2017 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

The 2017 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team represented the University of North Dakota during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-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 3–8, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for 9th place.

2017 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
2017 record3–8 (2–6 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPaul Rudolph (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorEric Schmidt (4th season)
Home stadiumAlerus Center
(Capacity: 12,283)
2017 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 14 Southern Utah +^  7 1     9 3  
No. 5 Weber State +^  7 1     11 3  
Northern Arizona ^  6 2     7 5  
No. 21 Eastern Washington  6 2     7 4  
Sacramento State  6 2     7 4  
Montana  5 3     7 4  
Montana State  5 3     5 6  
UC Davis  3 5     5 6  
Idaho State  2 6     4 7  
Northern Colorado  2 6     3 7  
North Dakota  2 6     3 8  
Cal Poly  1 7     1 10  
Portland State  0 8     0 11  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

This was North Dakota's final year as a full member of the Big Sky. While most of the school's athletic programs will move to the Summit League in 2018, the football program will be classified as an FCS independent in 2018 and 2019 before joining the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2020. Their games against Big Sky members will still count in the Big Sky standings but they will be ineligible for the Big Sky championship.

Previous season

In 2016, North Dakota finished with a record of 9–3, 8–0 in Big Sky play, to share the conference title with Eastern Washington. They qualified for the FCS Playoffs for the first time and lost to Richmond in the second round.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:30 p.m.at Utah*No. 8P12NL 16–3745,905
September 94:00 p.m.Missouri State*No. 11MidcoW 34–012,047
September 162:00 p.m.at No. 23 South Dakota*No. 10MidcoL 7–459,645
September 232:30 p.m.Montana StateNo. 17
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
MidcoL 21–4912,342
September 308:00 p.m.at UC DavisELVNL 24–489,508
October 72:30 p.m.Northern Colorado
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
MidcoW 48–3810,234
October 142:00 p.m.at No. 24 MontanaRTNW[1]L 17–4125,085
October 2112:30 p.m.Sacramento State
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
MidcoL 27–349,259
October 286:00 p.m.at Portland StateELVNW 48–213,002
November 47:00 p.m.at No. 17 Southern UtahPluto TVL 21–477,641
November 111:00 p.m.No. 19 Eastern Washington
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
MidcoL 14–218,247

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Game summaries

at Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 8 Fighting Hawks 3 6 0 7 16
Utes 0 17 10 10 37

Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 0 0 0
No. 11 Fighting Hawks 3 21 0 10 34

at South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Fighting Hawks 0 0 7 0 7
No. 23 Coyotes 17 14 7 7 45

Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 7 21 7 14 49
No. 17 Fighting Hawks 0 10 11 0 21

at UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 10 7 0 7 24
Aggies 21 17 3 7 48

Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 7 17 14 0 38
Fighting Hawks 14 14 10 10 48

at Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 0 3 7 7 17
No. 24 Grizzlies 7 13 14 7 41

Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 3 7 24 0 34
Fighting Hawks 0 10 7 10 27

at Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 0 13 21 14 48
Vikings 14 0 0 7 21

at Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 7 7 7 0 21
No. 17 Thunderbirds 13 14 13 7 47

Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 19 Eagles 7 14 0 0 21
Fighting Hawks 7 0 0 7 14

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 8 11 10 17 RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Coaches 10 11 10 19 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

References

  1. "BIG SKY, ROOT SPORTS ANNOUNCE CONTRACT EXTENSION, 2017 SCHEDULE". Big Sky Conference. March 21, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  2. "2017 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football schedule". University of North Dakota Department of Athletics. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
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