CEDAR FALLS - Three Northern Iowa football players are out of the season opener at Iowa after drawing disciplinary suspensions related to off-season arrests.

The Panthers are backup quarterback Zach Davis plus offensive linemen Evan Tecklenburg and Misha Danilov. Davis and Tecklenburg are sophomores; Danilov is a redshirt freshman.

Davis was arrested recently and charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Tecklenburg and Danilov were charged with possession of drug paraphernalia in the wake of a July arrest. Danilov was also charged with possession of marijuana.

Tecklenburg has lost his football scholarship, since it was his second brush with the law in as many years. Last summer, he drew operating while intoxicated and possession of drug paraphernalia after a car accident in Cedar Falls.

"Three players have been suspended for the Iowa game in accordance with our student-athlete code of conduct policy," said UNI head coach Mark Farley in a statement issued through the Sports Information Department.

Davis' loss would the most significant, given his role as Pat Grace's primary backup.

A year ago, the Washington High product appeared in seven games, starting three. He completed 61.4 percent of his passes for 504 yards, three touchdowns and one interception. UNI won all three games with Davis as the starting quarterback.

Tecklenburg, from Muscatine, saw action in 13 games last season. Most of his appearances came as a reserve offensive lineman and on special teams.

Danilov, from Middleton, Wis., did not play in 2008.