American college football season
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.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 6:00 pm | at Stony Brook* | No. 19 | | | L 9–13 | 6,153 |
September 10 | 2:30 pm | at Bowling Green* | No. 25 | | ASN/ESPN3 | L 26–27 | 15,318 |
September 17 | 4:00 pm | South Dakota* | | | Midco SN | W 47–44 2OT | 11,477 |
September 24 | 3:00 pm | at Montana State | | | WBS | W 17–15 | 19,507 |
October 1 | 1:00 pm | No. 16 Cal Poly | | - Alerus Center
- Grand Forks, ND
| Midco SN | W 31–24 | 10,097 |
October 8 | 8:00 pm | at Sacramento State | No. 24 | | WBS | W 40–7 | 9,614 |
October 15 | 1:00 pm | Southern Utah![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 22 | - Alerus Center
- Grand Forks, ND
| Midco SN | W 45–23 | 10,506 |
October 22 | 3:35 pm | at Idaho State | No. 19 | | WBS | W 28–21 | 6,320 |
October 29 | 1:00 pm | Weber State | No. 17 | - Alerus Center
- Grand Forks, ND
| Midco SN2 | W 27–19 | 8,699 |
November 5 | 1:05 pm | at Northern Colorado | No. 16 | | WBS | W 23–13 | 4,322 |
November 12 | 1:00 pm | Northern Arizona | No. 12 | - Alerus Center
- Grand Forks, ND
| Midco SN2 | W 38–31 | 9,049 |
December 3 | 5:00 pm | No. 12 Richmond* | No. 8 | - Alerus Center
- Grand Forks, ND (Second Round)
| ESPN3 | L 24–27 | 9,837 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#19 Fighting Hawks | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
Seawolves | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#25 Fighting Hawks | 0 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
Falcons | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 27 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
Coyotes | 3 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 44 |
Fighting Hawks | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 47 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Fighting Hawks | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
Bobcats | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#16 Mustangs | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
Fighting Hawks | 10 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#24 Fighting Hawks | 6 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 40 |
Hornets | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Thunderbirds | 14 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 23 |
#22 Fighting Hawks | 7 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 45 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#19 Fighting Hawks | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
Bengals | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Wildcats | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 19 |
#17 Fighting Hawks | 7 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 27 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#16 Fighting Hawks | 7 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
Bears | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Lumberjacks | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
#12 Fighting Hawks | 10 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 38 |
Second Round–Richmond
[edit] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#12 Spiders | 7 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
#8 Fighting Hawks | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | 19 | 25 | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 12 |
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Coaches | 21 | RV | RV | RV | RV | 21 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 12 |
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FCS Playoffs | Not released | — | 10 | 9 | Not released |
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Bowls & rivalries | |
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People | |
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Seasons | |
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National championship seasons in bold |
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College Division / Division II | |
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I-AA/FCS | - Northern Arizona (1978)
- Montana State (1979)
- Boise State (1980)
- Idaho State (1981)
- Montana, Idaho, & Montana State (1982)
- Nevada (1983)
- Montana State (1984)
- Idaho (1985)
- Nevada (1986)
- Idaho (1987)
- Idaho (1988)
- Idaho (1989)
- Nevada (1990)
- Nevada (1991)
- Idaho & Eastern Washington (1992)
- Montana (1993)
- Boise State (1994)
- Montana (1995)
- Montana (1996)
- Eastern Washington (1997)
- Montana (1998)
- Montana (1999)
- Montana (2000)
- Montana (2001)
- Montana, Montana State, & Idaho State (2002)
- Montana State, Montana, & Northern Arizona (2003)
- Montana & Eastern Washington (2004)
- Eastern Washington, Montana State, & Montana (2005)
- Montana (2006)
- Montana (2007)
- Weber State & Montana (2008)
- Montana (2009)
- Montana State & Eastern Washington (2010)
- Montana State & Montana (2011)
- Eastern Washington, Montana State, & Cal Poly (2012)
- Eastern Washington (2013)
- Eastern Washington (2014)
- Southern Utah (2015)
- Eastern Washington & North Dakota (2016)
- Southern Utah & Weber State (2017)
- Eastern Washington, UC Davis, & Weber State (2018)
- Sacramento State & Weber State (2019)
- Weber State (2020)
- Sacramento State (2021)
- Montana State & Sacramento State (2022)
- Montana (2023)
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National championships in bold |