2018 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

2018 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football
Conference Independent
2018 record 3–2
Head coach Kyle Schweigert (5th season)
Offensive coordinator Paul Rudolph (5th season)
Defensive coordinator Eric Schmidt (5th season)
Home stadium Alerus Center
(Capacity: 12,283)
2018 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
North Dakota*   –     3 –2  
North Alabama   –     3 –3  
Hampton   –     2 –3  
  • *North Dakota ineligible for Big Sky title due to transition to the Missouri Valley Football Conference.
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team represents the University of North Dakota during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by fifth-year head coach Kyle Schweigert and play their home games at the Alerus Center. The Fighting Hawks will be classified as an FCS independent.

North Dakota will leave the Big Sky Conference for all sports except football in 2018 and join the Summit League. Their football program will join the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2020. Although being classified as an independent for football in 2018 and 2019, they will continue to play a full Big Sky schedule and their games will count in the conference standings for their opponents but the Fighting Hawks will be ineligible to win the conference championship.[1]

Previous season

In their final season as a full member of the Big Sky, the Fighting Hawks finished the 2017 season 3–8, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for 9th place.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 306:00 p.m.Mississippi Valley State
Midco SNW 35–78,884
September 84:00 p.m.at No. 9 (FBS) Washington
P12NL 3–4568,093
September 156:00 p.m.at No. 5 Sam Houston State
ESPN3W 24–235,373
September 224:30 p.m.Idaho StatedaggerNo. 22
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
Midco SNL 21–2511,157
September 291:00 p.m.at Northern Colorado
Pluto TV 241W 38–134,902
October 131:00 p.m.No. 22 Montana
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
Midco SN
October 208:00 p.m.at Sacramento State
Pluto TV 233
October 272:00 p.m.Weber State
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
Midco SN
November 34:00 p.m.at Idaho
Pluto TV 242
November 102:00 p.m.Portland State
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
Midco SN
November 173:30 p.m.at Northern Arizona
Pluto TV 239

[2]

Game summaries

Mississippi Valley State

1 2 3 4 Total
Delta Devils 0 7 0 0 7
Fighting Hawks 14 7 7 7 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 0 0 3 0 3
No. 9 (FBS) Huskies 10 7 7 21 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Sam Houston State

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 7 10 0 7 24
No. 5 Bearkats 7 3 13 0 23
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 6 13 0 6 25
No. 22 Fighting Hawks 14 7 0 0 21
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–1 2016 UND, 28–21

at Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 3 21 0 14 38
Bears 0 7 0 6 13
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–12 2017 UND, 48–38

Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Grizzlies 0
Fighting Hawks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–15–1 2017 MONT, 41–17

at Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 0
Hornets 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–2 2017 SACST, 34–27

Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0
Fighting Hawks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–2 2016 UND, 27–19

at Idaho

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 0
Vandals 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 2011 IDA, 44–14

Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0
Fighting Hawks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–2 2017 UND, 48–21

at Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 0
Lumberjacks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–4 2016 UND, 38–31

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 RV RV RV 22 RV RV RV  
Coaches NR NR NR RV NR NR RV

References

  1. ↑ Miller, Tom (January 26, 2017). "UND officially makes the move to the Summit League, Missouri Valley Football Conference". Grand Forks Herald. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  2. ↑ "2018 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football schedule". University of North Dakota Department of Athletics. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
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