2007 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

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2007 Northern Iowa Panthers football
UNI wordmark.png
Gateway Football Conference Champions
Conference Gateway Football Conference
Ranking
Sports Network #4[1]
FCS Coaches #5[2]
2007 record 12–1 (6–0 Gateway)
Head coach Mark Farley (7th year)
Co-offensive coordinator Bill Salmon
Co-offensive coordinator Mario Verduzco
Home stadium UNI-Dome (c. 16,324, astro-turf)
Seasons
« 2006 2008 »

The 2007 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Mark Farley and played their home games in the UNI-Dome. The Panthers clinched a share of the Gateway Football Conference and a playoff berth with a win against Missouri State on November 3.

Facts

  • The Panthers moved into the top spot in The Sports Network's FCS Top 25 poll on October 15. It marked the first time the Panthers had been perched in the No. 1 spot in the nation since the Sports Network's poll on November 5, 1992.[3]
  • On November 19, UNI became the consensus No. 1-ranked team in the nation after taking over the top spot in the FCS Coaches poll.
  • On November 8, Northern Iowa was ranked 30th in the nation in the Sagarin ratings. The Sagarin ratings take into account all members of Division I football.[4]
  • UNI became the first-ever Gateway Football Conference school to win all six of its regular season road contests in a single season.
  • University of Northern Iowa (11–0) topped the bracket as the top seed after capturing the automatic qualifying berth from the Gateway Football Conference. The Panthers are making their 13th tournament appearance.[5]
  • For the first time in school history the University of Northern Iowa football team drew a seed for the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.[6]
  • In scoring its first win over Iowa State since 1994, UNI improved its record against teams from the Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) to 9–15 since 1985.[3]
  • On November 18, Northern Iowa received points in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. They received 1 point; that vote came from Ray Ratto of the San Francisco Chronicle.[7] The Panthers became the second FCS school to receive votes in the poll, following Appalachian State who had received up to 19 votes earlier in the season.
  • In 23 years of league play, UNI has now captured at least a share of the Gateway Football Conference title in 13 of those seasons with nine of those being outright championships.
  • UNI completed the first-ever perfect regular season in the 23-year history of the Gateway Football Conference with a record of 11–0. UNI's 6–0 mark in Gateway play marked the ninth time in league history a team went undefeated against conference competition. It was the fifth time UNI has completed Gateway play with an unblemished record.
  • OL Chad Rinehart was named to the Senior Bowl North team.

Season

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 30 7:05 pm Minnesota State* #9 UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA W 41–14   15,056
September 8 6:00 pm at Iowa State* #7 Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA W 24–13   56,795
September 15 7:00 pm at South Dakota State* #5 Coughlin-Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD W 31–17   10,844
September 22 4:00 pm at Drake* #4 Drake Stadium • Des Moines, IA Mediacom W 45–7   10,216
September 29 1:30 pm at Illinois State #3 Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL W 23–13   10,473
October 13 4:05 pm Southern Illinoisdagger #2 UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA Mediacom/CFU W 30–24   17,074
October 20 6:35 pm at Western Illinois #1 Hanson Field • Macumb, IL FSNM/FCS/MS-KC/CFU W 42–3   15,330
October 27 4:05 pm Youngstown State #1 UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA KFXA/KDSM/WFMJ/FCS/MS-KC W 14–13   16,528
November 3 1:00 pm at Missouri State #1 Plaster Sports Complex • Springfield, MO Mediacom W 38–17   10,590
November 10 5:05 pm Indiana State #1 UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA CFU W 68–14   16,624
November 17 5:05 pm Southern Utah* #1 UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA CFU W 48–10   15,724
November 24 6:35 pm New Hampshire* #1 UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA Mediacom/CFU W 38–35   16,015
December 1 1:00 pm Delaware* #1 UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA ESPNGP/Mediacom/CFU L 27–39   15,803
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network at time of game. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.
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 Wk 14 Wk 15 Final
The Sports Network 9[8] 7[9] 5 4[10] 3 2[11] 2[12] 1[13] 1[14] 1[15] 1[16] 1[17] 1[18] N/A N/A N/A 4[1]
FCS Coaches 9[19] 7[20] 5[21] 5[22] 4[23] 4[24] 3[25] 2[26] 2[27] 2[28] 2[29] 2[30] 1[31] N/A N/A N/A 5[2]
AP NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 38[32] NR NR NR

Coaching staff

Name Position Year at
Northern Iowa		 Alma Mater (Year)
Mark Farley Head Coach 7th Northern Iowa (1987)
Rick Nelson Recruiting Coordinator
Offensive Line		 8th Northern Iowa (1984)
Bill Salmon Associate Head Coach
Offensive Coordinator
Receivers		 7th Northern Iowa (1980)
Mario Verduzco Co-Offensive Coordinator
Quarterbacks		 7th San José State (1988)
Atif Austin Running Backs 3rd Iowa State (2003)
Scott Frost Linebackers 1st Nebraska (1997)
Chris Klieman Secondary 2nd Northern Iowa (1990)
Jerry Montgomery Defensive Line 2nd Iowa (2001)
Keith Harms Defensive Assistant 4th Buena Vista (1979)
Erik Chinander Tight Ends 4th Iowa (2003)

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Chad Rinehart Tackle 3 96 Washington Redskins
Brandon Keith Tackle 7 225 Arizona Cardinals

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sports Network's Final 2007 FCS College Football Poll
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2007 FCS Coaches Poll
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  33. ↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2008.htm
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