2023 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

2023 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 12
FCS CoachesNo. 14
Record7–5 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDanny Freund (5th season)
Offensive schemePistol
Defensive coordinatorJoel Schwenzfeier (1st season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumAlerus Center
Seasons
← 2022
2024 →
2023 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 South Dakota State $^   8 0     15 0  
No. 4 South Dakota ^   7 1     10 3  
No. 3 North Dakota State ^   5 3     11 4  
No. 19 Youngstown State ^   5 3     8 5  
No. 16 North Dakota ^   5 3     7 5  
Northern Iowa   5 3     6 5  
No. 12 Southern Illinois ^   4 4     8 5  
Illinois State   4 4     6 5  
Missouri State   3 5     4 7  
Murray State   1 7     2 9  
Indiana State   1 7     1 10  
Western Illinois   0 8     0 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
As of December 19, 2024
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2023 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team represented the University of North Dakota as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Bubba Schweigert, the team played their home games at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team drew an average home attendance of 10,288 in 2023.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 23:00 p.m.Drake*No. 17MidcoSN/ESPN+W 55–78,503
September 93:00 p.m.Northern Arizona*No. 17
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
ESPN+W 37–2210,009
September 1611:00 a.m.at Boise State*No. 14FS1L 18–4235,610
September 302:00 p.m.at No. 1 South Dakota StateNo. 12MidcoSNL 21–4219,231
October 71:00 p.m.Western IllinoisdaggerNo. 16
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
MidcoSN/ESPN+W 49–109,758
October 141:00 p.m.No. 6 North Dakota StateNo. 15
MidcoSN/ESPN+W 49–2413,091
October 214:00 p.m.at Northern IowaNo. 11ESPN3L 0–2710,677
October 281:00 p.m.Indiana StateNo. 15
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
MidcoSN2/ESPN+W 36–33 OT11,125
November 41:00 p.m.at Murray StateNo. 13MidcoSN2W 45–316,217
November 1112:00 p.m.at No. 6 South DakotaNo. 10MidcoSNL 10–146,834
November 181:00 p.m.Illinois StateNo. 13
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
MidcoSN/ESPN+W 22–219,238
November 2512:00 p.m.No. 15 Sacramento State*No. 12
ESPN+L 35–426,522
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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References

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  1. ^ "2023 North Dakota Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved March 24, 2023.