CEDAR FALLS — Northern Iowa football team opens its 2022 season on the road but will spend a majority of October at home.

Six of the Panthers’ 11 games will be played at the UNI-Dome, including the first four of five games scheduled for October.

The home slate kicks off with Hall of Fame weekend against Sacramento State on Sept. 17 — UNI’s third game of the season. Sacramento State entered the 2021 FCS Playoffs as a No. 4 seed. The two-time Big Sky Conference champions were undefeated in league play last season and return a strong corps of starters, including tight end Marshel Martin, an FCS All-American.

UNI will open the 2022 fall season on the road at Air Force. It will be the first time the Panthers and Falcons have ever met. The first Missouri Valley Football Conference opponent will come early against the newest member of the MVFC. UNI will meet North Dakota for the first time as a Valley opponent in the second week of the season on the road.

UNI Football Schedule

Sept. 3 at Air Force

Sept. 10 at North Dakota

Sept. 17 SACRAMENTO ST.

Sept. 24 at Western Illinois

Oct. 1 INDIANA ST.

Oct. 22 MISSOURI ST.

Oct. 29 at Southern Illinois

Nov. 5 SOUTH DAKOTA ST.

Nov. 12 BYE WEEK

Nov. 19 at South Dakota

Nov. 26 FCS Playoffs