Senate Resolution 106 - Introduced PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___ 1 2 BY DOTZLER and DANIELSON 1 3 A Resolution honoring the University of Northern Iowa 1 4 Football Team. 1 5 WHEREAS, in 2005 the University of Northern Iowa 1 6 Football Team, led by Coach Mark Farley, achieved an 1 7 11=4 record and won the Gateway Football Conference 1 8 Title; and 1 9 WHEREAS, the Panthers have made 12 trips to 1 10 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 1=AA 1 11 playoff games and six trips to the semifinal games; 1 12 and 1 13 WHEREAS, the Panthers football team in 2005 1 14 advanced to the National Collegiate Athletic 1 15 Association Division 1=AA championship game, played at 1 16 Max Finley Stadium and Davenport Field in Chattanooga, 1 17 Tennessee, before a record 20,236 fans; and 1 18 WHEREAS, in a hard=fought championship game the 1 19 Panthers football team was at last defeated by the 1 20 Appalachian State University Mountaineers Football 1 21 Team; and 1 22 WHEREAS, as a result of their performance five 1 23 players were named to Don Hansen's Football Gazette 1 24 All=region Team and Coach Mark Farley was named the 1 25 Northwest Region Coach of the Year; NOW THEREFORE, 1 26 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate 1 27 congratulates the members of the University of 1 28 Northern Iowa Panthers Football Team and Coach Mark 1 29 Farley for a great season of football and thanks them 1 30 for the honor and recognition they have brought to the 2 1 University of Northern Iowa and to the State of Iowa; 2 2 and 2 3 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, an 2 4 official copy of this Resolution be prepared for 2 5 presentation to Coach Farley and the members of the 2 6 University of Northern Iowa Panthers Football Team. 2 7 LSB 6166SS 81 2 8 jr:rj/gg/14.3 1