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Fighting Hawks fall short in first FCS quarterfinals appearance   HARRISONBURG, Va. (UND Athletics) – Top-ranked James Madison jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the first quarter and never relinquished it, defeating No. 7 North Dakota, 34-21, in the quarterfinals of the FCS playoffs of Sunday evening from Bridgeforth Stadium in Harrisonburg, Va. UND (6-2) trimmed the lead down to three late in the second quarter, but it was as close as the Fighting Hawks would get in their inaugural appearance in the quarterfinals. James Madison (7-0) used a balanced attack in the win, amassing a season-high 4...

  Fighting Hawks capture first FCS playoff win in program history; will face No. 3 seed James Madison in quarterfinals GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND Athletics) – No. 7 North Dakota controlled nearly every facet in the game en route to a 44-10 victory over No. 12 Missouri State in the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoffs from the Alerus Center in Grand Forks. The Fighting Hawks (5-1) scored on its first four possessions of the game while surrendering just 185 total yards to capture their first victory in the FCS playoffs in three tries and move to 11-1 inside the Al...

By Pat Sweeney Apr 19, 2021 4:39 PM – University of North Dakota head football coach Bubba Schweigert was named as a Stats Perform FCS Eddie Robinson Award finalist on Monday, an award presented annually to the top coach in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).   Schweigert, a two-time AFCA Coach of the Region for Region 5 at both the Division I (2016) and Division II (2005) levels, has secured his second finalist nomination for the award after leading the Fighting Hawks to new heights in the 2020-21 season.   The Zeeland, N.D., native helped UND to its second conference ch...