2021 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

The 2021 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team represented the University of North Dakota in the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Fighting Hawks competed as members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference and were led by eight-year head coach Bubba Schweigert. They played their home games at Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

2021 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
2021 record5–6 (3–5 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDanny Freund (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorBrett Holinka (2nd season)
Home stadiumAlerus Center
(Capacity: 12,283)
2021 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State $^  7 –1   14 –1  
No. 14 Missouri State ^  6 –2   8 –4  
No. 16 Southern Illinois ^  5 –3   8 –5  
No. 18 South Dakota ^  5 –3   7 –5  
No. 4 South Dakota State ^  5 –3   11 –4  
No. 23 Northern Iowa ^  4 –4   6 –6  
Indiana State  3 –5   5 –6  
North Dakota  3 –5   5 –6  
Western Illinois  2 –6   2 –9  
Illinois State  2 –6   4 –7  
Youngstown State  2 –6   3 –7  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The Fighting Hawks finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in MVFC play to finish in eighth place.

Previous season

In a season delayed until February 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Hawks finished the 2020–21 season 5–2, 4–1 in MVFC play to finish in second place. With three games canceled due to COVID-19, the Hawks received a bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated No. 12 Missouri State in the first round[1] before losing to No. 1-seeded James Madison.[2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 42:00 p.m.at Idaho State*No. 8
ESPN+W 35–144,667
September 108:00 p.m.at Utah State*No. 9
CBSSNL 24–4818,124
September 184:00 p.m.Drake*No. 11
ESPN+W 38–010,143
October 22:00 p.m. No. 5 North Dakota StateNo. 10
ESPN+L 10–1612,846
October 92:00 p.m.at South DakotaNo. 13
ESPN+L 13–205,304
October 162:00 p.m.at No. 4 Southern IllinoisNo. 22
ESPN+L 28–3110,644
October 232:00 p.m.Western Illinois
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
ESPN+W 34–108,807
October 302:00 p.m.at No. 17 Missouri State
ESPN+L 28–328,372
November 612:00 p.m.Youngstown State
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
ESPN+W 24–21 8,441
November 132:00 p.m.Illinois State
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
ESPN+W 14–76,141
November 202:00 p.m.at No. 12 South Dakota State
L 21-248,132

Source[3][4]

References
  1. "North Dakota vs. Missouri State - Game Summary - October 30, 2021 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  2. "James Madison beats North Dakota, advances to FCS semis". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  3. "2021 North Dakota Fighting Hawks Football Schedule".
  4. "2021 North Dakota Fighting Hawks Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com.


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