2005 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

2005 Northern Iowa Panthers football
Gateway Football Conference Co-Champions
Conference	Gateway Football Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	#2^[1]
2005 record	11–4 (5–2 Gateway)
Head coach	Mark Farley (5th year)
Home stadium	UNI-Dome (c. 16,324, astro-turf)

The 2005 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the college football season of 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.

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 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 Charles Johnson Dave Schratz Jordan Lacy WR/DB Matt Tharp Michael Matthes Kevin Stensrud Clifford Waters Mark Huygens Andrew Key Brannon Carter WR Christian Perera Everette Pedescleaux DL Andrew Williams WR/DB Sean McMoore DE Terrell McMoore DE 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 S

2005 Roster

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Year at Northern Iowa	Alma Mater (Year)
Mark Farley	Head Coach	5th	Northern Iowa (1987)

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:05 pm	Drake*	#12	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	KFXA/KDSM	W 52–17	10,385
September 10	7:05 pm	Minnesota Duluth*	#12	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA		W 49–14	8,893
September 17	2:30 pm	at #22 (FBS) Iowa*	#9	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	ESPN+	L 21–45	70,585
October 1	1:05 pm	at Western Illinois	#8	Hanson Field • Macomb, IL		W 41–24	14,603
October 8	2:00 pm	at Missouri State	#7	Plaster Sports Complex • Springfield, MO		L 21–24	10,778
October 15	4:05 pm	Indiana State	#14	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA		W 31–10	12,449
October 22	1:30 pm	at Illinois State	#13	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL		L 3–38	12,626
October 29	3:05 pm	#11 Youngstown State	#21	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	KFXA/KDSM/FCS	W 21–7	11,242
November 5	4:05 pm	at #6 Western Kentucky	#17	L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	FSNM	W 23–20 ^2OT	12,364
November 12	5:05 pm	#4 Southern Illinois	#14	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA		W 25–24	15,536
November 19	5:05 pm	Northern Arizona*	#10	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA		W 41–17	8,142
November 26	7:05 pm	#15 Eastern Washington*	#7	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA		W 41–38	7,746
December 3	10:00 am	at #1 New Hampshire*	#7	Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH	ESPNGP	W 24–21	8,448
December 9	7:05 pm	at #4 Texas State*	#7	Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX	ESPN2	W 40–37 ^OT	15,712
December 16	7:00 pm	vs. #5 Appalachian State*	#7	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	ESPN2	L 16–21	20,236
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#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	Final
The Sports Network	12^[3]	12	9	10	8	7	14	13	21	17	14	10	7	2^[1]

References=

1 2 Sports Network's Final 2005 FCS College Football Poll
↑ "YEAR-BY-YEAR STANDINGS" (PDF). Missouri Valley Football Conference. October 20, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2008.
↑ "UNI Ranked No. 12 in Sports Network Poll". University of Northern Iowa Department of Athletics. August 8, 2005. Retrieved November 27, 2010.

Northern Iowa Panthers football

Venues	O. R. Latham Stadium (1936–1975) UNI-Dome (1976–present)

Culture & lore	"UNI Fight"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

2005 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants

Appalachian State Cal Poly Colgate Eastern Illinois Eastern Washington Furman Georgia Southern Hampton Lafayette Montana New Hampshire Nicholls State Northern Iowa Richmond Southern Illinois Texas State

Champion – Appalachian State Mountaineers

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