2008 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

The 2008 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The previous year's team finished first (of nine) in the Gateway Football Conference. The Gateway Football Conference was renamed the Missouri Valley Football League in June 2008. The team was coached by Mark Farley and played their home games in the UNI-Dome. On November 14, Northern Iowa won its first back-to-back conference championships since the 1995 and 1996 seasons. Northern Iowa was awarded the third seed in the 2008 FCS playoffs.

2008 Northern Iowa Panthers football
MVFC co-champion
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 4
FCS CoachesNo. 4
Record9–3 (7–1 MVFC)
Head coach
  • Mark Farley (8th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorBill Salmon (8th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorMario Verduzco (3rd season)
Home stadiumUNI-Dome
2008 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Northern Iowa +^  7 1   12 3  
No. 11 Southern Illinois +^  7 1   9 3  
South Dakota State  6 2   7 5  
Western Illinois  4 4   6 5  
North Dakota State  4 4   6 5  
Missouri State  3 5   4 7  
Youngstown State  3 5   4 8  
Illinois State  2 6   3 8  
Indiana State  0 8   0 12  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
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