2011 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

2011 Northern Iowa Panthers football
MVFC co-champion
NCAA Division I Quarterfinal, L 10–48 vs. Montana
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 6
FCS CoachesNo. 5
Record10–3 (7–1 MVFC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorBill Salmon (11th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorMario Verduzco (6th season)
Defensive coordinatorJovan Dewitt (1st season)
Home stadiumUNI-Dome
Seasons
← 2010
2012 →
2011 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 North Dakota State +^   7 1     14 1  
No. 6 Northern Iowa +^   7 1     10 3  
No. 20 Illinois State   5 3     7 4  
Indiana State   4 4     6 5  
Youngstown State   4 4     6 5  
South Dakota State   4 4     5 6  
Southern Illinois   2 6     4 7  
Missouri State   2 6     2 9  
Western Illinois   1 7     2 9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2011 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers were coached by Mark Farley and played their home games at the UNI-Dome. They are members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 10–3, 7–1 in MVFC play to share the conference championship with North Dakota State. They received an at-large bid into the FCS playoffs where they defeated Wofford in the second round before falling to Montana in the quarterfinals.

L. J. Fort was named MVFC defensive player of the year.