The 2011 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the

University of Northern Iowa The University of Northern Iowa (UNI) is a public university in Cedar Falls, Iowa. UNI offers more than 90 majors across the colleges of Business Administration, Education, Humanities, Arts, and Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences and grad ...

in the

2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season The 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision The NCAA Division I Football ...

. The Panthers were coached by

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and played their home games at the

UNI-Dome UNI-Dome (pronounced "YOU-nih-dome") is a multi-purpose stadium, on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States. It opened in 1976, as the home of the UNI Panthers basketball and football teams. The facility ...

. They are members of the

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. They finished the season 10–3, 7–1 in MVFC play to share the conference championship with

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. They received an at-large bid into the FCS playoffs where they defeated Wofford in the second round before falling to

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in the quarterfinals.

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was named MVFC defensive player of the year.

Schedule

Game summaries

Game 1: vs. Iowa State Cyclones

Personnel

Roster

2011 Roster

Coaching staff

Rankings

References

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Northern Iowa Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...

Northern Iowa Panthers football seasons Missouri Valley Football Conference champion seasons

Northern Iowa Panthers football The Northern Iowa Panthers football represents the University of Northern Iowa in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level as member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). The program bega ...