2019 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NCAA team season
| mode = football
| year = 2019
| team = North Dakota Fighting Hawks
| image = ND Fighting Hawks wordmark.png
| image_size = 250
| conference = Independent
| short_conf = Independent
| STATSRank =
| FCSCoachRank =
| record = 7–5
| conf_record =
| head_coach= Bubba Schweigert
| hc_year = 6th
| off_coach = Danny Freund
| oc_year = 1st
| off_scheme = Pistol
| def_coach = Eric Schmidt
| dc_year = 6th
| def_scheme = 3–4
| stadium= Alerus Center
| champion =
| bowl = FCS Playoffs First Round
| bowl_result = L 6–24 vs. Nicholls
}}
{{2019 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings}}
The 2019 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team represented the University of North Dakota during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Bubba Schweigert, they played their home games at the Alerus Center. They finished the season 7–5. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they would lose to Nicholls in the first round.
The Fighting Hawks left the Big Sky Conference in 2018 to join the non-football Summit League, with the football program joining the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2020. Although being classified as an independent for football in 2018 and 2019, they continued to play a full Big Sky schedule, and their games counted in the conference standings for their opponents. The Fighting Hawks were ineligible to win the conference championship.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
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| tv = y
| attend = y
| opprank = y
| rank = y
| rankyear = 2019
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS
| poll = STATS
| timezone = Central
| August 31 | 4:00 p.m. | | Drake | | Alerus Center | Grand Forks, ND | Pluto TV | W 47–7 | 8,545
| September 7 | 2:30 p.m. | at | No. 1 North Dakota State | | Fargodome | Fargo, ND (Nickel Trophy) | ESPN+ | L 7–38 | 18,923
| September 14 | 4:00 p.m. | | No. 24 Sam Houston State | | Alerus Center | Grand Forks, ND | Pluto TV | W 27–23 | 8,697
| September 28 | 4:05 p.m. | at | No. 21 Eastern Washington | | Roos Field | Cheney, WA | Pluto TV | L 20–35 | 8,726
| October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | | No. 12 UC Davis
| October 12 | 2:05 p.m. | at | Idaho State | | Holt Arena | Pocatello, ID | Pluto TV | L 20–55 | 8,731
| October 19 | 7:05 p.m. | at | Cal Poly | | Alex G. Spanos Stadium | San Luis Obispo, CA | Pluto TV | W 30–26 | 5,186
| October 26 | 12:00 p.m. | | No. 9 Montana State | | Alerus Center | Grand Forks, ND | Pluto TV | W 16–12 | 8,594
| November 9 | 3:00 p.m. | at | No. 3 Weber State | No. 22 | Stewart Stadium | Ogden, UT | Pluto TV | L 27–30 | 9,622
| November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | | Northern Colorado | | Alerus Center | Grand Forks, ND | Pluto TV | W 45–38 | 7,732
| November 23 | 1:00 p.m. | | Southern Utah | | Alerus Center | Grand Forks, ND | Pluto TV | W 36–18 | 7,485
| November 30 | 3:00 p.m. | at | No. 19 Nicholls | No. 24 | John L. Guidry Stadium | Thibodaux, LA (NCAA Division I First Round) | ESPN3| L 6–24 | 7,569
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=North Dakota Fighting Hawks Schedule 2019 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/155/season/2019 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=December 23, 2022 }}{{cite web |title=2019 M Football Schedule |url=https://fightinghawks.com/sports/football/schedule/2019 |publisher=University of North Dakota Athletics |access-date=December 23, 2022 }}
Game summaries
=Drake=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Bulldogs
|R1=0 |R2=0 |R3=7 |R4=0
|Home=Fighting Hawks
