2020 Northern Iowa Panthers football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 25
FCS CoachesNo. 24
Record3–4 (3–4 MVFC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorJeremiah Johnson (8th season)
Home stadiumUNI-Dome
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 South Dakota State +^   5 – 1     8 – 2  
No. 12 Missouri State +^   5 – 1     5 – 5  
No. 7 North Dakota ^   4 – 1     5 – 2  
No. 6 North Dakota State ^   5 – 2     7 – 3  
No. 14 Southern Illinois ^   3 – 3     6 – 4  
Northern Iowa   3 – 4     3 – 4  
South Dakota   1 – 3     1 – 3  
Illinois State†   1 – 3     1 – 3  
Western Illinois†   1 – 5     1 – 5  
Youngstown State   1 – 6     1 – 6  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Note: Indiana State opted out of the spring season.
    † – Illinois State and Western Illinois opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 21 and April 5, 2021, respectively.
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by Mark Farley in his 20th season and played their home games in the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

Schedule

Northern Iowa had a game scheduled against Iowa on September 5, which was later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.[1]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
February 19 7:00 p.m. No. 5 South Dakota State No. 3
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
 PSN(a) /ESPN+ L 20–24 2,137
February 27 11:00 a.m. at Youngstown State No. 5
ESPN+ W 21–0 2,128
March 6 4:00 p.m. No. 15 Illinois Statedagger No. 3
PSN/ESPN+ W 20–10 1,920
March 13 12:00 p.m. at No. 10 Southern Illinois No. 4
ESPN+ L 16–17 2,400
March 20 4:00 p.m. Missouri State No. 10
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
 PSN/ESPN+ L 6–13 1,608
March 27 7:00 p.m. at Western Illinois No. 22
ESPN+ W 34–20 542
April 2 6:00 p.m. South Dakota No. 23
ESPN+ Canceled
April 10 4:00 p.m. No. 2 North Dakota State No. 24
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
 ESPN+ L 20–23 2,037

a.^ Panther Sports Network involves these channels (CFU Ch. 15/HD415; KCRG-TV Ch. 9.2; KCWI Ch. 23; KGCW Ch. 26, (NBC Sports Chicago or NBC Sports Chicago Plus) [2][3]

Players drafted into the NFL

See also: 2021 NFL Draft
Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
3 93 Spencer Brown OT Buffalo Bills
4 116 Elerson Smith OLB New York Giants

References

  1. ^ Myerberg, Paul. "Big Ten football reduces season schedule to only conference games, maybe setting stage for others to follow". USA TODAY. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  2. ^ Wilmer, Brian (January 15, 2020). "Northern Iowa releases 2020 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  3. ^ "2020 Northern Iowa Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 28, 2020.


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