2019 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team
The 2019 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team represented the University of North Dakota during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Kyle Schweigert, they played their home games at the Alerus Center. They finished the season 7–5. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they would lose to Nicholls in the first round.
2019 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football | |
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FCS Playoffs First Round, L 6–24 vs. Nicholls | |
Conference | Independent |
2019 record | 7–5 |
Head coach | Kyle Schweigert (6th season) |
Home stadium | Alerus Center (Capacity: 12,283) |
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The Fighting Hawks left the Big Sky Conference in 2018 to join the non-football Summit League, with the football program joining the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2020. Although being classified as an independent for football in 2018 and 2019, they continued to play a full Big Sky schedule, and their games counted in the conference standings for their opponents. The Fighting Hawks were ineligible to win the conference championship.
Previous season
The Fighting Hawks finished the 2018 season with a record of 6–5.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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August 31 | 4:00 p.m. | Drake | Pluto TV | W 47–7 | 8,545 | ||||
September 7 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 1 North Dakota State | ESPN+ | L 7–38 | 18,923 | ||||
September 14 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 24 Sam Houston State |
| Pluto TV | W 27–23 | 8,697 | |||
September 28 | 4:05 p.m. | at No. 21 Eastern Washington | Pluto TV | L 20–35 | 8,726 | ||||
October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 12 UC Davis |
| Pluto TV | W 38–36 | 8,987 | |||
October 12 | 2:05 p.m. | at Idaho State | Pluto TV | L 20–55 | 8,731 | ||||
October 19 | 7:05 p.m. | at Cal Poly | Pluto TV | W 30–26 | 5,186 | ||||
October 26 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 9 Montana State |
| Pluto TV | W 16–12 | 8,594 | |||
November 9 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 3 Weber State | No. 22 | Pluto TV | L 27–30 | 9,622 | |||
November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Northern Colorado |
| Pluto TV | W 45–38 | 7,732 | |||
November 23 | 1:00 p.m. | Southern Utah |
| Pluto TV | W 36–18 | 7,485 | |||
November 30 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 19 Nicholls | No. 24 |
| ESPN3 | L 6–24 | 7,569 | ||
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Game summaries
Drake
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Fighting Hawks | 10 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 47 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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2–0 | 2015 | W, 21–18 |
at North Dakota State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Fighting Hawks | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
No. 1 Bison | 14 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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62–46–3 | 2015 | L, 9–34 |
Sam Houston State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 24 Bearkats | 0 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 23 |
Fighting Hawks | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 27 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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1–0 | 2018 | W, 24–23 |
at Eastern Washington
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Fighting Hawks | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
No. 21 Eagles | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 35 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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0–4 | 2017 | L, 14–21 |
UC Davis
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Aggies | 0 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 36 |
Fighting Hawks | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 38 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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3–5 | 2017 | L, 24–48 |
at Idaho State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Fighting Hawks | 7 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
Bengals | 3 | 28 | 10 | 14 | 55 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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5–2 | 2018 | L, 21–25 |
at Cal Poly
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Fighting Hawks | 0 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 30 |
Mustangs | 3 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 26 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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6–5 | 2018 | W, 31–24 |
Montana State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 9 Bobcats | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
Fighting Hawks | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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15–19–1 | 2017 | L, 21–49 |
at Weber State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 22 Fighting Hawks | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
No. 3 Wildcats | 14 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 30 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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1–3 | 2018 | L, 30–35 |
Northern Colorado
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bears | 7 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
Fighting Hawks | 14 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 45 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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19–12 | 2018 | W, 38–13 |
Southern Utah
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Thunderbirds | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
Fighting Hawks | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 36 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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4–5 | 2017 | L, 21–47 |
FCS Playoffs
The Fighting Hawks were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Nicholls.[3]
at Nicholls–First Round
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 24 Fighting Hawks | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
No. 19 Colonels | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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First meeting |
Ranking movements
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final | ||||||
STATS FCS | RV | RV | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 22 | RV | RV | 24 | |||||||
Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | RV | RV | NR | RV | 23 | 22 | RV | RV | RV |
References
- "2019 North Dakota Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
- "2019 Football Schedule". University of North Dakota Athletics. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
- "FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship". ncaa.com. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.