|H1=10|H2=2 |H3=21|H4=14
}}
{{see also|2019 Drake Bulldogs football team}}
{{Clear}}
=At North Dakota State=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Fighting Hawks
|R1=0 |R2=7 |R3=0 |R4=0
|Home=No. 1 Bison
|H1=14|H2=7 |H3=10|H4=7
}}
{{see also|2019 North Dakota State Bison football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Sam Houston State=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=No. 24 Bearkats
|R1=0 |R2=14 |R3=0 |R4=9
|Home=Fighting Hawks
|H1=14 |H2=0 |H3=13 |H4=0
}}
{{see also|2019 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team}}
{{Clear}}
=At Eastern Washington=
{{Linescore Amfootball
|Road=Fighting Hawks
|R1=7
|R2=0
|R3=7
|R4=6
|Home=No. 21 Eagles
|H1=14
|H2=14
|H3=0
|H4=7
}}
{{see also|2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team}}
{{Clear}}
=UC Davis=
{{Linescore Amfootball
|Road=Aggies
|R1=0
|R2=14
|R3=14
|R4=8
|Home=Fighting Hawks
|H1=14
|H2=14
|H3=7
|H4=3
}}
{{see also|2019 UC Davis Aggies football team}}
{{Clear}}
=At Idaho State=
{{Linescore Amfootball
|Road=Fighting Hawks
|R1=7
|R2=0
|R3=6
|R4=7
|Home=Bengals
|H1=3
|H2=28
|H3=10
|H4=14
}}
{{see also|2019 Idaho State Bengals football team}}
{{Clear}}
=At Cal Poly=
{{Linescore Amfootball
|Road=Fighting Hawks
|R1=0
|R2=7
|R3=14
|R4=9
|Home=Mustangs
|H1=3
|H2=14
|H3=6
|H4=3
}}
{{see also|2019 Cal Poly Mustangs football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Montana State=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=No. 9 Bobcats
|R1=3
|R2=3
|R3=0
|R4=6
|Home=Fighting Hawks
|H1=7
|H2=0
|H3=3
|H4=6
}}
{{see also|2019 Montana State Bobcats football team}}
{{Clear}}
=At Weber State=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=No. 22 Fighting Hawks
|R1=7
|R2=10
|R3=7
|R4=3
|Home=No. 3 Wildcats
|H1=14
|H2=6
|H3=0
|H4=10
}}
{{see also|2019 Weber State Wildcats football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Northern Colorado=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Bears
|R1=7
|R2=14
|R3=10
|R4=7
|Home=Fighting Hawks
|H1=14
|H2=17
|H3=14
|H4=0
}}
{{see also|2019 Northern Colorado Bears football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Southern Utah=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Thunderbirds
|R1=0
|R2=15
|R3=3
|R4=0
|Home=Fighting Hawks
|H1=7
|H2=10
|H3=10
|H4=9
}}
{{see also|2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team}}
{{Clear}}
FCS Playoffs
The Fighting Hawks were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Nicholls.{{cite web |url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2019-11-24/fcs-bracket-revealed-2019-division-i-football-championship |title=FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship |website=ncaa.com |date=November 24, 2019 |accessdate=November 24, 2019}}
=At Nicholls–First Round=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=No. 24 Fighting Hawks
|R1=0 |R2=3 |R3=3 |R4=0
|Home=No. 19 Colonels
|H1=3 |H2=7 |H3=7 |H4=7
}}
{{see also|2019 Nicholls Colonels football team}}
{{Clear}}
Ranking movements
{{Ranking movements
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| poll1lastweek = 14
| poll1_0=RV
| poll1_1=RV
| poll1_2=NR
| poll1_3=RV
| poll1_4=RV
| poll1_5=RV
| poll1_6=RV
| poll1_7=RV
| poll1_8=RV
| poll1_9=24
| poll1_10=22
| poll1_11=RV
| poll1_12=RV
| poll1_13=24
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| poll2title = Coaches
| poll2firstweek = 0
| poll2lastweek = 14
| poll2_0=RV
| poll2_1=RV
| poll2_2=RV
| poll2_3=RV
| poll2_4=25
| poll2_5=RV
| poll2_6=RV
| poll2_7=NR
| poll2_8=RV
| poll2_9=23
| poll2_10=22
| poll2_11=RV
| poll2_12=RV
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References
{{Reflist}}
{{North Dakota Fighting Hawks football navbox}}