2015 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

2015 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football
Conference Big Sky Conference
2015 record 7–4 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach Kyle Schweigert (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator Paul Rudolph
Defensive coordinator Eric Schmidt
Home stadium Alerus Center
(Capacity: 12,283)
2015 Big Sky football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#18 Southern Utah $^   7 – 1         8 – 4  
#10 Portland State ^   6 – 2         9 – 3  
#14 Montana ^   6 – 2         8 – 5  
North Dakota   5 – 3         7 – 4  
Northern Arizona   5 – 3         7 – 4  
Eastern Washington   5 – 3         6 – 5  
Weber State   5 – 3         6 – 5  
Northern Colorado   3 – 5         6 – 5  
Montana State   3 – 5         5 – 6  
Cal Poly   3 – 5         4 – 7  
UC Davis   2 – 6         2 – 9  
Idaho State   1 – 7         2 – 9  
Sacramento State   1 – 7         2 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2015 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team represented the University of North Dakota during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second year head coach Kyle Schweigert and played their home games at the Alerus Center. The Fighting Hawks are a member of the Big Sky Conference.

Although playing most of the season without an official mascot, 2015 was North Dakota's first year with their new nickname as it was announced on November 18 that the university had adopted the Fighting Hawks after a public vote of students, faculty, staff and other members of the University of North Dakota community.

The Fighting Hawks finished the season 7–4, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a four way tie for fourth place.

Previous season

In 2014, North Dakota finished with a record of 5–7, 3–5 in Big Sky play, to finish in a tie for eighth place. They failed to qualify for the FCS Playoffs.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
Non-Conference Schedule
September 5 3:00 PM at Wyoming* War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY W 24–13   23,669
September 12 5:00 PM Drake* Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND Midco SN W 21–18   9,865
September 19 2:30 PM at #4 North Dakota State* Fargodome • Fargo, ND (Rivalry) NBC ND/ESPN3 L 9–34   19,044[1]
Conference Schedule
September 26 1:00 PM UC Davis Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND Midco SN W 31–24   8,450
October 3 4:00 PM at #16 Portland State Hillsboro Stadium • Hillsboro, OR WBS W 19–17   4,765
October 10 1:00 PM Idaho Statedagger #23 Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND Midco SN L 31–37   9,188
October 17 7:00 PM at Weber State Stewart Stadium • Odgen, UT WBS L 24–25   5,461
October 24 2:30 PM at #19 Montana Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT RTNW L 16–42   25,014
October 31 1:00 PM #19 Montana State Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND Midco SN W 44–38   7,090
November 14 1:00 PM Northern Colorado Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND Midco SN W 45–14   6,996
November 21 8:05 PM at Cal Poly Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA WBS W 45–21   5,746
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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Game notes

Wyoming

1 2 3 4 Total
North Dakota 7 7 0 10 24
Cowboys 0 0 0 13 13
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Drake

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 0 3 15 18
North Dakota 7 14 0 0 21
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2011 UND, 16–0

North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
North Dakota 3 0 6 0 9
#4 Bison 3 21 10 0 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
62–45–3 2003 UND, 28–21

UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 7 3 7 7 24
North Dakota 14 7 10 0 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–4 2013 UCD, 34–18

Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total
North Dakota 3 3 10 3 19
#16 Vikings 7 3 7 0 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–2 2014 UND, 24–16

Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 6 9 7 15 37
#23 North Dakota 14 7 10 0 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–0 2013 UND, 28–25

Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
North Dakota 7 10 0 7 24
Wildcats 3 7 0 15 25
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2014 WEB, 24–12

Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
North Dakota 7 6 0 3 16
#19 Grizzlies 7 14 14 7 42
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–13–1 2014 MONT, 18–15

Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Bobcats 7 17 7 7 38
North Dakota 21 10 7 6 44
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–18–1 2014 MTST, 29–18

Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 0 14 14
North Dakota 7 28 10 0 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–12 2014 UND, 33–14

Cal Poly

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 7 21 7 10 45
Mustangs 0 0 14 7 21
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–3 2012 CP, 35–17

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS NR RV RV RV RV 23 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV  
Coaches NR RV RV NR RV 25 RV RV NR RV RV RV RV

References

  1. ↑ Schnepf, Kevin (September 19, 2015). "For at Least One Day, NDSU-UND Game Was the Biggest Thing in the State Again". The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2015 University of North Dakota schedule". University of North Dakota Department of Athletics. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
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