Northern Iowa Panthers Logo PNG
The athletic program of the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa, consists of 15 teams known as the Northern Iowa Panthers.
Meaning and history
1964 -1967
The 1964 emblem depicted a human-like cat mascot, colored blue with some purple. They painted it as running somewhere and clad in athletic gear with ‘SCI’ (‘State College of Iowa’), written across the chest.
1973 – 1976
The 1973 logo uses the same logic, but the mascot is now running towards the onlooker with a more grotesque, aggressive expression. The coloring switched to black and white, and the acronym changed to ‘UNI’ (‘University of Northern Iowa’).
1976 – 1983
The following emblem slightly rearranged the use of colors, got rid of the mascot’s shoes and changed its pose to something like a dance instead.
1983 – 1986
This centerpiece of this design is instead a purple acronym ‘UNI’ with comparably big, serif characters. Furthermore, they drew a smaller, yellow panther crawling through the letter ‘U’. They made it realistic but spared nuance.
1986 – 2000
This emblem is a vertically-aligned rectangle, geometrically speaking. They made it purple, but the top is occupied by several white shapes that form a panther’s face. Also, stuff like whiskers and ears go beyond the geometric borders. The words ‘Northern Iowa’ are written in the bottom of this rectangle, colored orange.
2000 – 2001
In the 1980s-2000s, the Northern Iowa Panthers logo featured interlocking letters. In case of the 1981 logo, these letters were the “I” and “N,”.
2001 – 2002
While on the 2001 emblem the “U” was added.
2002 – 2013
In 2002, the team adopted an utterly different design. Its highlight was the head of the panther in gold with a purple trim. The letters “UNI” could be seen above it.
2013 – 2014
By 2013, the team got rid of the university’s full name that was atop the acronym in the previous version.
2014 – 2021
In 2014, the emblem was slightly updated. The modifications, which were very subtle, resulted in a clearer design.
2021 – Today
In 2021, the orange was bleached, making many elements in the emblem look more like yellow.
Northern Iowa Panthers Colors
PURPLE
PANTONE: PMS 2617 C
HEX COLOR: #4B116F;
RGB: (75, 17, 111)
CMYK: (79, 100, 0, 15)
GOLD
PANTONE: PMS 124 C
HEX COLOR: #FFCC00;
RGB: (255, 204, 0)
CMYK: (0, 27, 97, 0)