Northern Iowa Panthers

PetroSun Independence Bowl Game Highlights Can Be Seen on YouTube

January 10, 2014

Season Report Posted: January 22, 2009 04:07  

The PetroSun Independence Bowl that pitted #21 Northern Iowa against #60 Florida International Golden Panthers was a blowout and now all of the big plays can be seen on YouTube Video. Click on the following links to see the quarter by quarter highlights.

Quarter 1 Highlights can be found by CLICKING HERE

Quarter 2 Highlights can be found by CLICKING HERE

Quarter 3 Highlights can be found by CLICKING HERE

Quarter 4 Highlights can be found by CLICKING HERE

Coach Pelini Stays at UNI Another Year Despite Job Offers

January 9, 2014

Season Report Posted: January 22, 2009 21:28  

Coach Pelini had a second great season for UNI and again entertained job offers from Southern Miss and Troy. He declined both as his goal for every school he coaches is to win a National Championship for that school.
Pelini will get ready to go into the off-season and begin recruiting for the 2014 season.

UNI Finishes in Top 25 in All Polls

January 9, 2014

Season Report Posted: January 21, 2009 23:29  

Something that UNI hasn't done before was get into the Top 25 rankings in the polls. This year they cracked the Top 25 and stayed in the Top 25 by season's end. UNI finished at #21 in the Coaches Poll, #20 in the Media Poll and BCS Polls.
UNI finished in second place in the SEC and forced the most points and allowed the least amount of points in the conference.
The Big Ten Conference finished as the strongest conference in the nation as the SEC finished at #2 strongest.

UNI Awarded Kindly

December 9, 2013

Season Report Posted: January 20, 2009 21:37  

Four UNI players got some major awards and two of them took multiple awards home. Senior left end Eric Sampson took home the Bednarik Award (best defenseman) and the Lombardi Award (best lineman). Freshman walk-on halfback Steve Jackson took home the Doak Walker Award (best rb) and Best RET. Freshman LOLB Tony Cole took home the Dick Butkus Award (best LB) and senior kicker Jason Johnson took home the Lou Groza Award (best placekicker).
Eric Sampson finished in third place in the Heisman Voting, UNI has made another ESPN cover with freshman halfback Steve Jackson kneeling on one knee and the title reading- The Kids Are Alright: EASports Announces its All-American Teams for the 2013 Season.
The Panthers have seen their rankings go up and down but they are glad to see that they are still ranked in the Top 25. In the coaches they move down one to #21, in the media they stayed the same at #22 and they finished in the BCS standings at #21.
For the Panthers to finish where they did in the SEC and the announcement that came out today saying that SEC has won the strongest conference. There's no conference with more punch than the SEC.
Awards continue to bestow UNI as they had many on the team finish with a nod to being an All-American.
Announced to the 1st Team All-American were: * Tony Cole - FR, Outside Linebacker, * Jason Johnson - SR, kicker, * Eric Sampson - SR, right end, and * Steve Jackson - FR, halfback.
Announced to the 2nd Team All-American were: * Wesley Atkins - SR, strong safety.
The biggest surprise was the amount of UNI Freshman announced to the All-American team. Freshman All-American are: * Tony Cole - FR, Outside Linebacker, * Chris Peterson - FR, wide receiver, * Derek James - FR, cornerback, and * Steve Jackson - FR, halfback.
Finishing up with the All-Conference nods are: 1st Team All-Conference: * Tony Cole - FR, Outside Linebacker, * Chris Peterson - FR, wide receiver, * Jason Johnson - SR, kicker, * Derek James - FR, cornerback, * Eric Sampson - SR, right end, and * Steve Jackson - FR, halfback. Named to the 2nd Team All-Conference: * Wesley Atkins - SR, strong safety, * Vincent Collins - SR, tight end, and * Walter Harris - SR, left outside linebacker.