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2008 Northern Iowa

11–⁠2 (7–⁠1 Missouri Valley Football Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 12–⁠3, over 15 games to the 13 on file here.

Schedule and results

Northern Iowa in 2008, game by game: lost at No. 16 BYU 17–41; won vs. South Dakota 24–13; won vs. South Dakota State 34–20; lost vs. Southern Illinois 24–27; won vs. Nicholls 34–14; won vs. Illinois State 31–17; won vs. North Dakota State 23–13; won at Youngstown State 21–20; won at Western Illinois 30–6; won vs. Missouri State 42–0; won at Indiana State 28–0; won at Southern Utah 34–24; won vs. Maine 40–15+42−24Lost 17–41 at No. 16 BYU-24No. 16 BYUWon 24–13 vs. South Dakota+11South DakotaWon 34–20 vs. South Dakota State+14South Dakota St…Lost 24–27 vs. Southern Illinois-3Southern Illino…Won 34–14 vs. Nicholls+20NichollsWon 31–17 vs. Illinois State+14Illinois StateWon 23–13 vs. North Dakota State+10North Dakota St…Won 21–20 at Youngstown State+1Youngstown StateWon 30–6 at Western Illinois+24Western IllinoisWon 42–0 vs. Missouri State+42Missouri StateWon 28–0 at Indiana State+28Indiana StateWon 34–24 at Southern Utah+10Southern UtahWon 40–15 vs. Maine+25Maine
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30at16BYUL 17–⁠4120%
Sep 6vsSouth DakotaW 24–⁠1387%
Sep 20vsSouth Dakota StateW 34–⁠2061%
Sep 27vsSouthern IllinoisL 24–⁠2749%
Oct 2vsNichollsW 34–⁠1479%
Oct 11vsIllinois StateW 31–⁠1776%
Oct 18vsNorth Dakota StateW 23–⁠1364%
Oct 25atYoungstown StateW 21–⁠2070%
Nov 1atWestern IllinoisW 30–⁠655%
Nov 8vsMissouri StateW 42–⁠086%
Nov 15atIndiana StateW 28–⁠093%
Nov 22atSouthern UtahW 34–⁠2485%
Nov 29vsMaineNCAA Division I Football Championship – First RoundW 40–⁠1576%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Maine 40–⁠15 in the NCAA Division I Football Championship – First Round; unranked in the final AP poll; Missouri Valley Football Conference champions.

In program history: The 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 2008 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 6vsNew HampshireW 36–⁠34Northern Iowa’s article, New Hampshire’s article
Dec 13vsRichmondL 20–⁠21Northern Iowa’s article, Richmond’s article

Missouri Valley Football Conference champions7–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Southern Illinois

Record
11–⁠2
Conference
7–⁠1 shared first in Missouri Valley Football Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
382–⁠210
Coach
—
Elo
1566 +107 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−11.9 No. 13 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinators
Bill Salmon and Mario Verduzco
Defensive coordinators
Scott Frost and Chris Klieman

2008 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Northern Iowa7–⁠111–⁠2
Southern Illinois7–⁠19–⁠3
South Dakota State6–⁠27–⁠5
Western Illinois4–⁠46–⁠5
North Dakota State4–⁠46–⁠5
Missouri State3–⁠54–⁠7
Youngstown State3–⁠54–⁠8
Illinois State2–⁠63–⁠8
Indiana State0–⁠80–⁠12

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