In a game where Northern Iowa was favored by 15.5 at home, the Panthers lost their sixth game of the season to a team they paid to come to Cedar Falls.
After a season where Northern Iowa will lose a significant amount of talent to graduation, having one of their top pass-rushers back will be big for the Panthers.
The Northern Iowa coaching staff has been active in the portal already, and they were last season. Here are four positions Coach Mark Farley and company should go after.
In Northern Iowa's first home game of Missouri Valley Conference play, the Panthers came out and defeated the Purple Aces handily behind another scoring outburst by Bowen Born.
Northern Iowa played its first Missouri Valley Conference game of the 2022 season on Wednesday night, falling to the Bradley Braves in Peoria, Illinois.
In January, former University of Northern Iowa quarterback and NFL MVP Kurt Warner returned to Cedar Falls to film an episode for ESPN's 'Peyton's Places.' It's now officially available.
Following yesterday's announcement of the Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Conference teams, Northern Iowa earned a few spots on the All-Newcomer team, too.
Though Northern Iowa had a disappointing end to the regular season, several Panthers end 2022 and their careers with Missouri Valley Football Conference honors.