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.
Schedule [ edit ] 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
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Game summaries [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 0 7 0 7 Fighting Hawks 10 2 21 14 47
At North Dakota State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Fighting Hawks 0 7 0 0 7 No. 1 Bison 14 7 10 7 38
Sam Houston State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 24 Bearkats 0 14 0 9 23 Fighting Hawks 14 0 13 0 27
At Eastern Washington [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Fighting Hawks 7 0 7 6 20 No. 21 Eagles 14 14 0 7 35
UC Davis [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 0 14 14 8 36 Fighting Hawks 14 14 7 3 38
At Idaho State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Fighting Hawks 7 0 6 7 20 Bengals 3 28 10 14 55
At Cal Poly [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Fighting Hawks 0 7 14 9 30 Mustangs 3 14 6 3 26
Montana State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 9 Bobcats 3 3 0 6 12 Fighting Hawks 7 0 3 6 16
At Weber State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 22 Fighting Hawks 7 10 7 3 27 No. 3 Wildcats 14 6 0 10 30
Northern Colorado [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bears 7 14 10 7 38 Fighting Hawks 14 17 14 0 45
Southern Utah [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 0 15 3 0 18 Fighting Hawks 7 10 10 9 36
FCS Playoffs [ edit ] The Fighting Hawks were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Nicholls .[3]
At Nicholls–First Round [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 24 Fighting Hawks 0 3 3 0 6 No. 19 Colonels 3 7 7 7 24
Ranking movements [ edit ] 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 [ edit ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold