2017 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

American college football season

2017 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football

Conference| Big Sky Conference
Record| 3–8 (2–6 Big Sky)
Head coach|

* Bubba Schweigert (4th season)

Offensive coordinator| Paul Rudolph (4th season)
Offensive scheme| Pistol
Defensive coordinator| Eric Schmidt (4th season)
Base defense| 3–4
Home stadium| Alerus Center

Seasons

<- 2016

2018 ->

2017 Big Sky Conference football standings

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
No. 14 Southern Utah +^  |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 3  |
No. 5 Weber State +^  |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 3  |
Northern Arizona ^  |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 5  |
No. 21 Eastern Washington |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 4  |
Sacramento State |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 4  |
Montana |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 4  |
Montana State |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 6  |
UC Davis |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 6  |
Idaho State |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 7  |
Northern Colorado |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  |
North Dakota |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 8  |
Cal Poly |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 10  |
Portland State |  | 0  | - | 8  |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 11  |

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - FCS playoff participant

Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team represented the University of North Dakota during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Bubba 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 3–8, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for 9th place.

This was North Dakota's final year as a full member of the Big Sky. While most of the school's athletic programs will move to the Summit League in 2018, the football program will be classified as an FCS independent in 2018 and 2019 before joining the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2020. Their games against Big Sky members will still count in the Big Sky standings but they will be ineligible for the Big Sky championship.

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Rank| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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August 31| 6:30 p.m.| at Utah*| No. 8|

* Rice–Eccles Stadium
* Salt Lake City, UT

| P12N| L 16–37| 45,905
September 9| 4:00 p.m.| Missouri State*| No. 11|

* Alerus Center
* Grand Forks, ND (Potato Bowl)

| Midco| W 34–0| 12,047
September 16| 2:00 p.m.| at No. 23 South Dakota*| No. 10|

* DakotaDome
* Vermillion, SD (Sitting Bull Trophy)

| Midco| L 7–45| 9,645
September 23| 2:30 p.m.| Montana State| No. 17|

* Alerus Center
* Grand Forks, ND

| Midco| L 21–49| 12,342
September 30| 8:00 p.m.| at UC Davis| |

* Aggie Stadium
* Davis, CA

| ELVN| L 24–48| 9,508
October 7| 2:30 p.m.| Northern Colorado| |

* Alerus Center
* Grand Forks, ND

| Midco| W 48–38| 10,234
October 14| 2:00 p.m.| at No. 24 Montana| |

* Washington–Grizzly Stadium
* Missoula, MT

| RTNW[1]| L 17–41| 25,085
October 21| 12:30 p.m.| Sacramento State| |

* Alerus Center
* Grand Forks, ND

| Midco| L 27–34| 9,259
October 28| 6:00 p.m.| at Portland State| |

* Providence Park
* Portland, OR

| ELVN| W 48–21| 3,002
November 4| 7:00 p.m.| at No. 17 Southern Utah| |

* Eccles Coliseum
* Cedar City, UT

| Pluto TV| L 21–47| 7,641
November 11| 1:00 p.m.| No. 19 Eastern Washington| |

* Alerus Center
* Grand Forks, ND

| Midco| L 14–21| 8,247

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Central time

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## Game summaries

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### At Utah

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No. 8 Fighting Hawks  | 3  | 6  | 0  | 7 | 16
Utes | 0  | 17  | 10  | 10 | 37

See also: 2017 Utah Utes football team

### Missouri State

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Bears  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0 | 0
No. 11 Fighting Hawks | 3  | 21  | 0  | 10 | 34

See also: 2017 Missouri State Bears football team

### At South Dakota

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No. 10 Fighting Hawks  | 0  | 0  | 7  | 0 | 7
No. 23 Coyotes | 17  | 14  | 7  | 7 | 45

See also: 2017 South Dakota Coyotes football team

### Montana State

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Bobcats | 7  | 21  | 7  | 14 | 49
No. 17 Fighting Hawks  | 0  | 10  | 11  | 0 | 21

See also: 2017 Montana State Bobcats football team

### At UC Davis

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Fighting Hawks  | 10  | 7  | 0  | 7 | 24
Aggies | 21  | 17  | 3  | 7 | 48

See also: 2017 UC Davis Aggies football team

### Northern Colorado

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Bears  | 7  | 17  | 14  | 0 | 38
Fighting Hawks | 14  | 14  | 10  | 10 | 48

See also: 2017 Northern Colorado Bears football team

### At Montana

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Fighting Hawks  | 0  | 3  | 7  | 7 | 17
No. 24 Grizzlies | 7  | 13  | 14  | 7 | 41

See also: 2017 Montana Grizzlies football team

### Sacramento State

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Hornets | 3  | 7  | 24  | 0 | 34
Fighting Hawks  | 0  | 10  | 7  | 10 | 27

See also: 2017 Sacramento State Hornets football team

### At Portland State

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Fighting Hawks | 0  | 13  | 21  | 14 | 48
Vikings  | 14  | 0  | 0  | 7 | 21

See also: 2017 Portland State Vikings football team

### At Southern Utah

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Fighting Hawks  | 7  | 7  | 7  | 0 | 21
No. 17 Thunderbirds | 13  | 14  | 13  | 7 | 47

See also: 2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

### Eastern Washington

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No. 19 Eagles | 7  | 14  | 0  | 0 | 21
Fighting Hawks  | 7  | 0  | 0  | 7 | 14

See also: 2017 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

## Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes| Week

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Poll| Pre| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| Final
STATS FCS| 8| 11| 10| 17| RV| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —
Coaches| 10| 11| 10| 19| RV| RV| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —

## References

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1. ^ "Big Sky, Root Sports Announce Contract Extension, 2017 Schedule". Big Sky Conference. March 21, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
2. ^ "North Dakota Fighting Hawks Schedule 2017". ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
3. ^ "2017 M Football Schedule". University of North Dakota Athletics. Retrieved December 23, 2022.

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* Memorial Stadium (1927–2000)
* Alerus Center (2001–present)

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* North Dakota State: Nickel Trophy
* South Dakota: Sitting Bull Trophy

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* "It's for You, North Dakota U"
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* Native American mascot controversy

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