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 Kyle 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.

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

Game summaries

Stony Brook

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–02014UND, 13–3

Bowling Green

South Dakota

Overall recordLast meetingResult
60–29–52011UND, 38–37

Montana State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
14–18–12015UND, 44–38

Cal Poly

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–32015UND, 45–21

Sacramento State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–12013SAC, 31–7

Southern Utah

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–42014SUU, 35–17

Idaho State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–12015ISU, 37–31

Weber State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–22015WEB, 25–24

Northern Colorado

Overall recordLast meetingResult
16–122015UND, 45–14

Northern Arizona

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–42014UND, 30–28

FCS Playoffs

Second Round–Richmond

Ranking movements