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2005 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	2005
team	Northern Iowa Panthers
sport	football
conference	Gateway Football Conference
short_conf	Gateway
TSNRank	2
record	11–4
conf_record	5–2
head_coach	Mark Farley
hc_year	5th
off_coach	Bill Salmon
oc_year	5th
stadium	UNI-Dome
champion	Gateway co-champion
bowl	[NCAA Division I-AA Championship Game](2005-ncaa-division-i-aa-football-championship-game)
bowl_result	L 16–21 vs. [Appalachian State](2005-appalachian-state-mountaineers-football-team)

The 2005 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Mark Farley, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 11–4 with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, sharing the Gateway title with Southern Illinois and . Northern Iowa advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where the Panthers defeated Eastern Washington in the first round, New Hampshire in the quarterfinals, and Texas State in the seminfinals before losing to Appalachian State in the NCAA Division I-AA Championship Game. The team played home games at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Schedule

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Rankings

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Year at
Northern Iowa	Alma mater (year)
Mark Farley	Head coach	5th	Northern Iowa (1987)

Roster

References

"Sports Network's Final 2005 FCS College Football Poll".
(October 2, 2005). "UNI's Sanders too much for W. Illinois". [[The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).
(October 9, 2005). "Northern Iowa's rally falls short in conference loss". The Des Moines Register.
(October 23, 2005). "True colors". [[The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier]].
(November 13, 2005). "Unbelieva-ball!". [[The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier]].
(November 20, 2005). "UNI beefs up resume with convincing win". The Courier.
(November 27, 2005). "Northern Iowa rallies past EWU". The Coeur d'Alene Press.
(December 10, 2005). "UNI captures OT thriller". The Muscatine Journal.
(December 17, 2005). "Mountaineers reach postseason pinnacle". The State.
. ["Northern Iowa Panthers Schedule 2005"](https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/2460/season/2005). *[[ESPN]]*.
. ["2005 Football Schedule"](https://unipanthers.com/sports/football/schedule/2005). *[[University of Northern Iowa]]*.

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