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
Record9–3 (8–0 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPaul Rudolph (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorEric Schmidt (3rd season)
Home stadiumAlerus Center
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
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

Schedule

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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 Utah No. 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
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

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Stony Brook

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

Bowling Green

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

South Dakota

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

Montana State

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

Cal Poly

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

Sacramento State

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

Southern Utah

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

Idaho State

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

Weber State

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

Northern Colorado

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

Northern Arizona

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

FCS Playoffs

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Second Round–Richmond

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

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS1925RVRVRV24221917161210812
Coaches21RVRVRVRV2118161211108812
FCS PlayoffsNot released109Not released

References

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  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.