1998 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

1998 Northern Iowa Panthers football
1998 Northern Iowa Panthers football
Conference	Gateway Football Conference
Record	7–4 (3–3 Gateway)
Head coach	Mike Dunbar (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Bret Ingalls (2nd season)
Home stadium	UNI-Dome
	Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by second-year head coach Mike Dunbar, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for third in the Gateway Football Conference.^[1] Northern Iowa played home games at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

1998 Gateway Football Conference standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Western Illinois $^	5	–	1	11	–	3
No. 16 Illinois State ^	4	–	2	8	–	4
Northern Iowa	3	–	3	7	–	4
Youngstown State	3	–	3	6	–	5
Southwest Missouri State	3	–	3	5	–	6
Indiana State	2	–	4	5	–	6
Southern Illinois	1	–	5	3	–	8

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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	5:00 p.m.	at Eastern Michigan*	No. 5	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	W 13–10	12,305
September 12	6:30 p.m.	No. 2 McNeese State*	No. 5	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	L 17–20 ^OT	5,840	^[2]
September 19	1:30 p.m.	at Southern Illinois	No. 6	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	L 20–27	6,500	^[3]
September 26	7:00 p.m.	at Stephen F. Austin*	No. 17	Homer Bryce Stadium Nacogdoches, TX	W 14–10	10,939
October 3	6:30 p.m.	Southwest Missouri State	No. 17	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	L 21–24	14,103	^[4]
October 10	6:30 p.m.	Illinois State		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	L 23–38	8,369	^[5]
October 17	1:30 p.m.	Cal Poly		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	W 31–7	13,117
October 31	12:30 p.m.	at Indiana State		Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	W 31–28	3,237
November 7	12:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Youngstown State		Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	W 42–14	12,966
November 14	6:30 p.m.	No. 2 Western Illinois		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	W 10–6	12,118	^[6]
November 21	6:30 p.m.	No. 20 (D-II) Winona State*	No. 25	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	W 66–7	10,121
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^ "Michael L. Dunbar | Special Collections & University Archives". scua.library.uni.edu. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
^ "McNeese shocks UNI". The Courier. September 13, 1998. Retrieved March 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "S. Illinois tops UNI, 27-20". Des Moines Register. Associated Press. September 20, 1998. p. 8D. Retrieved January 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "UNI bows under new roof". The Des Moines Register. October 4, 1998. Retrieved June 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Jacobs, Dennis (October 11, 1998). "Illinois State Overpowers UNI, 38-23". The Des Moines Register. p. 6D. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Cooper, Craig (November 15, 1998). "UNI stuns Western". Quad-City Times. p. 2F. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1998 Football Schedule". UNI Athletics. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
^ "1998 Northern Iowa Football". Retrieved June 11, 2024.

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