2020 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

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2020 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football
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ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 7
FCS CoachesNo. 6
2020 record5–2 (4–1 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDanny Freund (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorBrett Holinka (1st season)
Home stadiumAlerus Center
(Capacity: 12,283)
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
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 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 South Dakota State +^   5 – 1     8 – 2  
No. 12 Missouri State +^   5 – 1     5 – 5  
No. 7 North Dakota ^   4 – 1     5 – 2  
No. 6 North Dakota State ^   5 – 2     7 – 3  
No. 14 Southern Illinois ^   3 – 3     6 – 4  
Northern Iowa   3 – 4     3 – 4  
South Dakota   1 – 3     1 – 3  
Illinois State†   1 – 3     1 – 3  
Western Illinois†   1 – 5     1 – 5  
Youngstown State   1 – 6     1 – 6  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Note: Indiana State opted out of the spring season.
    † – Illinois State and Western Illinois opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 21 and April 5, 2021, respectively.
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team represented the University of North Dakota during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Bubba Schweigert, they played their home games at the Alerus Center as first-year members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

Previous season[]

Main article: 2019 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

The Fighting Hawks finished the 2019 season with a record of 7–5 and earned a berth to the FCS Playoffs, where they lost to Nicholls.

Schedule[]

North Dakota's game scheduled against Valparaiso was canceled on July 27 due to the Pioneer Football League's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
February 20 12:00 p.m. No. 24 Southern Illinois
ESPN+ W 44–21 3,176
February 27 12:00 p.m. No. 3 South Dakota State No. 14
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
ESPN+ W 28–17 3,638
March 4 5:00 p.m. No. 20 South Dakota No. 4
ESPN+ W 21–10 3,491
March 13 12:00 p.m. at Western Illinois No. 3
ESPN+ W 38–21 658
March 20 2:30 p.m. at No. 4 North Dakota State No. 2
ESPN+ L 13–34 9,121
April 3 11:00 a.m. No. 19 Missouri State No. 6
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
ESPN+ Canceled
April 10 12:00 p.m. at Illinois State No. 6
ESPN+ Canceled[a]
April 17 at Youngstown State No. 6
ESPN+ Canceled
April 24 2:00 p.m. No. 12 Missouri State No. 7
ESPN3 W 44–10
May 2 5:00 p.m. at No. 1 James Madison No. 7
ESPN2 L 21–34
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[2]

  1. ^ On March 21, 2021, Illinois State announced that it would opt-out of the remainder of the 2021 spring season due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References[]

  1. ^ Kelley, Kevin (27 July 2020). "Pioneer Football League to play conference-only football schedule in 2020". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 North Dakota Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
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