American college football season
The 2017 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team represented the University of North Dakota during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by fourth-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 3–8, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for 9th place.
This was North Dakota's final year as a full member of the Big Sky. While most of the school's athletic programs will move to the Summit League in 2018, the football program will be classified as an FCS independent in 2018 and 2019 before joining the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2020. Their games against Big Sky members will still count in the Big Sky standings but they will be ineligible for the Big Sky championship.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 6:30 p.m. at Utah * No. 8 P12N L 16–3745,905 September 9 4:00 p.m. Missouri State * No. 11 Midco W 34–012,047 September 16 2:00 p.m. at No. 23 South Dakota * No. 10 Midco L 7–459,645 September 23 2:30 p.m. Montana State No. 17 Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND Midco L 21–4912,342 September 30 8:00 p.m. at UC Davis ELVN L 24–489,508 October 7 2:30 p.m. Northern Colorado Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND Midco W 48–3810,234 October 14 2:00 p.m. at No. 24 Montana RTNW [ 1] L 17–4125,085 October 21 12:30 p.m. Sacramento State Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND Midco L 27–349,259 October 28 6:00 p.m. at Portland State ELVN W 48–213,002 November 4 7:00 p.m. at No. 17 Southern Utah Pluto TV L 21–477,641 November 11 1:00 p.m. No. 19 Eastern Washington Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND Midco L 14–218,247
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1 2 3 4 Total No. 8 Fighting Hawks 3 6 0 7 16 Utes 0 17 10 10 37
1 2 3 4 Total Bears 0 0 0 0 0 No. 11 Fighting Hawks 3 21 0 10 34
1 2 3 4 Total No. 10 Fighting Hawks 0 0 7 0 7 No. 23 Coyotes 17 14 7 7 45
1 2 3 4 Total Bobcats 7 21 7 14 49 No. 17 Fighting Hawks 0 10 11 0 21
1 2 3 4 Total Fighting Hawks 10 7 0 7 24 Aggies 21 17 3 7 48
1 2 3 4 Total Bears 7 17 14 0 38 Fighting Hawks 14 14 10 10 48
1 2 3 4 Total Fighting Hawks 0 3 7 7 17 No. 24 Grizzlies 7 13 14 7 41
1 2 3 4 Total Hornets 3 7 24 0 34 Fighting Hawks 0 10 7 10 27
1 2 3 4 Total Fighting Hawks 0 13 21 14 48 Vikings 14 0 0 7 21
1 2 3 4 Total Fighting Hawks 7 7 7 0 21 No. 17 Thunderbirds 13 14 13 7 47
1 2 3 4 Total No. 19 Eagles 7 14 0 0 21 Fighting Hawks 7 0 0 7 14
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS 8 11 10 17 RV — — — — — — — — — Coaches 10 11 10 19 RV RV — — — — — — — —
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold