2016 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 football 2016 North Dakota Fighting Hawks ND Fighting Hawks wordmark.png 250 Big Sky Conference Big Sky 12 12 9–3 8–0 Bubba Schweigert 3rd Paul Rudolph 3rd Eric Schmidt Pistol 3rd 3–4 Alerus Center Big Sky co-champion FCS Playoffs Second Round L 27–24 vs. Richmond 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 2016 NCAA Division I FCS STATS Central September 3 6:00 pm l y y 19 Stony Brook Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY 9–13 6,153 September 10 2:30 pm l y y 25 Bowling Green Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH ASN/ESPN3 26–27 15,318 September 17 4:00 pm w y South Dakota Potato Bowl, Sitting Bull Trophy Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND Midco SN 47–44 2OT 11,477 September 24 3:00 pm w y Montana State Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT http://www.bigskyconf.com/sports/2015/11/19/WatchBigSky.aspx WBS 17–15 19,507 October 1 1:00 pm w Cal Poly 16 Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND Midco SN 31–24 10,097 October 8 8:00 pm w y 24 Sacramento State Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA WBS 40–7 9,614 October 15 1:00 pm w y 22 Southern Utah Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND Midco SN 45–23 10,506 October 22 3:35 pm w y 19 Idaho State Holt Arena Pocatello, ID WBS 28–21 6,320 October 29 1:00 pm w 17 Weber State Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND Midco SN2 27–19 8,699 November 5 1:05 pm w y 16 Northern Colorado Nottingham Field Greeley, CO WBS 23–13 4,322 November 12 1:00 pm w 12 Northern Arizona Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND Midco SN2 38–31 9,049 December 3 5:00 pm l y 8 Richmond 12 Second Round Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND ESPN3 24–27 9,837 North Dakota Fighting Hawks Schedule 2016 https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/155/season/2016 ESPN December 23, 2022 2016 M Football Schedule https://fightinghawks.com/sports/football/schedule/2016 University of North Dakota Athletics December 23, 2022 Game summaries Stony Brook #19 Fighting Hawks 0 7 2 0 Seawolves 0 7 0 6 2016 Stony Brook Seawolves football team Bowling Green #25 Fighting Hawks 0 10 10 6 Falcons 14 7 6 0 2016 Bowling Green Falcons football team South Dakota Coyotes 3 24 7 0 7 3 Fighting Hawks 7 7 3 17 7 6 2016 South Dakota Coyotes football team Montana State Fighting Hawks 0 7 3 7 Bobcats 3 3 3 6 2016 Montana State Bobcats football team Cal Poly #16 Mustangs 0 7 7 10 Fighting Hawks 10 0 14 7 2016 Cal Poly Mustangs football team Sacramento State #24 Fighting Hawks 6 21 7 6 Hornets 0 0 7 0 2016 Sacramento State Hornets football team Southern Utah Thunderbirds 14 3 6 0 #22 Fighting Hawks 7 21 3 14 2016 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team Idaho State #19 Fighting Hawks 0 14 7 7 Bengals 7 7 0 7 2016 Idaho State Bengals football team Weber State Wildcats 0 13 0 6 #17 Fighting Hawks 7 0 14 6 2016 Weber State Wildcats football team Northern Colorado #16 Fighting Hawks 7 6 10 0 Bears 7 0 0 6 2016 Northern Colorado Bears football team Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 14 10 7 0 #12 Fighting Hawks 10 0 7 21 2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team FCS Playoffs Second Round–Richmond #12 Spiders 7 0 7 13 #8 Fighting Hawks 7 10 7 0 2016 Richmond Spiders football team Ranking movements STATS FCS 0 13 19 25 RV RV RV 24 22 19 17 16 12 10 8 12 Coaches 0 13 21 RV RV RV RV 21 18 16 12 11 10 8 8 12 FCS Playoffs 9 11 NR 10 9 References North Dakota Category:North Dakota Fighting Hawks football seasons Category:Big Sky Conference football champion seasons North Dakota North Dakota Fighting Hawks football