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
Conf  Overall
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

Season

Roster

Eric Sanders QB Dexter Hill QB Nick Nelson QB David Horne RB Terrance Freeney RB Corey Lewis RB Jason Breeland RB Dexter Hill RB David Shields James Lindgren Johnny Gray WR/KR Jamie Goodwin WR Cyrus Garrett WR Matt Garvin WR Justin Surrency WR/KR Patrick Hunter WR Everett Roberts WR Brian Cutright WR Curt Bradley Ross Hannam Dre Dokes Tanner Varner Ryan Manahl Tyler Reagan B.J. Stotser Darin Heideman Brett Koebcke Chris Parsons John Hermann Curtis Cooper DB Charles Johnson Dave Schratz Jordan Lacy DE Matt Tharp DB Michael Matthes Kevin Stensrud Clifford Waters SS Mark Huygens Andrew Key Brannon Carter WR Christian Perera DB Everette Pedescleaux DL Andrew Williams DB Sean McMoore DB Terrell McMoore CB Adam Kos LB/DE Nick Pauly LB/DE Araf Evans-Sykes OL/DL Brian Wingert DB Justin Kirk DB Matt Mackey DB Matt Adams DB Nick Alvarez DB Jake Holmes WR

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

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
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
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
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
December 167:00 pmvs. No. 5 Appalachian State*No. 7
ESPN2L 16–2120,236

Rankings
Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.
PollPreWk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10Wk 11Wk 12Final
The Sports Network 12[3] 12 9 10 8 7 14 13 21 17 14 10 7 2[1]

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. "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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