2019 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

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.

2019 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–5
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDanny Freund (1st season)
Offensive schemePistol
Defensive coordinatorEric Schmidt (6th season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumAlerus Center
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Dakota ^       7 5  
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant

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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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
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 ESPN3L 6–24 7,569

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Game summaries

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Drake

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1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 0 7 0 7
Fighting Hawks 10 2 21 14 47

At North Dakota State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 0 7 0 0 7
No. 1 Bison 14 7 10 7 38

Sam Houston State

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 24 Bearkats 0 14 0 9 23
Fighting Hawks 14 0 13 0 27

At Eastern Washington

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1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 7 0 7 6 20
No. 21 Eagles 14 14 0 7 35

UC Davis

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1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0 14 14 8 36
Fighting Hawks 14 14 7 3 38

At Idaho State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 7 0 6 7 20
Bengals 3 28 10 14 55

At Cal Poly

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1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 0 7 14 9 30
Mustangs 3 14 6 3 26

Montana State

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 9 Bobcats 3 3 0 6 12
Fighting Hawks 7 0 3 6 16

At Weber State

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Fighting Hawks 7 10 7 3 27
No. 3 Wildcats 14 6 0 10 30

Northern Colorado

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1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 7 14 10 7 38
Fighting Hawks 14 17 14 0 45

Southern Utah

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1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 0 15 3 0 18
Fighting Hawks 7 10 10 9 36

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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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 24 Fighting Hawks 0 3 3 0 6
No. 19 Colonels 3 7 7 7 24

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
STATS FCSRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV2422RVRV24
CoachesRVRVRVRV25RVRVRV2322RVRVRV

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.