 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "UNI Ranked No. 12 in Sports Network Poll". University of Northern Iowa Department of Athletics. August 8, 2005. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
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