2023 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

2023 Northern Iowa Panthers football
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record	6–5 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach	Mark Farley (23rd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Ryan Clanton (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Bodie Reeder (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Randall McCray (2nd season)
Home stadium	UNI-Dome

2023 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 South Dakota State $^		8	–	0					15	–	0
No. 4 South Dakota ^		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 3 North Dakota State ^		5	–	3					11	–	4
No. 19 Youngstown State ^		5	–	3					8	–	5
No. 16 North Dakota ^		5	–	3					7	–	5
Northern Iowa		5	–	3					6	–	5
No. 12 Southern Illinois ^		4	–	4					8	–	5
Illinois State		4	–	4					6	–	5
Missouri State		3	–	5					4	–	7
Murray State		1	–	7					2	–	9
Indiana State		1	–	7					1	–	10
Western Illinois		0	–	8					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant As of December 19, 2024 Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2023 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers competed as members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference and were led by 23rd-year head coach Mark Farley. They played their home games at UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	1:00 p.m.	at Iowa State*	No. 23	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	ESPN+	L 9–30	58,248
September 9	4:00 p.m.	No. 12 Weber State*	No. 21	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+	L 17–34	7,967
September 16	5:00 p.m.	at Idaho State*		Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	ESPN+	W 41–17	N/A
September 30	1:00 p.m.	No. 23 Youngstown State		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+	W 44–41	10,346
October 7	6:00 p.m.	at Indiana State		Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+	W 27–20	3,228
October 14	2:00 p.m.	at No. 1 South Dakota State		Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD	ESPN+	L 6–41	19,357
October 21	4:00 p.m.	No. 11 North Dakota		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN3	W 27–0	10,677
October 28	12:00 p.m.	at Illinois State	No. 23	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	ESPN+	W 24–21	N/A
November 4	1:00 p.m.	Western Illinois	No. 18	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+	W 50–6	8,051
November 11	2:00 p.m.	at Missouri State	No. 15	Robert W. Plaster Stadium Springfield, MO	ESPN+	L 16–35	6,898
November 18	4:00 p.m.	No. 9 North Dakota State	No. 22	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+	L 27–48	9,852
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Game summaries

at Iowa State

See also: 2023 Iowa State Cyclones football team

Northern Iowa Panthers (0–0) vs. Iowa State Cyclones (0–0)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Northern Iowa	0	0	3	6	9
Iowa State	14	9	7	0	30

at Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA

• Date: Saturday, September 2, 2023
• Game time: 1:00 p.m. CDT
• Game weather: sunny, SW 10 MPH • Temperature: 89°F
• Game attendance: 58,248
• Referee: Kevin Boitmann
• TV announcers (ESPN+): Shawn Kenney, Todd Doxzon

Game information

First Quarter (12:45) ISU – Cooper, Jeremiah 58 yd interception (Contreraz,Chase kick) (ISU 7–0) (1:21) ISU – Becht, Rocco 1 yd run (Contreraz,Chase kick) (Drive: 7 plays, 21 yards, 3:48; ISU 14–0) Second Quarter (0:48) ISU – Moore,Tyler 14 yd pass from Becht,Rocco (PAT Failed) (Drive: 6 plays, 71 yards, 2:51; ISU 20–0) (07:54) ISU – Contreraz,Chase 56 yd field goal (Drive: 1 plays, - yards, 0:04; ISU 23–0) Third Quarter (13:08) ISU – Brahmer,Benjamin 36 yd pass from Becht,Rocco (Contreraz,Chase kick) (Drive: 4 plays, 87 yards, 1:48; ISU 30–0) (08:03) UNI - Cook,Matthew 31 yd field goal (Drive: 12 plays, 61 yards, 5:05; ISU 30–3) Fourth Quarter (11:30) UNI - Hutson,Desmond 3 yd pass from Day,Theo (2 Pt Conversion Failed ) (Drive: 5 plays, 57 yards, 1:55; ISU 30–9)

Statistics	UNI	ISU
First downs	19	11
Total yards	279	250
Rushes/yards	37/106	27/134
Passing yards	173	116
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	17–35–2	14–18–0
Turnovers	2	0
Time of possession	34:24	25:36

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UNI	Passing	Theo Day	16–34, 164 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Tye Edwards	16 CAR, 72 YDS
	Receiving	Logan Wolf	3 REC, 40 YDS
Iowa State	Passing	Rocco Becht	10–13, 113 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Cartevious Norton	11 CAR, 49 YDS
	Receiving	Benjamin Brahmer	1 REC, 36 YDS, TD