With only nine of its 22 starters returning from a season ago there are plenty of questions surrounding the UNI football team heading into the 2024 season — and Tuesday’s annual media day.
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With only nine of its 22 starters returning from a season ago there are plenty of questions surrounding the UNI football team heading into the 2024 season — and Tuesday’s annual media day.
Northern Iowa will return to the UNI-Dome for its eighth game of the season and its final Missouri Valley Football Conference matchup against Missouri State.
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Northern Iowa’s game at Hawaii on Sept. 21 will be its third consecutive non-conference road game. The Rainbow Warriors finished last season 5-8, but enter 2024 with optimism after winning three of their final four games.
The strength of Northern Iowa’s 2024 schedule skyrockets in week 3 with a matchup against Nebraska in front of a sold-out crowd of 90,000 at Memorial Stadium.
While St. Thomas represents a second consecutive matchup against a Pioneer Conference, non-scholarship opponent for UNI, the challenge is likely to be greater than the season opener against Valparaiso.
The Missouri Valley Football Conference’s annual preseason poll includes the lowest prognostication for Northern Iowa in Coach Mark Farley’s 24-year tenure.
For the first time since its spring season during the COVID pandemic in 2021, Northern Iowa will open its season against a non-FBS opponent.
Understanding the importance of his role as a returning, experienced starter, UNI linebacker Ben Belken has led the defense in summer workouts in a similar fashion that quarterback Aidan Dunne has done with the offense — with more on-field work to go along with strength and conditioning.
Gazette Female Athlete of the Year 2024 finalists: Bliss Beck of Clear Creek Amana, Skylar Benesh of North Linn, Michaela Goad of Marion, Carly Goodwin of Sigourney and Callie Levin of Solon.
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