2019 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

American college football season

2019 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football

FCS Playoffs First Round, L 6–24 vs. Nicholls

Conference| Independent
Record| 7–5
Head coach|

* Bubba Schweigert (6th season)

Offensive coordinator| Danny Freund (1st season)
Defensive coordinator| Eric Schmidt (6th season)
Home stadium| Alerus Center

Seasons

<- 2018

2020 ->

2019 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings

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North Dakota ^  |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 5  |

* ^ - FCS playoff participant

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 Bubba 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.

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.

## Schedule

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

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August 31 |  4:00 p.m. |  Drake |  |

* Alerus Center
* Grand Forks, ND

|  Pluto TV | W 47–7|  8,545
September 7 |  2:30 p.m. |  at No. 1 North Dakota State |  |

* Fargodome
* Fargo, ND (Nickel Trophy)

|  ESPN+ | L 7–38|  18,923
September 14 |  4:00 p.m. |  No. 24 Sam Houston State |  |

* Alerus Center
* Grand Forks, ND

|  Pluto TV | W 27–23|  8,697
September 28 |  4:05 p.m. |  at No. 21 Eastern Washington |  |

* Roos Field
* Cheney, WA

|  Pluto TV | L 20–35|  8,726
October 5 |  1:00 p.m. |  No. 12 UC Davis |  |

* Alerus Center
* Grand Forks, ND

|  Pluto TV | W 38–36|  8,987
October 12 |  2:05 p.m. |  at Idaho State |  |

* Holt Arena
* Pocatello, ID

|  Pluto TV | L 20–55|  8,731
October 19 |  7:05 p.m. |  at Cal Poly |  |

* Alex G. Spanos Stadium
* San Luis Obispo, CA

|  Pluto TV | W 30–26|  5,186
October 26 |  12:00 p.m. |  No. 9 Montana State |  |

* Alerus Center
* Grand Forks, ND

|  Pluto TV | W 16–12|  8,594
November 9 |  3:00 p.m. |  at No. 3 Weber State |  No. 22 |

* Stewart Stadium
* Ogden, UT

|  Pluto TV | L 27–30|  9,622
November 16 |  1:00 p.m. |  Northern Colorado |  |

* Alerus Center
* Grand Forks, ND

|  Pluto TV | W 45–38|  7,732
November 23 |  1:00 p.m. |  Southern Utah |  |

* Alerus Center
* Grand Forks, ND

|  Pluto TV | W 36–18|  7,485
November 30 |  3:00 p.m. |  at No. 19 Nicholls |  No. 24 |

* John L. Guidry Stadium
* Thibodaux, LA (NCAA Division I First Round)

|  ESPN3| L 6–24|  7,569

* Homecoming
* 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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### Drake

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Bulldogs  | 0  | 0  | 7  | 0 | 7
Fighting Hawks | 10  | 2  | 21  | 14 | 47

See also: 2019 Drake Bulldogs football team

### At North Dakota State

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Fighting Hawks  | 0  | 7  | 0  | 0 | 7
No. 1 Bison | 14  | 7  | 10  | 7 | 38

See also: 2019 North Dakota State Bison football team

### Sam Houston State

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No. 24 Bearkats  | 0  | 14  | 0  | 9 | 23
Fighting Hawks | 14  | 0  | 13  | 0 | 27

See also: 2019 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

### At Eastern Washington

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Fighting Hawks  | 7  | 0  | 7  | 6 | 20
No. 21 Eagles | 14  | 14  | 0  | 7 | 35

See also: 2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

### UC Davis

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Aggies  | 0  | 14  | 14  | 8 | 36
Fighting Hawks | 14  | 14  | 7  | 3 | 38

See also: 2019 UC Davis Aggies football team

### At Idaho State

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Fighting Hawks  | 7  | 0  | 6  | 7 | 20
Bengals | 3  | 28  | 10  | 14 | 55

See also: 2019 Idaho State Bengals football team

### At Cal Poly

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Fighting Hawks | 0  | 7  | 14  | 9 | 30
Mustangs  | 3  | 14  | 6  | 3 | 26

See also: 2019 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

### Montana State

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No. 9 Bobcats  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 6 | 12
Fighting Hawks | 7  | 0  | 3  | 6 | 16

See also: 2019 Montana State Bobcats football team

### At Weber State

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No. 22 Fighting Hawks  | 7  | 10  | 7  | 3 | 27
No. 3 Wildcats | 14  | 6  | 0  | 10 | 30

See also: 2019 Weber State Wildcats football team

### Northern Colorado

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Bears  | 7  | 14  | 10  | 7 | 38
Fighting Hawks | 14  | 17  | 14  | 0 | 45

See also: 2019 Northern Colorado Bears football team

### Southern Utah

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Thunderbirds  | 0  | 15  | 3  | 0 | 18
Fighting Hawks | 7  | 10  | 10  | 9 | 36

See also: 2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

## FCS Playoffs

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The Fighting Hawks were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Nicholls.[3]

### At Nicholls–First Round

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No. 24 Fighting Hawks  | 0  | 3  | 3  | 0 | 6
No. 19 Colonels | 3  | 7  | 7  | 7 | 24

See also: 2019 Nicholls Colonels 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| 13| Final
STATS FCS| RV| RV| —| RV| RV| RV| RV| RV| RV| 24| 22| RV| RV| 24|
Coaches| RV| RV| RV| RV| 25| RV| RV| —| RV| 23| 22| RV| RV| RV|

## References

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1. ^ "North Dakota Fighting Hawks Schedule 2019". ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
2. ^ "2019 M Football Schedule". University of North Dakota Athletics. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
3. ^ "FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship". ncaa.com. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.

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* Alerus Center (2001–present)

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* South Dakota: Sitting Bull Trophy

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