2020 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

The 2020 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team represented the University of North Dakota during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Bubba Schweigert, they played their home games at the Alerus Center as first-year members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

2020 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 7
FCS CoachesNo. 6
Record5–2 (4–1 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDanny Freund (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorBrett Holinka (1st season)
Home stadiumAlerus Center
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 South Dakota State +^ 51  82 
No. 12 Missouri State +^ 51  55 
No. 7 North Dakota ^ 41  52 
No. 6 North Dakota State ^ 52  73 
No. 14 Southern Illinois ^ 33  64 
Northern Iowa 34  34 
South Dakota 13  13 
Illinois State 13  13 
Western Illinois 15  15 
Youngstown State 16  16 
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Note: Indiana State opted out of the spring season.
    † – Illinois State and Western Illinois opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 21 and April 5, 2021, respectively.
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

North Dakota's game scheduled against Valparaiso was canceled on July 27 due to the Pioneer Football League's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
February 20 12:00 p.m. No. 24 Southern Illinois ESPN+ W 44–21 3,176
February 27 12:00 p.m. No. 3 South Dakota State No. 14
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
ESPN+ W 28–17 3,638
March 4 5:00 p.m. No. 20 South Dakota No. 4
ESPN+ W 21–10 3,491
March 13 12:00 p.m. at Western Illinois No. 3 ESPN+ W 38–21 658
March 20 2:30 p.m. at No. 4 North Dakota State No. 2 ESPN+ L 13–34 9,121
April 3 11:00 a.m. No. 19 Missouri State No. 6
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
ESPN+ Canceled
April 10 12:00 p.m. at Illinois State No. 6 ESPN+ Canceled[a]
April 17 at Youngstown State No. 6 ESPN+ Canceled
April 24 2:00 p.m. No. 12 Missouri State No. 7
ESPN3 W 44–10
May 2 5:00 p.m. at No. 1 James Madison No. 7
ESPN2 L 21–34

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