2006 Northern Iowa Panthers football team
| 2006 Northern Iowa Panthers football | |
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| Conference | Gateway Football Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 17 |
| Record | 7–4 (5–2 Gateway) |
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| Co-offensive coordinator | Bill Salmon (6th season) |
| Co-offensive coordinator | Mario Verduzco (1st season) |
| Home stadium | UNI-Dome |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Youngstown State $^ | 6 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Illinois State ^ | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Northern Iowa | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Southern Illinois ^ | 4 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri State | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 1 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2006 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by fifth-year head coach Mark Farley and played their home games in the UNI-Dome.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| August 31 | 7:05 pm | at Drake* | No. 4 |
| KFXA/KDSM | W 48–7 | 10,107 | |
| September 9 | 4:05 pm | North Dakota* | No. 3 | L 31–35 | 11,010 | |||
| September 16 | 4:05 pm | South Dakota State* | No. 12 |
| W 27–17 | 11,227 | ||
| September 30 | 6:00 pm | at Iowa State* | No. 13 | L 27–28 | 55,518 | |||
| October 7 | 4:05 pm | Missouri State | No. 14 |
| Mediacom | W 38–7 | 13,843 | |
| October 14 | 3:35 pm | at Indiana State | No. 14 | W 34–14 | 2,376 | |||
| October 21 | 3:00 pm | at No. 5 Youngstown State | No. 14 | KFXA/KDSM/FCS | W 31–23 | 19,321 | ||
| October 28 | 4:05 pm | Western Illinois | No. 7 |
| CFU | L 13–24 | 11,058 | [1] |
| November 4 | 4:05 pm | Western Kentucky | No. 14 |
| W 31–20 | 8,756 | ||
| November 11 | 3:00 pm | at No. 14 Southern Illinois | No. 12 | L 23–47 | 7,422 | [2] | ||
| November 18 | 4:35 pm | No. 6 Illinois State | No. 20 |
| KFXA/KDSM | W 38–27 | 10,827 | [3] |
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Coaching staff
[edit]| Name | Position | Year at Northern Iowa | Alma Mater (Year) |
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| Mark Farley | Head Coach | 6th | Northern Iowa (1987) |
| Rick Nelson | Recruiting coordinator Offensive Line | 7th | Northern Iowa (1984) |
| Bill Salmon | Associate head coach Offensive coordinator Receivers | 6th | Northern Iowa (1980) |
| Mario Verduzco | Co-offensive coordinator Quarterbacks | 6th | San José State (1988) |
| Atif Austin | Running backs | 2nd | Iowa State (2003) |
| Chris Klieman | Secondary | 1st | Northern Iowa (1990) |
| Jerry Montgomery | Graduate assistant Defensive tackles | 1st | Iowa (2002) |
| Keith Harms | Defensive assistant | 3rd | Buena Vista (1979) |
| Erik Chinander | Tight ends | 3rd | Iowa (2003) |
References
[edit]- ^ McCool, Dan (October 29, 2006). "Unusually weak offense dooms UNI in the dome". Des Moines Register. p. 9C. Retrieved January 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Gray, Rob (November 12, 2006). "Northern Iowa is thoroughly beaten by Southern Illinois". Des Moines Register. p. 4C. Retrieved December 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Reinhardt, Randy (November 19, 2006). "Panthers Deny ISU Title Share". The Pantagraph. p. D1. Retrieved October 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Football - 2006 Schedule". University of Northern Iowa Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on November 7, 2014. Retrieved November 7, 2014.