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GAME 7 :: HOMECOMING vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE :: UNI-DOME :: 4:00 PM 2012 SCHEDULE Sat. Sept. 1 At A Glance at Wisconsin Date ................ Oct. 20, 2012 Time ................ 4:00 p.m. L, 26-21 Location ......... Cedar Falls, Iowa Sat. Sept. 8 Venue............. UNI-Dome Capacity ......... 16,324 CENTRAL STATE Live Stats ........ unipanthers.com W, 59-0 TV .................... Mediacom 22 .......................... CF, Ch. 15 Sat. Sept. 15 Talent ............. Scott Warmann at Iowa .......................... Danan Hughes SDSU (5-1, 3-0 MVFC) UNI (1-5, 0-3 MVFC) L, 27-16 .......................... Teryn Schaefer JACKRABBITS PANTHERS Sat. Sept. 22 Series .............. 27-17-2, UNI at Youngstown St. The Game L, 42-35 The University of Northern Iowa football team will host the South Dakota Sat. Sept. 29 State Jackrabbits on Sat. Oct. 20 for UNI Homecoming. The game is set to NORTH DAKOTA ST kick-off at 4:00 p.m. The SDSU Jackrabbits joined the Missouri Valley Foot- L, 33-21 ball Conference in 2008, but the Panthers and Jackrabbits met for the first time in 1935. Since 1920, UNI has recorded a mark of 59-24-7 in Home- Sat. Oct. 13 at Southern Illinois coming games. The Panthers have won 19 of their last 23 Homecoming L, 34-31 contests in the UNI-Dome. Sat. Oct. 20 SOUTH DAKOTA ST The Coaches UNI head coach Mark Farley is in his 12th season at the helm of the Pan- 4:00 PM ther sideline. Farley has posted a mark of 100-45, which includes seven Sat. Oct. 27 trips to the NCAA FCS playoffs. Farley has notched a record of 60-20 in ILLINOIS STATE MVFC play, which ranks him No. 1 on the all-time league wins chart. 4:00 PM Overall, Coach Stiegelmeier has led the Jackrabbits to a 93-72 record (.564 Sat. Nov. 3 winning percentage). SDSU has posted eight winning seasons in the last at Western Illinois 10 years, including six of the school’s first eight campaigns at the FCS 1:00 PM (formerly Division I-AA) level. The Jackrabbits have had a winning record Sat. Nov. 10 in 11 of Stiegelmeier’s 15 years as head coach, and have a 21-11 record in at South Dakota Missouri Valley Football Conference games. 12:00 PM Sat. Nov. 17 The Program MISSOURI STATE • The Panthers currently have an all-time record of 621-386-48. 4:00 PM • The Panthers have been present in 16 playoffs, seven semifinals and Media Relations Contact Info one championship game. Colin McDonough, Asst. A.D./Athletic Communications Office: (319) 273-5456 • UNI has been ranked in the Top 25 in 99 consecutive polls, dating Email: [email protected] back to Nov. 15, 2004. The Panthers now hold the all-time Missouri Jordie Lindley, Assistant Director/Athletic Communications Valley Football Conference record for consecutive weeks in the polls. Office: (319) 273-3642 Email: [email protected] • UNI had seven players participating in NFL camps during the 2012 Michelle VanDorn, New Media Coordinator preseason including, Brandon Keith, Ryan Mahaffey, Chad Rinehart, Email: [email protected] Mary Howell, Graduate Assistant Austin Howard, L.J. Fort, Austin Wells and Brad Meester. Email: [email protected] • The Panthers have notched three different MVFC Players of the Week Cory Hall, Student Assistant, [email protected] Ben Schmitz, Student Assistant, [email protected] this season and have five different athletes in the national statistical Rebecca Fisher, Student Assistant, [email protected] rankings. Alex Miller, Student Assistant, [email protected] • This is the second season in a row where the Panthers have had to Maddie McLaughlin, Student Assistant, [email protected] Austin Hansen, Video Assistant, [email protected] travel at least three times in the first five weeks of the season. 1 QUICK FACTS/MEDIA INFO General Facts Weekly Press Conference Name of School: University of Northern Iowa UNI will host a weekly press luncheon at Pepper’s in City, State, Zip Code: Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0314 Cedar Falls. All of the in-season sports’ head coaches will Founded: 1876 Enrollment: 13,168 address the media with a weekly recap/preview of their Nickname: Panthers team and then will be open to questions. All media and School Colors: Purple and Old Gold fans are welcome to attend the weekly luncheon. Stadium: UNI-Dome (16,324) Affiliation: NCAA FCS Interview Requests: Conference: MVFC (27th season) All interview requests can be made through the UNI Ath- Director of Athletics: Troy Dannen letic Communications staff 24 hours in advance. Media wishing to make an interview request can contact Jordie History Lindley ([email protected] 319-273-3642) or Colin First Year of Football: 1895 All-Time Record: 620-383-47 McDonough ([email protected] 319-273-5456). FCS Playoff Appearances: 16 FCS Semifinal Appearances: 7 