2016 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

The 2016 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team represented the University of North Dakota during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Bubba Schweigert and played their home games at the Alerus Center. The Fighting Hawks were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 9–3, 8–0 in Big Sky play to share the conference championship with Eastern Washington. They received an at-large bid into the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Richmond in the second round.

2016 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football
Big Sky co-champion
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 12
FCS CoachesNo. 12
2016 record9–3 (8–0 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPaul Rudolph (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorEric Schmidt (3rd season)
Home stadiumAlerus Center
(Capacity: 12,283)
2016 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^  8 0     12 2  
No. 12 North Dakota +^  8 0     9 3  
No. 25 Weber State ^  6 2     7 5  
No. 24 Cal Poly ^  5 3     7 5  
Southern Utah  5 3     6 5  
Northern Colorado  4 4     6 5  
Northern Arizona  4 4     5 6  
Montana  3 5     6 5  
Montana State  2 6     4 7  
Portland State  2 6     3 8  
UC Davis  2 6     3 8  
Sacramento State  2 6     2 9  
Idaho State  1 7     2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

In 2015, North Dakota finished with a record of 7–4, 5–3 in Big Sky play, to finish in a tie for third place. They failed to qualify for the FCS Playoffs.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:00 pmat Stony Brook*No. 19L 9–136,153
September 102:30 pmat Bowling Green*No. 25ASN/ESPN3L 26–2715,318
September 174:00 pmSouth Dakota*Midco SNW 47–44 2OT11,477
September 243:00 pmat Montana StateWBSW 17–1519,507
October 11:00 pmNo. 16 Cal Poly
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
Midco SNW 31–2410,097
October 88:00 pmat Sacramento StateNo. 24WBSW 40–79,614
October 151:00 pmSouthern UtahNo. 22
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
Midco SNW 45–2310,506
October 223:35 pmat Idaho StateNo. 19WBSW 28–216,320
October 291:00 pmWeber StateNo. 17
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
Midco SN2W 27–198,699
November 51:05 pmat Northern ColoradoNo. 16WBSW 23–134,322
November 121:00 pmNorthern ArizonaNo. 12
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
Midco SN2W 38–319,049
December 35:00 pmNo. 12 Richmond*No. 8
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND (Second Round)
ESPN3L 24–279,837

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Game summaries

Stony Brook

1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Fighting Hawks 0 7 2 0 9
Seawolves 0 7 0 6 13

Bowling Green

1 2 3 4 Total
#25 Fighting Hawks 0 10 10 6 26
Falcons 14 7 6 0 27

South Dakota

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Coyotes 3 24 7 073 44
Fighting Hawks 7 7 3 1776 47

Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 0 7 3 7 17
Bobcats 3 3 3 6 15

Cal Poly

1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Mustangs 0 7 7 10 24
Fighting Hawks 10 0 14 7 31

Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
#24 Fighting Hawks 6 21 7 6 40
Hornets 0 0 7 0 7

Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 14 3 6 0 23
#22 Fighting Hawks 7 21 3 14 45

Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Fighting Hawks 0 14 7 7 28
Bengals 7 7 0 7 21

Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 13 0 6 19
#17 Fighting Hawks 7 0 14 6 27

Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Fighting Hawks 7 6 10 0 23
Bears 7 0 0 6 13

Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 14 10 7 0 31
#12 Fighting Hawks 10 0 7 21 38

FCS Playoffs

Second Round–Richmond

1 2 3 4 Total
#12 Spiders 7 0 7 13 27
#8 Fighting Hawks 7 10 7 0 24

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 19 25 RV RV RV 24 22 19 17 16 12 10 8 12 
Coaches 21 RV RV RV RV 21 18 16 12 11 10 8 8 12 
FCS Playoffs Not released NR 10 9 Not released

References

  1. "2016 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football schedule". University of North Dakota Department of Athletics. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
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