American college football season
The 2018 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team represented the University of North Dakota during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by fifth-year head coach Bubba Schweigert and played their home games at the Alerus Center . The Fighting Hawks competed as an FCS independent. They finished the season 6–5.
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]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 6:00 p.m. Mississippi Valley State Midco SN W 35–78,884 September 8 4:00 p.m. at No. 9 (FBS ) Washington P12N L 3–4568,093 September 15 6:00 p.m. at No. 5 Sam Houston State ESPN3 W 24–235,373 September 22 4:30 p.m. Idaho State No. 22 Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND Midco SN L 21–2511,157 September 29 1:00 p.m. at Northern Colorado Pluto TV 241W 38–134,902 October 13 1:00 p.m. No. 22 Montana Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND Midco SN W 41–1410,497 October 20 8:00 p.m. at Sacramento State Pluto TV 233 W 41–1510,709 October 27 2:00 p.m. No. 4 Weber State No. 22 Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND Midco SN L 30–358,650 November 3 4:00 p.m. at Idaho Pluto TV 242 L 27–317,899 November 10 2:00 p.m. Portland State Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND Midco SN W 17–107,494 November 17 3:30 p.m. at Northern Arizona Pluto TV 239 L 16–314,306
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Mississippi Valley State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Delta Devils
0
7
0
0
7
Fighting Hawks
14
7
7
7
35
North Dakota at Washington – Game summary
Quarter
1
2
3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks
0
0
3 0 3
No. 9 (FBS ) Huskies 10
7
7 21 45
at Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
Date : September 8, 2018Game time : 2:00 p.m. PDT Game weather : 69 °F (21 °C) • Overcast • Wind SE @ 6 mph (10 km/h)Game attendance : 68,093Referee : Chris WigginsTV announcers (P12N ) : Ted Robinson , Yogi Roth , and Jill Savage
Game information
Top passers UND – Nate Ketteringham: 16/30, 96 yards
UW – Jake Browning : 23/37, 313 yards, two touchdowns, two interceptions Top rushers UND – John Santiago: 18 attempts, 139 yards
UW – Myles Gaskin : 15 attempts, 53 yards, one touchdown Top receiving UND – Noah Manzek: 3 receptions, 23 yards
UW – Quinten Pounds : 3 receptions, 98 yards
At Sam Houston State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Fighting Hawks
7
10
0
7
24
No. 5 Bearkats
7
3
13
0
23
1
2
3
4
Total
Bengals
6
13
0
6
25
No. 22 Fighting Hawks
14
7
0
0
21
At Northern Colorado [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Fighting Hawks
3
21
0
14
38
Bears
0
7
0
6
13
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 22 Grizzlies
7
0
0
7
14
Fighting Hawks
14
13
7
7
41
At Sacramento State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Fighting Hawks
14
0
20
7
41
Hornets
3
7
5
0
15
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 4 Wildcats
7
14
7
7
35
No. 22 Fighting Hawks
0
20
3
7
30
1
2
3
4
Total
Fighting Hawks
7
7
6
7
27
Vandals
14
0
0
17
31
1
2
3
4
Total
Vikings
0
3
7
0
10
Fighting Hawks
7
0
0
10
17
At Northern Arizona [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Fighting Hawks
0
10
3
3
16
Lumberjacks
14
3
7
7
31
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking 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 RV 22 RV RV RV Coaches — — — RV — — RV RV 24 25 RV 25
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