The 2013 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2013 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 7–5, 3–5 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for seventh place.

Personnel

Roster

• 2013 Roster

Coaching staff

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 pm	at Iowa State*	No. 17	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	MC 22	W 28–20	56,800[1]
September 7	4:00 pm	Drake*	No. 9	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	KCRG 9.2	W 45–15	15,960[2]
September 21	2:30 pm	at Northern Colorado*	No. 7	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	BSTV	W 27–6	3,025[3]
September 28	4:00 pm	No. 9 McNeese State*	No. 5	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA		W 41–6	12,325[4]
October 5	2:30 pm	at No. 1 North Dakota State	No. 4	Fargodome Fargo, ND	FCS	L 23–24	18,840[5]
October 12	4:00 pm	Southern Illinois	No. 4	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA		L 17–24 OT	16,423[6]
October 19	4:00 pm	South Dakota	No. 11	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA		L 31–38 2OT	11,121[7]
October 26	2:00 pm	at No. 25 South Dakota State	No. 17	Coughlin-Alumni Stadium Brookings, SD	Midco SN	L 34–37 2OT	7,912[8]
November 2	1:00 pm	at Illinois State		Hancock Stadium Normal, IL		L 3–13	8,006[9]
November 9	4:00 pm	No. 9 Youngstown State		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	KCRG 9.2	W 22–20	10,034[10]
November 16	1:00 pm	at Missouri State		Plaster Sports Complex Springfield, MO	ESPN3	W 17–10	5,621[11]
November 23	4:00 pm	Western Illinois		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA		W 28–13	9,568[12]
*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

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Ranking movements