The 2015 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team represented the University of North Dakota during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by second year head coach Bubba Schweigert and played their home games at the Alerus Center . The Fighting Hawks are a member of the Big Sky Conference .
Although playing most of the season without an official mascot, 2015 was North Dakota's first year with their new nickname as it was announced on November 18 that the university had adopted the Fighting Hawks after a public vote of students, faculty, staff and other members of the University of North Dakota community.
The Fighting Hawks finished the season 7–4, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a four way tie for fourth place.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 5 3:00 pm at Wyoming * W 24–1323,669 September 12 5:00 pm Drake * Midco SN W 21–189,865 September 19 2:30 pm at No. 4 North Dakota State * NBC ND /ESPN3L 9–3419,044 [ 1] September 26 1:00 pm UC Davis Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND Midco SN W 31–248,450 October 3 4:00 pm at No. 16 Portland State WBS W 19–174,765 October 10 1:00 pm Idaho State No. 23 Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND Midco SN L 31–379,188 October 17 7:00 pm at Weber State WBS L 24–255,461 October 24 2:30 pm at No. 19 Montana RTNW L 16–4225,014 October 31 1:00 pm No. 19 Montana State Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND Midco SN W 44–387,090 November 14 1:00 pm Northern Colorado Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND Midco SN W 45–146,996 November 21 8:05 pm at Cal Poly WBS W 45–215,746 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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1
2
3
4
Total
North Dakota
7
7
0
10
24
Cowboys
0
0
0
13
13
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
0
3
15
18
North Dakota
7
14
0
0
21
1
2
3
4
Total
North Dakota
3
0
6
0
9
#4 Bison
3
21
10
0
34
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
7
3
7
7
24
North Dakota
14
7
10
0
31
1
2
3
4
Total
North Dakota
3
3
10
3
19
#16 Vikings
7
3
7
0
17
1
2
3
4
Total
Bengals
6
9
7
15
37
#23 North Dakota
14
7
10
0
31
1
2
3
4
Total
North Dakota
7
10
0
7
24
Wildcats
3
7
0
15
25
1
2
3
4
Total
North Dakota
7
6
0
3
16
#19 Grizzlies
7
14
14
7
42
1
2
3
4
Total
#19 Bobcats
7
17
7
7
38
North Dakota
21
10
7
6
44
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
0
0
14
14
North Dakota
7
28
10
0
45
1
2
3
4
Total
Fighting Hawks
7
21
7
10
45
Mustangs
0
0
14
7
21
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