2023 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

2023 Northern Iowa Panthers football
2023 Northern Iowa Panthers football
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record	6–5 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach	Mark Farley (23rd season);
Co-offensive coordinator	Ryan Clanton (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Bodie Reeder (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Randall McCray (2nd season)
Home stadium	UNI-Dome
	Seasons ← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers competed as members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference and were led by 23rd-year head coach Mark Farley. They played their home games at UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

2023 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 South Dakota State $^	8	–	0	15	–	0
No. 4 South Dakota ^	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 3 North Dakota State ^	5	–	3	11	–	4
No. 19 Youngstown State ^	5	–	3	8	–	5
No. 16 North Dakota ^	5	–	3	7	–	5
Northern Iowa	5	–	3	6	–	5
No. 12 Southern Illinois ^	4	–	4	8	–	5
Illinois State	4	–	4	6	–	5
Missouri State	3	–	5	4	–	7
Murray State	1	–	7	2	–	9
Indiana State	1	–	7	1	–	10
Western Illinois	0	–	8	0	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant As of December 3, 2024 Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	1:00 p.m.	at Iowa State*	No. 23	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	ESPN	L 9–30	58,248
September 9	4:00 p.m.	No. 12 Weber State*	No. 21	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN	L 17–34	7,967
September 16	5:00 p.m.	at Idaho State*		Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	ESPN	W 41–17	N/A
September 30	1:00 p.m.	No. 23 Youngstown State		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN	W 44–41	10,346
October 7	6:00 p.m.	at Indiana State		Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	ESPN	W 27–20	3,228
October 14	2:00 p.m.	at No. 1 South Dakota State		Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD	ESPN	L 6–41	19,357
October 21	4:00 p.m.	No. 11 North Dakota		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN3	W 27–0	10,677
October 28	12:00 p.m.	at Illinois State	No. 23	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	ESPN	W 24–21	N/A
November 4	1:00 p.m.	Western Illinois	No. 18	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN	W 50–6	8,051
November 11	2:00 p.m.	at Missouri State	No. 15	Robert W. Plaster Stadium Springfield, MO	ESPN	L 16–35	6,898
November 18	4:00 p.m.	No. 9 North Dakota State	No. 22	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN	L 27–48	9,852
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Northern Iowa Panthers (0–0) vs. Iowa State Cyclones (0–0)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Northern Iowa	0	0	3	6	9
Iowa State	14	9	7	0	30

Game information

(12:45) ISU – Cooper, Jeremiah 58 yd interception (Contreraz,Chase kick) (ISU 7–0)
(1:21) ISU – Becht, Rocco 1 yd run (Contreraz,Chase kick) (Drive: 7 plays, 21 yards, 3:48; ISU 14–0)

(0:48) ISU – Moore,Tyler 14 yd pass from Becht,Rocco (PAT Failed) (Drive: 6 plays, 71 yards, 2:51; ISU 20–0)
(07:54) ISU – Contreraz,Chase 56 yd field goal (Drive: 1 plays, - yards, 0:04; ISU 23–0)

(13:08) ISU – Brahmer,Benjamin 36 yd pass from Becht,Rocco (Contreraz,Chase kick) (Drive: 4 plays, 87 yards, 1:48; ISU 30–0)
(08:03) UNI - Cook,Matthew 31 yd field goal (Drive: 12 plays, 61 yards, 5:05; ISU 30–3)

(11:30) UNI - Hutson,Desmond 3 yd pass from Day,Theo (2 Pt Conversion Failed ) (Drive: 5 plays, 57 yards, 1:55; ISU 30–9)

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UNI	Passing	Theo Day	16–34, 164 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Tye Edwards	16 CAR, 72 YDS
	Receiving	Logan Wolf	3 REC, 40 YDS
Iowa State	Passing	Rocco Becht	10–13, 113 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Cartevious Norton	11 CAR, 49 YDS
	Receiving	Benjamin Brahmer	1 REC, 36 YDS, TD

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