American college football season
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.
Previous season [ ]
The Fighting Hawks finished the 2018 season with a record of 6–5.
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 4:00 p.m. Drake Pluto TV W 47–7 8,545
September 7 2:30 p.m. at No. 1 North Dakota State 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 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 Pluto TV L 20–55 8,731
October 19 7:05 p.m. at Cal Poly 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 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 ESPN3 L 6–24 7,569
HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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Game summaries [ ]
Drake [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
0
7
0
7
Fighting Hawks
10
2
21
14
47
at North Dakota State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Fighting Hawks
0
7
0
0
7
No. 1 Bison
14
7
10
7
38
Sam Houston State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 24 Bearkats
0
14
0
9
23
Fighting Hawks
14
0
13
0
27
at Eastern Washington [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Fighting Hawks
7
0
7
6
20
No. 21 Eagles
14
14
0
7
35
UC Davis [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
0
14
14
8
36
Fighting Hawks
14
14
7
3
38
at Idaho State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Fighting Hawks
7
0
6
7
20
Bengals
3
28
10
14
55
at Cal Poly [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Fighting Hawks
0
7
14
9
30
Mustangs
3
14
6
3
26
Montana State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 9 Bobcats
3
3
0
6
12
Fighting Hawks
7
0
3
6
16
at Weber State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 22 Fighting Hawks
7
10
7
3
27
No. 3 Wildcats
14
6
0
10
30
Northern Colorado [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
7
14
10
7
38
Fighting Hawks
14
17
14
0
45
Southern Utah [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Thunderbirds
0
15
3
0
18
Fighting Hawks
7
10
10
9
36
FCS Playoffs [ ]
The Fighting Hawks were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Nicholls .[3]
at Nicholls–First Round [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 24 Fighting Hawks
0
3
3
0
6
No. 19 Colonels
3
7
7
7
24
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. — = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. Week 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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