2016 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

2016 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football
Big Sky co-champion
Conference Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS No. 12
FCS Coaches No. 12
2016 record 9–3 (8–0 Big Sky)
Head coach Kyle Schweigert (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator Paul Rudolph (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator Eric Schmidt (3rd season)
Home stadium Alerus Center
(Capacity: 12,283)
2016 Big Sky football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#4 Eastern Washington +^  8 –0     12 –2  
#12 North Dakota +^  8 –0     9 –3  
#25 Weber State ^  6 –2     7 –5  
#24 Cal Poly ^  5 –3     7 –5  
Southern Utah  5 –3     6 –5  
Northern Colorado  4 –4     6 –5  
Northern Arizona  4 –4     5 –6  
Montana  3 –5     6 –5  
Montana State  2 –6     4 –7  
Portland State  2 –6     3 –8  
UC Davis  2 –6     3 –8  
Sacramento State  2 –6     2 –9  
Idaho State  1 –7     2 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2016 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team represented the University of North Dakota during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Kyle Schweigert and played their home games at the Alerus Center. The Fighting Hawks were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 9–3, 8–0 in Big Sky play to share the conference championship with Eastern Washington. They received an at-large bid into the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Richmond in the second round.

Previous season

In 2015, North Dakota finished with a record of 7–4, 5–3 in Big Sky play, to finish in a tie for third place. They failed to qualify for the FCS Playoffs.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 6:00 PM at Stony Brook* No. 19 Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY L 9–13   6,153
September 10 2:30 PM at Bowling Green* No. 25 Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH ASN/ESPN3 L 26–27   15,318
September 17 4:00 PM South Dakota* Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND (Potato Bowl/Sitting Bull Trophy) Midco SN W 47–44 2OT  11,477
September 24 3:00 PM at Montana State Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT WBS W 17–15   19,507
October 1 1:00 PM No. 16 Cal Poly Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND Midco SN W 31–24   10,097
October 8 8:00 PM at Sacramento State No. 24 Hornet Stadium • Sacramento, CA WBS W 40–7   9,614
October 15 1:00 PM Southern Utahdagger No. 22 Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND Midco SN W 45–23   10,506
October 22 3:35 PM at Idaho State No. 19 Holt Arena • Pocatello, ID WBS W 28–21   6,320
October 29 1:00 PM Weber State No. 17 Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND Midco SN2 W 27–19   8,699
November 5 1:05 PM at Northern Colorado No. 16 Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO WBS W 23–13   4,322
November 12 1:00 PM Northern Arizona No. 12 Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND Midco SN2 W 38–31   9,049
December 3 5:00 PM No. 12 Richmond* No. 8 Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND (Second Round) ESPN3 L 24–27   9,837
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

[1]

Game summaries

Stony Brook

1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Fighting Hawks 0 7 2 0 9
Seawolves 0 7 0 6 13
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2014 UND, 13–3

Bowling Green

1 2 3 4 Total
#25 Fighting Hawks 0 10 10 6 26
Falcons 14 7 6 0 27
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

South Dakota

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Coyotes 3 24 7 073 44
Fighting Hawks 7 7 3 1776 47
Overall record Last meeting Result
60–29–5 2011 UND, 38–37

Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 0 7 3 7 17
Bobcats 3 3 3 6 15
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–18–1 2015 UND, 44–38

Cal Poly

1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Mustangs 0 7 7 10 24
Fighting Hawks 10 0 14 7 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–3 2015 UND, 45–21

Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
#24 Fighting Hawks 6 21 7 6 40
Hornets 0 0 7 0 7
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–1 2013 SAC, 31–7

Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 14 3 6 0 23
#22 Fighting Hawks 7 21 3 14 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–4 2014 SUU, 35–17

Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Fighting Hawks 0 14 7 7 28
Bengals 7 7 0 7 21
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–1 2015 ISU, 37–31

Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 13 0 6 19
#17 Fighting Hawks 7 0 14 6 27
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 2015 WEB, 25–24

Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Fighting Hawks 7 6 10 0 23
Bears 7 0 0 6 13
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–12 2015 UND, 45–14

Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 14 10 7 0 31
#12 Fighting Hawks 10 0 7 21 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–4 2014 UND, 30–28

FCS Playoffs

Second Round–Richmond

1 2 3 4 Total
#12 Spiders 7 0 7 13 27
#8 Fighting Hawks 7 10 7 0 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 19 25 RV RV RV 24 22 19 17 16 12 10 8 12 
Coaches 21 RV RV RV RV 21 18 16 12 11 10 8 8 12 
FCS Playoffs Not released NR 10 9 Not released

References

  1. ↑ "2016 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football schedule". University of North Dakota Department of Athletics. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.