MVFC Coaches Teleconference FCS Championship Game Appearances: 1 There will be a weekly teleconference with the head coaches at each MVFC institution. The teleconference will Coaching Staff be every Tuesday beginning Aug. 28 and the final call Head Coach: Mark Farley will be Nov. 13. Alma Mater: UNI, 1986 10:00 a.m. - Brock Spack, Illinois State Record at UNI/years: 100-42/11 years 10:05 a.m. - Mark Hendrickson, Western Illinois Career record/years: Same 10:10 a.m. - Dale Lennon, Southern Illinois Football Office Phone: (319) 273-5674 10:15 a.m. - Joe Glenn, South Dakota Assistant Coaches: Bill Salmon (Assoc. Head Coach/ 10:20 a.m. - John Stiegelmeier, South Dakota State Co-Off. Coord./WRs), Mario Verduzco (Co-Off. Coord./ 10:25 a.m. - Trent Miles, Indiana State QBs), Rick Nelson (OL), Matt Entz (DL), Jeremiah Johnson 10:30 a.m. - Eric Wolford, Youngstown State (DBs), Travis Williams (LBs), Todd Blythe (WRs), Daniel 10:35 a.m. - Terry Allen, Missouri State Bullocks (Def. Asst.), Dan Clark (TEs), D.J. Hord (Off. Asst.). 10:40 a.m. - Mark Farley, UNI Director of Operations: Matt Harken 10:45 a.m. - Craig Bohl, North Dakota State Team Information Radio Overall 2011 Record: 10-3 2011 MVFC Record: 7-1/T-1st In 2012-13 News/Talk 1540 KXEL will begin its 13th year Off. Starters Returning/Lost: 7/4 as the flagship radio station of the University of Northern Def. Starters Returning/Lost: 5/6 Iowa Panther Sports Network. UNI Athletics and The Ra- Specialist Returning/Lost: 2/0 dio Group of Waterloo have a broadcast agreement that carries the Panthers on the “Blow Torch” through this Follow the Panthers Online season. The Panther Sports Network will carry all regular UNI fans can get all their Panther news and notes on and post-season Panther football games and the weekly UNIPanthers.com. Fans can also follow UNI on Facebook Mark Farley Show. Panther Sports Properties works to at www.facebook.com/uniathletics, Twitter at @UNIAth- coordinate the Panther Sports Network, which includes letics and YouTube at www.youtube.com/uniathletics. 12 stations. UNI MEDIA OUTLETS City Station Dial Pos. City Station Dial Pos. Cedar Rapids ..................KGYM-AM................ 1600 Charles City .................KCHA-FM/AM ........ 95.9/1580 Des Moines .....................KXNO-AM ............... 1460 Hampton .....................KQCR-FM ................. 98.9 Independence ...............KQMG-FM ............... 95.3 Mount Pleasant .........KILJ-FM ..................... 105.5 Waterloo/Cedar Falls ..KXEL-AM .................. 1540 Waukon .......................KFXE-AM .................. 1160 Webster City ...................KQWC-AM .............. 1570 Fort Dodge .................KVFD ......................... 1400 2 2012 UNI PANTHER FOOTBALL FACTS Scouting The Jackrabbits Wes Smith With A First South Dakota State enters the game with a record of 5-1 Wes Smith scored his first career receiving touchdown as and are undefeated in the MVFC. Their only loss of the a Panther against NDSU, cutting the lead to 20-14 in the season comes against FBS opponent Kansas in their home third quarter. opener. Last week they defeated Western Illinois 31-10 at home. Finish Strong UNI was 1-4 entering the game against SIU for the first time Coach Farley against SDSU since the 2004 season. The last time UNI started 1-4, the The Panthers are 5-1 against the South Dakota State Jack- Panthers finished the 2004 season with six straight wins rabbits during the Farley era. The Panthers defeated SDSU and posted a 7-4 overall record. last season 31-14 in South Dakota. Game Recap: Week 5 Big Arm, Big Catch The Panthers battled the North Dakota State Bison on Sawyer Kollmorgen notched a season long touchdown Saturday in an MVFC clash. North Dakota State defeated pass with the 76-yarder between the redshirt freshman and UNI 33-21. Xavier Williams blocked his second kick of the Brett LeMaster against SIU. It was also LeMaster’s season- season and David Johnson rushed for a season high 85 long catch. LeMaster finished with 112 yards giving him his yards. Wes Smith scored his first career touchdown and second 100-plus receiving game of the season. Jake Farley led the team in tackles for the second week in a row. Season High David Johnson rushed for a season high 118 yards against UNI vs. #1 Ranked Teams the Salukis. His 118-yard game counts as his third career UNI is 2-5 all-time vs. No. 1-ranked FCS opponents. UNI’s 100-plus yard rushing game. He is just three touchdowns last win over the No. 1-ranked team in the nation came in shy of matching his 12 touchdown mark from last season the NCAA playoffs when the Panthers scored a 24-21 win with five games remaining this season. at No. 1 New Hampshire on Dec. 3, 2005. The Panthers last win in the UNI-Dome over a No. 1-ranked Anderson In The Zone team came Oct.