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2023 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 South Dakota State $^	8	–	0	15	–	0
No. 4 South Dakota ^	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 3 North Dakota State ^	5	–	3	11	–	4
No. 19 Youngstown State ^	5	–	3	8	–	5
No. 16 North Dakota ^	5	–	3	7	–	5
Northern Iowa	5	–	3	6	–	5
No. 12 Southern Illinois ^	4	–	4	8	–	5
Illinois State	4	–	4	6	–	5
Missouri State	3	–	5	4	–	7
Murray State	1	–	7	2	–	9
Indiana State	1	–	7	1	–	10
Western Illinois	0	–	8	0	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant As of July 28, 2024 Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2023 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team represented the University of North Dakota as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Bubba Schweigert, the team played their home games at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	3:00 p.m.	Drake*	No. 17	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	MidcoSN/ESPN+	W 55–7	8,503
September 9	3:00 p.m.	Northern Arizona*	No. 17	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	W 37–22	10,009
September 16	11:00 a.m.	at Boise State*	No. 14	Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID	FS1	L 18–42	35,610
September 30	2:00 p.m.	at No. 1 South Dakota State	No. 12	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD	MidcoSN	L 21–42	19,231
October 7	1:00 p.m.	Western Illinois	No. 16	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	MidcoSN/ESPN+	W 49–10	9,758
October 14	1:00 p.m.	No. 6 North Dakota State	No. 15	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND (Nickel Trophy)	MidcoSN/ESPN+	W 49–24	13,091
October 21	4:00 p.m.	at Northern Iowa	No. 11	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN3	L 0–27	10,677
October 28	1:00 p.m.	Indiana State	No. 15	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	MidcoSN2/ESPN+	W 36–33 ^OT	11,125
November 4	1:00 p.m.	at Murray State	No. 13	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	MidcoSN2	W 45–31	6,217
November 11	12:00 p.m.	at No. 6 South Dakota	No. 10	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD (Sitting Bull Trophy)	MidcoSN	L 10–14	6,834
November 18	1:00 p.m.	Illinois State	No. 13	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	MidcoSN/ESPN+	W 22–21	9,238
November 25	12:00 p.m.	No. 15 Sacramento State*	No. 12	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN+	L 35–42	6,522
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^ "2023 North Dakota Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved March 24, 2023.

North Dakota Fighting Hawks football
Venues	Memorial Stadium (1927–2000) Alerus Center (2001–present)
Bowls & rivalries	North Dakota State: Nickel Trophy South Dakota: Sitting Bull Trophy
Culture & lore	"Fight On Sioux" "It's for You, North Dakota U" Pride of the North Native American mascot controversy
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
National championship seasons in bold

2023 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants
Albany Austin Peay Chattanooga Delaware Drake Duquesne Furman Gardner–Webb Idaho Lafayette Mercer Montana Montana State Nicholls North Carolina Central North Dakota North Dakota State Richmond Sacramento State South Dakota South Dakota State Southern Illinois Villanova Youngstown State
Champion – South Dakota State