2022 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

2022 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football
2022 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football
NCAA Division I First Round, L 31–38 at Weber State
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 20
Record	7–5 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach	Bubba Schweigert (9th season);
Offensive coordinator	Danny Freund (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Brett Holinka (3rd season)
Home stadium	Alerus Center
	Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

2022 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 South Dakota State $^	8	–	0	14	–	1
No. 2 North Dakota State ^	7	–	1	12	–	3
No. 20 North Dakota ^	5	–	3	7	–	5
Youngstown State	5	–	3	7	–	4
Northern Iowa	5	–	3	6	–	5
Illinois State	4	–	4	6	–	5
Southern Illinois	4	–	4	5	–	6
Missouri State	3	–	5	5	–	6
South Dakota	2	–	6	3	–	8
Indiana State	1	–	7	2	–	9
Western Illinois	0	–	8	0	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant As of May 1, 2024 Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2022 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team represented the University of North Dakota as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Bubba Schweigert, the Fighting Hawks compiling an overall record of 7–5 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for third in the MVFC. North Dakota received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoff, losing to Weber State in the first round. The team played home games at Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Schedule[edit]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	2:30 p.m.	at Nebraska*		Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	BTN	L 17–38	86,590
September 10	3:00 p.m.	No. 24 Northern Iowa		Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	ESPN3	W 29–27	9,940
September 17	3:00 p.m.	at Northern Arizona*	No. 22	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	ESPN+	W 27–24	7,841
September 24	2:00 p.m.	at No. 24 Southern Illinois	No. 19	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	MidcoSN2/ESPN+	L 17–34	8,053
October 1	12:00 p.m.	No. 7 Missouri State		Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	MidcoSN/ESPN+	W 48–31	10,020
October 8	5:00 p.m.	at Youngstown State	No. 22	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	MidcoSN2/ESPN+	W 35–30	11,009
October 22	3:00 p.m.	No. 1 South Dakota State	No. 20	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	MidcoSN/ESPN+	L 35–49	11,067
October 29	3:00 p.m.	Abilene Christian*	No. 23	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	MidcoSN2/ESPN+	W 34–31	8,355
November 5	12:00 p.m.	at Indiana State	No. 21	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	MidcoSN2/ESPN+	W 42–7	2,534
November 12	12:00 p.m.	South Dakota	No. 19	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND (Sitting Bull Trophy)	MidcoSN/ESPN+	W 28–19	9,516
November 19	2:30 p.m.	at No. 4 North Dakota State	No. 16	Fargodome Fargo, ND (Nickel Trophy)	MidcoSN2/ESPN+	L 21–42	18,806
November 26	3:00 p.m.	at No. 9 Weber State*	No. 20	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN+	L 31–38	4,495
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Game summaries[edit]

Regular season[edit]

At Nebraska[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Hawks	0	7	10	0	17
Cornhuskers	7	0	17	14	38

vs No. 24 Northern Iowa[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 24 Panthers	3	7	3	14	27
Fighting Hawks	7	0	7	15	29

At Northern Arizona[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 22 Fighting Hawks	0	13	0	14	27
Lumberjacks	7	7	0	10	24

At No. 24 Southern Illinois[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 19 Fighting Hawks	0	10	0	7	17
No. 24 Salukis	10	14	7	3	34

vs No. 7 Missouri State[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 7 Bears	7	14	0	10	31
Fighting Hawks	3	17	14	14	48

At Youngstown State[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 22 Fighting Hawks	14	7	0	14	35
Penguins	3	18	3	6	30

vs No. 1 South Dakota State[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 1 Jackrabbits	7	7	21	14	49
No. 20 Fighting Hawks	14	7	0	14	35

vs Abilene Christian[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	7	7	10	7	31
No. 23 Fighting Hawks	3	17	7	7	34

At Indiana State[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 21 Fighting Hawks	7	14	14	7	42
Sycamores	0	7	0	0	7

vs South Dakota[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Coyotes	6	7	0	6	19
No. 19 Fighting Hawks	7	7	14	0	28

At No. 4 North Dakota State[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 16 Fighting Hawks	0	14	7	0	21
No. 4 Bison	14	14	14	0	42

NCAA Division I playoffs[edit]

At No. 9 Weber State (first round)[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 20 Fighting Hawks	0	14	3	14	31
No. 9 Wildcats	7	24	7	0	38

Roster[edit]

2022 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`1`	Bo Belquist (C)	Jr
QB	`2`	Tommy Schuster (C)	Jr
QB	`3`	Trey Feeney	Fr
QB	`6`	Simon Romfo	Fr
RB	`7`	Luke Skokna	Sr
QB	`9`	Colton Hackel	Fr
WR	`10`	Caden Dennis	Fr
WR	`12`	Marcus Preston	Jr
WR	`13`	Jack Wright	So
QB	`14`	Quincy Vaughn	Jr
WR	`16`	Elijah Klein	So
WR	`18`	Red Wilson	Jr
WR	`19`	Noah Schaffner	Fr
RB	`20`	Creighton Mitchell	So
WR	`25`	Trasen Pollman	Fr
RB	`28`	Gaven Ziebarth	Fr
RB	`29`	Isaiah Smith	So
TE	`30`	Jack Ihry	Fr
RB	`32`	Tyler Hoosman	GS
WR	`33`	Garrin Sattler	Fr
RB	`37`	Anthony Moe-Tucker	Fr
RB	`38`	Grant Romfo	Fr
TE	`39`	Adam Zavalney	Jr
TE	`40`	Haydn Stay	Fr
TE	`43`	Jaden Norby	So
TE	`44`	Mason South	Fr
TE	`46`	Josh Yon	Fr
OL	`60`	Jagger Ferden	So
OL	`61`	Danny Carroll	Fr
OL	`62`	Jake Oliphant	GS
OL	`64`	Adam Neustel	Jr
OL	`65`	Bennett Weber	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Bubba Schweigert

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Danny Freund – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
Brett Holinka – Defensive coordinator/linebackers
Shawn Kostich – Special teams coordinator/tight ends/fullbacks
Steve Crutchley – Running backs
Sam King – Wide receivers
Joe Pawlak – Offensive line
Austin Flyger – Defensive line
Travis Stepps – Defensive backs
Joel Schienzfeier – Safeties

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 24, 2023

References[edit]

^ "North Dakota Fighting Hawks Schedule 2022". ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
^ "2022 Football Schedule". University of North Dakota Athletics. Retrieved December 23, 2022.

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[1] "North Dakota Fighting Hawks Schedule 2022". ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2022.

[2] "2022 Football Schedule". University of North Dakota Athletics. Retrieved December 23, 2022.

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Bowls & rivalries	North Dakota State: Nickel Trophy South Dakota: Sitting Bull Trophy
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