1986 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

1986 Northern Iowa Panthers football
1986 Northern Iowa Panthers football
Conference	Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference
Record	7–3–1 (4–2 GCAC)
Head coach	Darrell Mudra (4th season);
Defensive coordinator	Dennis Remmert (16th season)
Home stadium	UNI-Dome
	Seasons ← 1985 1987 →

The 1986 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa as a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (GCAC) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season.

1986 Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Eastern Illinois $^	5	–	1	–	0	11	–	2	–	0
No. 17 Southern Illinois	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Northern Iowa	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	1
Illinois State	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Western Illinois	2	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
SW Missouri State	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Indiana State	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule edit

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	7:30 p.m.	at Mankato State*		Blakeslee Stadium Mankato, MN	T 16–16	4,000
September 13	7:00 p.m.	at Kansas State*		KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	W 17–0	28,820
September 27	1:30 p.m.	Southwest Missouri State		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	W 45–3	13,000
October 4	7:00 p.m.	Delaware State*		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	W 36–7	14,852
October 11	1:30 p.m.	at No. 11 Eastern Illinois	No. 8	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	L 30–31	11,052
October 18	1:30 p.m.	at Southern Illinois	No. 16	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	L 24–27	14,200
October 25	7:00 p.m.	Western Illinois		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	W 32–30	13,152
November 1	1:00 p.m.	at Montana State*		Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT	L 25–46	5,227
November 8	7:00 p.m.	McNeese State*		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	W 55–38	7,575	^[1]
November 13	7:00 p.m.	Indiana State		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	W 45–10	7,102
November 22	7:00 p.m.	Illinois State		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	W 22–13	7,452
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^ "Panthers win a 55–38 shootout". The Courier. November 9, 1986. Retrieved March 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1986 Football Schedule". University of Northern Iowa Athletics.
^ "1986 Northern Iowa Football". Retrieved February 13, 2024.

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