2023 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

2023 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football
2023 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football
NCAA Division I First Round, L 35–42 vs. Sacramento State
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 12
FCS Coaches	No. 14
Record	7–5 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach	Bubba Schweigert (10th season);
Offensive coordinator	Danny Freund (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Brett Holinka (4th season)
Home stadium	Alerus Center
	Seasons ← 2022 2024 →

2023 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
v t e
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 September 4, 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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	3:00 p.m.	Drake*	No. 17	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	MidcoSN/ESPN+	W 55–7	8,503
September 9	3:00 p.m.	Northern Arizona*	No. 17	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	W 37–22	10,009
September 16	11:00 a.m.	at Boise State*	No. 14	Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID	FS1	L 18–42	35,610
September 30	2:00 p.m.	at No. 1 South Dakota State	No. 12	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD	MidcoSN	L 21–42	19,231
October 7	1:00 p.m.	Western Illinois	No. 16	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	MidcoSN/ESPN+	W 49–10	9,758
October 14	1:00 p.m.	No. 6 North Dakota State	No. 15	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND (Nickel Trophy)	MidcoSN/ESPN+	W 49–24	13,091
October 21	4:00 p.m.	at Northern Iowa	No. 11	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN3	L 0–27	10,677
October 28	1:00 p.m.	Indiana State	No. 15	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	MidcoSN2/ESPN+	W 36–33 ^OT	11,125
November 4	1:00 p.m.	at Murray State	No. 13	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	MidcoSN2	W 45–31	6,217
November 11	12:00 p.m.	at No. 6 South Dakota	No. 10	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD (Sitting Bull Trophy)	MidcoSN	L 10–14	6,834
November 18	1:00 p.m.	Illinois State	No. 13	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	MidcoSN/ESPN+	W 22–21	9,238
November 25	12:00 p.m.	No. 15 Sacramento State*	No. 12	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN+	L 35–42	6,522
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time