2016 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football
Big Sky co-champion
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 12
FCS CoachesNo. 12
Record9–3 (8–0 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPaul Rudolph (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorEric Schmidt (3rd season)
Home stadiumAlerus Center
2016 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

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.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:00 pmat Stony Brook*No. 19
L 9–136,153
September 102:30 pmat Bowling Green*No. 25
ASN/ESPN3L 26–2715,318
September 174:00 pmSouth Dakota*
Midco SNW 47–44 2OT11,477
September 243:00 pmat Montana State
WBSW 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. 24
WBSW 40–79,614
October 151:00 pmSouthern UtahdaggerNo. 22
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
Midco SNW 45–2310,506
October 223:35 pmat Idaho StateNo. 19
WBSW 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. 16
WBSW 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
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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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.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS1925RVRVRV24221917161210812
Coaches21RVRVRVRV2118161211108812
FCS PlayoffsNot released—109Not released

References

  1. ↑ "North Dakota Fighting Hawks Schedule 2016". ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  2. ↑ "2016 M Football Schedule". University of North Dakota Athletics. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
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