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2011 Northern Iowa

10–⁠2 (7–⁠1 Missouri Valley Football Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 10–⁠3, over 13 games to the 12 on file here.

Schedule and results

Northern Iowa in 2011, game by game: lost at Iowa State 19–20; won at Stephen F. Austin 34–23; won vs. Western Illinois 38–10; won at Missouri State 42–7; won vs. Indiana State 23–9; won vs. South Dakota State 31–14; won vs. Southern Illinois 17–10; lost at North Dakota State 19–27; won vs. Youngstown State 21–17; won vs. Southern Utah 34–21; won at Illinois State 23–20; won vs. Wofford 28–21+35−8Lost 19–20 at Iowa State-1Iowa StateWon 34–23 at Stephen F. Austin+11Stephen F. Aust…Won 38–10 vs. Western Illinois+28Western IllinoisWon 42–7 at Missouri State+35Missouri StateWon 23–9 vs. Indiana State+14Indiana StateWon 31–14 vs. South Dakota State+17South Dakota St…Won 17–10 vs. Southern Illinois+7Southern Illino…Lost 19–27 at North Dakota State-8North Dakota St…Won 21–17 vs. Youngstown State+4Youngstown StateWon 34–21 vs. Southern Utah+13Southern UtahWon 23–20 at Illinois State+3Illinois StateWon 28–21 vs. Wofford+7Wofford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atIowa StateL 19–⁠2028%
Sep 10atStephen F. AustinW 34–⁠2337%
Sep 24vsWestern IllinoisW 38–⁠1067%
Oct 1atMissouri StateW 42–⁠763%
Oct 8vsIndiana StateW 23–⁠970%
Oct 15vsSouth Dakota StateW 31–⁠1471%
Oct 22vsSouthern IllinoisW 17–⁠1079%
Oct 29atNorth Dakota StateL 19–⁠2740%
Nov 5vsYoungstown StateW 21–⁠1774%
Nov 12vsSouthern UtahW 34–⁠2168%
Nov 19atIllinois StateW 23–⁠2056%
Dec 3vsWoffordNCAA Division I Football Championship – Second RoundW 28–⁠2158%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Wofford 28–⁠21 in the NCAA Division I Football Championship – Second Round; unranked in the final AP poll; Missouri Valley Football Conference champions.

In program history: The 3rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 89 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Northern Iowa’s 2011 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Dec 10atMontanaL 10–⁠48Northern Iowa’s articleNot in Montana’s season article.

Missouri Valley Football Conference champions7–⁠1 in the conference, shared with North Dakota State

Record
10–⁠2
Conference
7–⁠1 shared first in Missouri Valley Football Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
329–⁠199
Coach
—
Elo
1520 +150 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−6.4 No. 3 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 122
Offensive coordinators
Bill Salmon and Mario Verduzco
Defensive coordinator
Jovan Dewitt

Top recruits in the 2011 class

Alex Carr CB★★★No. 1257
Sam Rohr TE★★★No. 1362
Austin Ebertowski ATH★★No. 2064

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2011 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Receivers13.00.812
Defensive backs13.00.820
Athletes and specialists12.00.760
Whole class32.70.797

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

2011 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Dakota State7–⁠111–⁠1
Northern Iowa7–⁠110–⁠2
Illinois State5–⁠37–⁠4
Indiana State4–⁠46–⁠5
Youngstown State4–⁠46–⁠5
South Dakota State4–⁠45–⁠6
Southern Illinois2–⁠64–⁠7
Missouri State2–⁠62–⁠9
Western Illinois1–⁠72–⁠9

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