2000 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

2000 Northern Iowa Panthers football
2000 Northern Iowa Panthers football
Conference	Gateway Football Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 19
Record	7–4 (3–3 Gateway)
Head coach	Mike Dunbar (4th season);
Defensive coordinator	Jay Niemann (2nd season)
Home stadium	UNI-Dome
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Gateway Football Conference. Led by Mike Dunbar in his fourth and final season as head coach, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, placing fourth in the Gateway.

2000 Gateway Football Conference standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 12 Western Illinois $^	5	–	1	9	–	3
No. 11 Youngstown State ^	4	–	2	9	–	3
No. 24 Illinois State	4	–	2	7	–	4
No. 19 Northern Iowa	3	–	3	7	–	4
Southwest Missouri State	2	–	4	5	–	6
Southern Illinois	2	–	4	3	–	8
Indiana State	1	–	5	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	7:05 p.m.	Morningside*	No. 10	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA		W 47–14	10,173^[1]
September 9	8:05 p.m.	at Boise State*	No. 11	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID		L 17–42	26,490^[1]
September 16	12:30 p.m.	at Southern Illinois	No. 16	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	Gateway TV	L 14–34	4,500	^[2]
September 23	4:05 p.m.	No. 10 Stephen F. Austin*		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA		W 37–30	12,206	^[3]
September 30	4:00 p.m.	No. 23 Illinois State	No. 25	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	Gateway TV	W 34–28	13,088	^[4]
October 14	3:00 p.m.	at No. 3 Youngstown State	No. 23	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH		L 24–28	21,119^[1]
October 21	2:00 p.m.	at Indiana State		Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN		W 49–17	5,473^[1]
October 28	4:05 p.m.	Southwest Missouri State		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA		W 31–13	10,687^[1]
November 4	3:00 p.m.	at Cal Poly*	No. 24	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA		W 43–41	4,135^[1]
November 11	7:05 p.m.	Prairie View A&M*	No. 23	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA		W 60–14	10,263	^[5]
November 18	7:05 p.m.	No. 6 Western Illinois	No. 18	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA		L 41–44	14,128	^[6]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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