2023 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

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2023 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football
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Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 12
FCS CoachesNo. 14
Record7–5 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDanny Freund (5th season)
Offensive scheme Pistol
Defensive coordinatorJoel Schwenzfeier (1st season)
Base defense 3–4
Home stadium Alerus Center
Seasons
  2022
2024  
2023 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
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 January 8, 2025
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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 23:00 p.m. Drake *No. 17 MidcoSN/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. 14 FS1 L 18–4235,610
September 302:00 p.m.at No. 1 South Dakota State No. 12MidcoSNL 21–4219,231
October 71:00 p.m. Western Illinois Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 16
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
MidcoSN/ESPN+W 49–109,758
October 141:00 p.m.No. 6 North Dakota State No. 15
MidcoSN/ESPN+W 49–2413,091
October 214:00 p.m.at Northern Iowa No. 11 ESPN3 L 0–2710,677
October 281:00 p.m. Indiana State No. 15
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
MidcoSN2/ESPN+W 36–33 OT11,125
November 41:00 p.m.at Murray State No. 13MidcoSN2W 45–316,217
November 1112:00 p.m.at No. 6 South Dakota No. 10MidcoSNL 10–146,834
November 181:00 p.m. Illinois State No. 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
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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References

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