Northern Iowa Panthers

Sugar Bowl Game Highlights Can Be Seen on YouTube

January 10, 2015

Season Report Posted: August 20, 2009 02:41  

The Sugar Bowl that pitted #9 Northern Iowa against #6 Penn State was a good game 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

Pelini Receives Offers, UNI Gets Final Poll #'s

January 8, 2015

Season Report Posted: July 29, 2009 20:34  

After another great season with UNI, Coach Bo Pelini has again received some impressive offers to go coach at other teams. The three teams that have offered a head coaching job to Coach Pelini are Ohio State, Arizona, and Tennessee. Pelini has declined all offers still wanting to keep his "coaching promise" to the UNI team. Win a National Championship. Once he does that he says that he then might consider whatever offers come his way or he may go create a team of his own and work them into the rankings and national spotlight.
Attendance stayed the same at 24,621.
Final polls for UNI are Coaches - #5, Media - #6 and BCS - #6.
UNI will look to go after some 5-star recruits in the off-season and try and improve on their special teams and try to cut down on the returns for touchdowns.

Coach Pelini Has Impressive Bowl Game Stats

December 21, 2014

Season Report Posted: July 16, 2009 21:42  

Since Pelini has had the "head coach" title, he has yet to be beat at a Bowl Game. He has an impressive 5-0 bowl record. Those victories come with two national champions (Nebraska '08, Iowa '11), Rose Bowl, Orange Bowl and just last year the PetroSun Independence Bowl trophy.
If Pelini can win his upcoming bowl game against Penn State, he'll be one trophy away from having the top five bowl trophies. All he'll need after the Sugar Bowl trophy is the Fiesta Bowl trophy.

UNI - A Cover Story

December 10, 2014

Season Report Posted: July 16, 2009 20:34  

The headline tells the whole story. UNI might not be in the National Championship game this year but you can expect them to be there in the end within the next few years.
By looking at all of the ESPN covers that UNI graced, you would think that they were playing in the National Championship game.
The Panthers made a record six covers!
Top 25 Polls Cover: Getting The Job Done - UNI clinches the SEC Title with a 28-16 win over Tennessee
Heisman Winner Cover: Dreams Fulfilled - Jackson earns Heisman honors after rushing for 3,232 and 48 scores.
Bowl Games Cover: Bowl-a-rama - Check out where the Panthers are headed in our Bowl Issue
Players of the Week Cover: Can't Be Denied - Tennessee rematch fuels Jackson and UNI to victory
Conference Standings Cover: Mission Accomplished - Panthers secure SEC Championship following a 28-16 victory over Tennessee
Strongest Conferences Cover: Top to Bottom - The SEC is looking strong with teams like #9 UNI
UNI isn't satisfied with just six covers though, they want that seventh one! The one that reads - UNI wins first major bowl game with a victory over #6 Penn State in the Sugar Bowl.
The #9 UNI Panthers are scheduled to play #6 Penn State in the Sugar Bowl on January 1, 2015 at 8:30pm. It will also be UNI's first televised game of the season because of being on probation still.