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2005 Northern Iowa

10–⁠3 (4–⁠1 Gateway Football Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 11–⁠4, over 15 games to the 13 on file here.

Schedule and results

Northern Iowa in 2005, game by game: won vs. Drake 52–17; won vs. Minnesota Duluth 49–14; lost at No. 22 Iowa 21–45; won at Western Illinois 41–24; lost at Missouri State 21–24; won vs. Indiana State 31–10; lost at Illinois State 3–38; won vs. Youngstown State 21–7; won at Western Kentucky 23–20; won vs. Southern Illinois 25–24; won vs. Northern Arizona 41–17; won vs. Eastern Washington 41–38; won at New Hampshire 24–21+35−35Won 52–17 vs. Drake+35DrakeWon 49–14 vs. Minnesota Duluth+35Minnesota DuluthLost 21–45 at No. 22 Iowa-24No. 22 IowaWon 41–24 at Western Illinois+17Western IllinoisLost 21–24 at Missouri State-3Missouri StateWon 31–10 vs. Indiana State+21Indiana StateLost 3–38 at Illinois State-35Illinois StateWon 21–7 vs. Youngstown State+14Youngstown StateWon 23–20 at Western Kentucky+3Western KentuckyWon 25–24 vs. Southern Illinois+1Southern Illino…Won 41–17 vs. Northern Arizona+24Northern ArizonaWon 41–38 vs. Eastern Washington+3Eastern Washing…Won 24–21 at New Hampshire+3New Hampshire
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsDrakeW 52–⁠1775%
Sep 10vsMinnesota DuluthW 49–⁠1483%
Sep 17at22IowaL 21–⁠4520%
Oct 1atWestern IllinoisW 41–⁠2462%
Oct 8atMissouri StateL 21–⁠2460%
Oct 15vsIndiana StateW 31–⁠1089%
Oct 22atIllinois StateL 3–⁠3848%
Oct 29vsYoungstown StateW 21–⁠756%
Nov 5atWestern KentuckyW 23–⁠2040%
Nov 12vsSouthern IllinoisW 25–⁠2448%
Nov 19vsNorthern ArizonaW 41–⁠1783%
Nov 26vsEastern WashingtonIaa PlayoffsW 41–⁠3856%
Dec 3atNew HampshireIaa PlayoffsW 24–⁠2132%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat New Hampshire 24–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; Gateway Football Conference champions.

In program history: The 7th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 89 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list two games of Northern Iowa’s 2005 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

DateOpponentResultSource
Dec 9atTexas StateW 40–⁠37Texas State’s article, Northern Iowa’s article
Dec 16vsApp StateL 16–⁠21App State’s article, Northern Iowa’s article

Gateway Football Conference champions4–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Southern Illinois and Youngstown State

Record
10–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠1 first in Gateway Football Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
393–⁠299
Coach
—
Elo
1481 +81 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−13.5 No. 14 of 115 in Division I-AA
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bill Salmon

2005 Gateway Football Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Northern Iowa4–⁠110–⁠3
Youngstown State3–⁠28–⁠3
Southern Illinois3–⁠29–⁠4
Illinois State3–⁠27–⁠4
Western Illinois2–⁠35–⁠6
Indiana State0–⁠50–⁠11

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.